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Aloha Airlines Flight 243
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<!-- start content --> <table class="infobox vcard vevent" style="width: 22em; text-align: left; font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.5em;" cellspacing="5"> <caption class="fn org summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold;">Aloha Flight 243</caption> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" class="" style="text-align: center;">
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 at Kahului Airport on April 28, 1988, after its fuselage was ripped apart during flight.</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(8, 37, 103); color: white;">Accident summary</th> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.1em;">Date</th> <td class="" style="line-height: 1.2em;">April 28, 1988</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.1em;">Type</th> <td class="" style="line-height: 1.2em;">Maintenance related fatigue failure along lap joint S-10L,
explosive decompression</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.1em;">Site</th> <td class="flabel location" style="line-height: 1.2em;">
Kahului, Hawaii</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.1em;">Passengers</th> <td class="" style="line-height: 1.2em;">90</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.1em;">Crew</th> <td class="" style="line-height: 1.2em;">5</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.1em;">Injuries</th> <td class="" style="line-height: 1.2em;">65</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.1em;">Fatalities</th> <td class="" style="line-height: 1.2em;">1</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.1em;">Survivors</th> <td class="" style="line-height: 1.2em;">94</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.1em;">Aircraft type</th> <td class="" style="line-height: 1.2em;">
Boeing 737-297</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.1em;">Operator</th> <td class="" style="line-height: 1.2em;">
Aloha Airlines</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.1em;">
Tail number</th> <td class="" style="line-height: 1.2em;">N73711</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.1em;">Flight origin</th> <td class="" style="line-height: 1.2em;">
Hilo International Airport</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.1em;">Destination</th> <td class="" style="line-height: 1.2em;">
Honolulu International Airport</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 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, but was able to land safely at
Kahului Airport on
Maui. The only fatality was flight attendant C.B. Lansing who was blown out of the airplane. Another 65 passengers and crew were injured. The safe landing of the aircraft with such a major loss of integrity was unprecedented and remains unsurpassed.
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The aircraft,
Queen Liliuokalani (registration number N73711), took off from
Hilo International Airport at 1:25
HST on 28 April 1988, bound for Honolulu. There were 90 passengers and five crew members on board. No unusual occurrences were reported during the take-off and climb.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference">
[1]</sup>
Around 1:48, as the aircraft reached its normal flight altitude of 24,000 feet (7,300 m) about 23 nautical miles (43 km) south-southeast of Kahului, a small section on the left side of the roof ruptured. The resulting explosive decompression tore off a large section of the roof, consisting of the entire top half of the
aircraft skin extending from just behind the cockpit to the fore-wing area.
As part of the design of the 737, stress may be alleviated by
controlled area breakaway zones. The intent was to provide controlled depressurization that would maintain the integrity of the fuselage structure. The age of the plane and the condition of the fuselage (that had corroded and was stressing the rivets beyond their designed capacity) appear to have conspired to render the design a part of the problem; when that first controlled area broke away, according to the small rupture theory, the rapid sequence of events resulted in the failure sequence. This has been referred to as a
zipper effect.
First Officer
Madeline "Mimi" Tompkins' head was jerked back during the decompression, and she saw cabin insulation flying around the cockpit. Captain Robert Schornstheimer looked back and saw blue sky where the first class cabin's roof had been. Tompkins immediately contacted Air Traffic Control on Maui to declare
mayday.
At the time of the decompression, the chief
flight attendant, Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing, was standing at seat row 5 collecting drink cups from passengers. According to passengers' accounts, Lansing was sucked through a hole in the side of the airplane.
Flight attendant Michelle Honda, who was standing near rows #15 and #16, was thrown violently to the floor during the decompression. Despite her injuries, she was able to crawl up and down the aisle to assist and calm the terrified passengers. Flight attendant Jane Sato-Tomita, who was at the front of the plane, was seriously injured by flying debris and was thrown to the floor. Passengers held onto her during the descent into Maui.
The explosive decompression severed the electrical wiring from the nose gear to the indicator light on the cockpit instrument panel. As a result, the light did not illuminate when the nose gear was lowered, and the pilots had no way of knowing if it had fully lowered.
Before landing, passengers were instructed to don their life jackets, in case the aircraft did not make it to Kahului.
