Plane Lands With No Roof

One of the pilots on aloha airlines flight 243 describes what happened when the roof of the plane tore off 26 years ago.

Plane lands with no roof. The small plane crashed into the home while en route to a local airport. 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 there was one fatality flight attendant clarabelle lansing who was ejected from the. Aah243 was a scheduled aloha airlines flight between hilo and honolulu in hawaii. After a routine takeoff and ascent the aircraft had reached its normal flight altitude of 24 000 feet 7 300 m when at around 13 48 about 23 nautical miles 43 km.

Luckily in reality small damage to fuselage won t have such d. Flight 243 departed with six crew members and 89 passengers on board bound for honolulu. You ve probably seen hollywood movies where a hole in the side of a plane causes utter chaos. On april 28 1988 aloha airlines flight 243 was a scheduled aloha airlines.

Details of aloha airlines flight 243 incident. A plane is seen smashed into the roof of a home following a crash late monday evening aug. 17 2020 in groton conn.