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Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (IATA: AQ243, ICAO: AAH243) was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, a Boeing 737-297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight, caused by part of the fuselage breaking due to poor maintenance and metal fatigue.
A flight attendant — along with some of the aircraft — vanished. Neither would ever be seen again. In the ensuing 13 minutes of terror, the pilots of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 somehow ...
Aloha Airlines Flight 243: Kahului: Hawaii: Boeing 737-200: The aircraft experienced an explosive decompression due to metal fatigue and failure of maintenance procedures to detect it. A flight attendant, Clarabelle Lansing, was ejected from the aircraft and her body was never recovered. February 19, 1988 12 0 0 AVAir Flight 3378: Cary: North ...
The fuselage of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 after suffering explosive decompression over Hawaii. On June 27, 1969, Vickers Viscount (N7410) was damaged beyond repair when it collided on the ground with Douglas DC-9-31 N906H of Hawaiian Airlines at Honolulu International Airport. [37]
The aircraft used for the movie, bearing the colors of the fictitious Paradise Airlines, is a Boeing 737-297CT (Advanced), registered as N70723. At the time, it was owned by Aloha Airlines, the airline involved in the Flight 243 incident. That aircraft was used by WestJet in Canada until 2002 (re-registered as C-GCWJ). [2]
On April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737-200 inter-island flight from Hilo Airport to Honolulu International Airport carrying 89 passengers and six crew members, experienced explosive decompression when an 18-foot section of the fuselage roof and sides were torn from the aircraft. A flight attendant was sucked out of the ...
Widespread fatigue caused the in-flight failure of the fuselage on Aloha Airlines Flight 243. Widespread fatigue damage (WFD) in a structure is characterised by the simultaneous presence of fatigue cracks at multiple points that are of sufficient size and density that while individually they may be acceptable, link-up of the cracks could suddenly occur and the structure could fail. [1]
The Aloha Airlines Flight 243 incident in 1988, involving a Boeing 737-200 that suffered catastrophic cabin failure mid-flight, was primarily caused by the aircraft's continued operation despite having accumulated more than twice the number of flight cycles that the airframe was designed to endure. [4]