A five square foot hole opened in the roof of a southwest airlines jet as it was cruising at 36 000 feet on friday afternoon.
Southwest airlines roof ripped off.
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 there was one fatality flight attendant clarabelle lansing who was ejected from the.
A flight attendant was sucked out of the plane and plunged to her.
The faa called monday for inspections of older boeing 737s after an incident on friday in which the roof tore off southwest airlines flight 812.
Aah243 was a scheduled aloha airlines flight between hilo and honolulu in hawaii.
Aloha airlines flight 243 iata.
In 1988 cracks caused part of the roof of an aloha airlines boeing 737 to peel open while the jet flew from hilo to honolulu.
Passengers reported hearing an explosive noise and feeling air being.
Two of the 123 people on board suffered minor injuries.
An entire section of the roof ripped off leaving passengers exposed as though sitting on the top deck of a roofless tour bus.
One flight attendant was sucked out to her death and 65 passengers.