AQ243

An Aloha Airlines 737-200 is doing an island hop from the many islands that make up Hawaii when a structure failure causes an explosive decompression. Find out how maintenance practices and ignorance caused this plane to almost crash on its way to the Maui airport.

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Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243

https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/maintenance_hf/library/documents/media/human_factors_maintenance/aircraft_accident_report--aloha_airlines.flight_243.boeing_737-200.n73711.near_maui.hawaii.april_28.1988.pdf

https://confessionsofatrolleydolly.com/2019/04/28/angels-of-the-sky-aloha-airlines-flight-243/

https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/aloha-airlines-flight-243/

https://www.aerotime.aero/yulius.yoma/18542-history-hour-aloha-airlines-flight-243-incident

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0iwJNgbpE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POXjwIJk14U

Research Sources:

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8903.pdf

“Hanging by a Thread.” Mayday Air Disaster, season 3, episode 1, Cineflix, 14 Sept. 2005.