Years before Captain Sully and the "Miracle on the Hudson," there was Captain Schornstheimer, and the miracle landing of Aloha Airlines flight 243, after part of the plane ripped off in mid-air.

Twenty minutes into Aloha Airlines Flt. 243, an 18-foot section of the cabin’s roof had ripped off, creating explosive decompression at 24,000 feet and sucking 58-year-old flight attendant ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - It was just another routine interisland flight when an Aloha Airlines jet took off from Hilo, bound for Honolulu, on April 28, 1988. Cruising at 24,000 feet, an 18-foot ...

A flight attendant was sucked out of a plane over Hawaii. Her death exposed fundamental flaws in aviation. The passengers and crew on Aloha Airlines Flight 243 endured a living nightmare when the ...

Let's take a moment to remember Aloha Airlines Flight 243. On April 28th 1988 the roof ripped off the Boeing 737 at 24,000 ft. The chief flight attendant (the only fatality) fell from the plane ...

As Aloha Flight 243—a weary, 19-year-old Boeing 737 on a short hop from Hilo, Hawaii, to Honolulu—leveled off at 24,000 feet on April 28, 1988, a large section of its fuselage blew off ...

Aloha Airlines Flight 243 started like any normal flight. The Boeing 737-2000 was travelling from Hilo, a balmy beach town on Big Island, to Hawaii’s capital Honolulu, on April 29,1988.

In 1988, for example, Aloha Airlines flight 243 lost a large section if its roof at 24,000 feet. One flight attendant was blown out of the plane and died. In events like these, ...

Jordan's plane was shot during 'Nam. ... In 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 lost a section of its fuselage roof at 24,000 feet due to metal fatigue. It was an 18-year-old Boeing 737.