 Fuselage remains after the emergency landing | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 28, 1988 |
| Summary | Emergency landing following in-flight structural failure and explosive decompression[1][2] |
| Site | near Kahului, Hawaii, United States 20°32′24″N 156°16′48″W / 20.54000°N 156.28000°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-297 |
| Aircraft name | Queen Liliuokalani |
| Operator | Aloha Airlines |
| Registration | N73711 |
| Flight origin | Hilo International Airport |
| Destination | Honolulu Int'l Airport (Now Daniel K. Inouye Int'l Airport) |
| Occupants | 95 |
| Passengers | 90 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Injuries | 65 |
| Survivors | 94 |
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (IATA: AQ243, ICAO: AAH243) was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, a Boeing 737-297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight, caused by part of the fuselage breaking due to poor maintenance and metal fatigue. The plane was able to land safely at Kahului Airport on Maui. The one fatality, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing, was ejected from the airplane. Another 65 passengers and crew were injured. The substantial damage inflicted by the decompression, the loss of one cabin crew member, and the safe landing of the aircraft established the incident as a significant event in the history of aviation, with far-reaching effects on aviation safety policies and procedures.[3]
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- ^ Hurley, Timothy (April 28, 2018). "Remembering Aloha Airlines Flight 243". Star-Advertiser. Archived from the original on May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ "Aircraft Accident Report, Aloha Airlines Flight 243, Boeing 737-100, N73711, Near Maui, Hawaii, April 28, 1998" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. June 14, 1989. NTSB/AAR-89/03. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2016. - Copy at Archived January 3, 2024, at the Wayback Machine Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.