Southwest Airlines Roof Ripped Off

In april 1988 when the cabin roof ripped off an aloha airlines 737 and swept a flight attendant to her death it sent a startling signal to the airline industry about the dangers of metal fatigue.

Southwest airlines roof ripped off.

Southwest airlines is grounding 79 of its boeing 737 planes after the ceiling of a flight out of phoenix tore open in mid air friday which prompted a sudden loss of cabin pressure a rapid. Southwest airlines flight 812 was a boeing 737 300 passenger jet that on april 1 2011 suffered rapid depressurization while cruising at 34 000 ft 10 000 m near yuma arizona leading to an emergency landing at yuma international airport. Passengers reported hearing an explosive noise and feeling air being. An entire section of the roof ripped off leaving passengers exposed as though sitting on the top deck of a roofless tour bus.

Two of the 123 people on board suffered minor injuries. Aloha airlines flight 243 iata. Aah243 was a scheduled aloha airlines flight between hilo and honolulu in hawaii. A flight attendant was sucked out of the plane and plunged to her.

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. 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.