It has been 37 years since the flight that shocked World Civil Aviation. It was April 28, 1988, when Aloha Airlines’ Boeing 737-297, which operated the short flight 243 from Hillo to Honolulu, suddenly-at a height of 24,000 feet-suffering an explosive decompression. A portion of the roof, about 5.5 meters long, detached, leaving a huge opening on the jet of the aircraft. Despite the disaster, the pilots were heroic to land the plane safely at Kahului Airport on the island of Maui, Hawaii. The tragedy, however, was not fully avoided. 58 -year -old Clarabelle “CB” Lansing stewardess was drifted into a vacuum and killed instantly. In addition, 65 passengers and crew members were injured – eight of them seriously. The US National Transport Security Council (NTSB) research revealed that the cause of the accident was metal fatigue and erosion – the result of frequent short flights between the Hawaii islands. This Boeing had carried out about 89,680 flight cycles, more than […]
Source: News Beast
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