NamedQueen Liliuokalani, this twinjet had accrued around 35,000 flight hours across nearly 90,000 cycles in its 19-year career. On April 28, 1988, the aircraft took off from Hilo at 13:25 local time on a scheduled service, flight 243, bound for Honolulu. The short hop would turn out ...
Theblockagewouldhaveimmediatelycreatedapressurespikeintheescapingair,afluidhammer,whichtorethejetapart.TheNTSBrecognizesthishypothesis,buttheboarddoesnotsharetheconclusionandmaintainsitsoriginalfindingthatthefuselagefailedatmultiplepointsatonce.FormerNTSBinvestigatorBrianRichardson,wholedtheNTSBstudyofFlight243,believesthe...
In April 1988, Aloha Airlines flight 243 experienced an explosive midair decompression that resulted in the separation of an 18-foot section of the fuselage crown of the Boeing 737 airplane. Investigations revealed that the linkup of sma... A Ahmed,J Bakuckas,J Awerbuch,... - 《Journal ...