Flight To Hawaii Roof Ripped Off

Cruising at 24 000 feet an 18 foot section of the plane s roof suddenly ripped off causing an explosive decompression creating a gaping hole in the fuselage and sucking a flight attendant out of.

Flight to hawaii roof ripped off.

Flying at about 24 000 feet 23 minutes into the flight the ceiling above the passengers just aft of the entrance door suddenly and explosively ripped off leaving an open sun roof about one quarter the length of the airplane. Honolulu a gaping hole ripped open on the right side of a united airlines jumbo jet carrying 354 people today sucking eight to 11 passengers to their death 20 000 feet above the pacific ocean. Based on a true story. In 1988 cracks caused part of the roof of an aloha airlines boeing 737 to peel open while the jet flew from hilo to honolulu.

On april 28 1988 a boeing 737 297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight but was able to land safely at kahului airport on maui. On april 28 1988 section of the plane s roof suddenly ripped off in mid air. A flight attendant was sucked out of the plane and plunged to her. There was one fatality flight attendant clarabelle lansing who was ejected from the airplane.

The kid asked the stewardess pointing to a small crack that he noticed in celing above him. The pilots initially believed that a bomb had gone off inside the airliner as this accident happened just two months after pan am flight 103 was blown up over lockerbie scotland. At that point the crack widens and the entire roof of the airplane is ripped off. The 19 year old boeing 737 named queen liliuokalani was one of the most common jet liners in the world.

The boeing 737 landed safely at kahului airport on maui but it goes down as one of the most significant events in aviation history. Another 65 passengers and crew were injured. Honolulu saturday marks the 30th anniversary of aloha airlines flight 243.