Hawaiian Airlines Roof Ripped Off

The kid asked the stewardess pointing to a small crack that he noticed in celing above him.

Hawaiian airlines roof ripped off.

Cruising at 24 000 feet an 18 foot section of the plane s roof suddenly ripped off causing an explosive decompression creating a gaping hole in the fuselage and sucking a flight attendant out of. Flying at about 24 000 feet 23 minutes into the flight the ceiling above the passengers just aft of the entrance door suddenly and explosively ripped off leaving an open sun roof about one quarter the length of the airplane. The 19 year old boeing 737 named queen liliuokalani was one of the most common jet liners in the world. The pilot landed on maui with the remaining.

In 1988 an aloha airlines boeing 737 lost an 18 foot section of its roof at 24 000 feet between hilo hawaii and honolulu killing a flight attendant. Honolulu a 10 by 20 foot rectangular hole tore open on the right side of a united airlines jumbo jet carrying 355 people to new zealand early friday sucking nine passengers to presumed death at. After a routine takeoff and ascent the aircraft had reached its normal flight altitude of 24 000 feet 7 300 m when at around 13 48 about 23 nautical miles 43 km. At that point the crack widens and the entire roof of the airplane is ripped off.

26 mi south southeast of kahului on the island of maui a small section on the left side of the roof ruptured with a whooshing sound. Hawaiian airlines hawaii s largest and longest serving airline offers non stop service to hawaii from the u s. In theory a boeing 737 with roughly one third of its roof blown off should not be able to fly. Mainland and international destinations.