Hi there, the same rules apply here as the True crime from around the world book, if I couldn't find a true crime case, it was replaced by a plane crash.
This plane incident takes us to the island of Hawaii, which is apart of the United States, which is located in the Pacific Ocean.
WARNINGS OF A PLANE INCIDENT
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Pictured above is the accident aircraft after it performed an emergency landing.
Aloha Airlines Flight 243, registered as November 73711 (N73711), was a scheduled domestic Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo International Airport (IATA: ITO, ICAO: PHTO) and Honolulu International Airport (IATA: HNL, ICAO: PHNL), Hawaii.
On the 28th of April 1988, a Boeing 737-297 serving this flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight but the plane was able to land safely at Kahului Airport (IATA: OGG, ICAO: PHOG) on the island of Maui, the only fatality was flight attendant Clarabell "C.B." Lansing, she was ejected from the airplane and a further 65 passengers and crew were injured in the decompression.
The aircraft reached it's normal flight altitude of 24,000 feet, when at around 13:48pm, about 23 nautical miles (43 kilometres) south-southeast of Kahului on the island of Maui, a small section on the left side of the roof ruptured with a "Whooshing" sound.
The captain felt the aircraft roll to the left and right, the controls went loose; the first officer noticed pieces of grey insulation floating above the cabin, the cockpit door had broken away and the captain could see "blue sky where the first-class ceiling had been".
The resulting explosive decompression had torn off a large section of the aircraft sink extending from just behind the cockpit to the fore-wing area, a length of about 18.5 feet (5.6 meters), the debris and the flight attendants body were never found.
The summary of the incident was explosive decompression caused by metal fatigue and maintenance error.
Pictured below is the accident aircraft with the passengers still in their seats, some were evacuating.
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