Aloha Airline Flight 243

[boarderis4snow]

That was the First Officer. ... I can't get over how cool, calm, and collected she was. Now THAT'S professionalism, folks.

[obaidCarkey]

what do you expect with a 19.5 year old aircraft with 77.000 flights on its record?

[coffeecation]

Warning - this is not nice to read. The design of the 737 is so if there is a structural failue or weakness in the upper part of the plane a square section of the fuselage will disentergrate or sacrafice itself rather than rip apart as in the Aloha 243 flight. Very very very sadly the attendant killed was sucked into the hole and in basic terms blocked the hole resulting in the catastrophic structural failure and emanating the aircraft.

[Andy99737]

@coffeecation Correction: BLOWN into the hole

[coffeecation]

@Andy99737 Being a graduate of aircraft investigation I stated "she was sucked into the hole" There would have been an approximate 10 atmosphere pressure difference with her being sucked against the hole (Probably legs out) initially created by the "tear strips" (what I loosely termed sacrificial hole). Cutting a very long analysis short in yes, she did "blow" out. Not the hole but with the most likely with the aircraft wreckage.

[Andy99737]

@coffeecation I can't argue with a graduate of aircraft investigation OR your analysis. I stand corrected.



[coffeecation]

@Andy99737Lol. The more I learn the more I realize how little I know.These shows cover the fascinating parts of investigation, but aircraft incident and crash investigation is mostly long screeds of boring but very important scrutinising and analysis and even longer paperwork, charting and so on with every aircraft being different. They also teach us that it is ok to be wrong. Some of my earlier comments on these shows I cringe a little seeing them again. A lot more study yet.

[eveinfinityz]

i know they made a movie about this accident.

Can someone please tell me, i wanna see this movie again!!

[Brucetiki]

@eveinfinityz The movie is Miracle Landing, made in 1990 (I think). Many of the transcripts on this clip are used verbatim in the film

[ThomsonAirwaysStaff]

And they say that we're just trolley dollies!

[kendigjl]

Weirdest way to die ever. Sucked out of a plane and falling thousands of feet, probably conscious on the way down.. Poor flight attendant. Still it's better than suffering for years with cancer or something.

[boarderis4snow]

@kendigjl Nah, there was a large bloodstain-- presumably from her head (according to the blood spatter expert) on the plain. She was done pretty much right off the bat. So sad, though... that poor lady.

[Andy99737]

@kendigjl at that altitude and that speed..... I would think all the air would have been blown out of her lungs, ripped her lung tissue apart, not to mention the pressure difference would have rendered her unconscious immediately. All of that coupled with the trauma of going from zero to 600mph (or is it 600mph to zero?) in an instant would not make for a nice day (or prolly better than plummeting 4 miles to your death)

[bzkcarter]

I remember when this happened. Man it was freaky

[PROGENERAL1]

we watched this at school before... a couple of people were crying

[soldiertewi]

the girl speak very calm

[wiishadow4]

wtf happened here!!!??? the roof ripped off!!!???

[mebemike]

@wiishadow4 yeah apparently there was a big crack in the fuselage along some important rivet points and the roof ripped off during flight. I think saltwater corrosion and poor maintenance were to blame. Sadly a flight attendant was immediately sucked out of the plane when the hole formed.

[Kingfordian22]

@mebemike

It was due to multiple short flights (the aircraft was used as a short island hopper flight) and constant compression and further stress on the aircraft that lead to the cracks near the rivet points. It was spotted by a passenger as she boarded the plane, only after the incident did she mention it.

[hazelwood55]

My best freind flew on this same plane the very flight before the explosive decompression event. I want this crew flying my plane.

[xxmangagirlxx]

omg shut up its not fake how do u know u werent on it stupid

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[daddycuckoo]

@soldiertewi

No it isn't. Do a bit of research in the future before making ridiculous statements.

[Conie0r]

this isnt fake mate check it out.... I am a pilot this is a famous accident....

[Devikvampire]

I'm scared to fly now...

[aeonfluxy1]

Very good job by the pilots.

[AlexisAlways1]

How about that was the copilot or First Officer?

[roskildahphreak]

Hahaha!! ^^

[sirben2]

DUDE? WHY WOULD YOU LAUGH AT THIS???

[demonikfunk]

@sirben2 cuz its nuts, its not funny its insane but awesome too

[roskildahphreak]

I was laughing at a comment!

[greenorange75]

@roskildahphreak I HAPPEN TO LET YOU KNOW THAT C.B. LANSING, THE ONLY ONE WHO DIED, WAS MY AUNT, YOU SICK FUCK!

[roskildahphreak]

@greenorange75 I'm sorry to hear that and i apologize for whatever I wrote. I was at a drunken binge at the time.

[leadimprov]

Amazing how calm and controlled the pilot was. Good work.

[WeAreSoScrewed]

Holy crap!

[citrinuss]

Eis o dito