A plane lost its roof at 24 000 feet but managed to land a national transportation and safety board investigation later revealed that the incident may have been caused by the plane s old age and poor maintenance.
Plane missing roof.
At least 65 passengers were believed to have boarded the aircraft in los angeles on thursday night but a.
This list of missing aircraft includes all of the aircraft that have disappeared in flight for reasons that have never been definitely determined.
After a routine takeoff and ascent the aircraft had reached its normal flight altitude of 24 000 feet 7 300 m when at around 13 48 about 23 nautical miles 43 km.
Abels said eight to 11 passengers were believed missing from the plane.
Three people were aboard when it took off from a.
It also found that aloha airline s short flights meant that its planes should have received maintenance twice as often as they had.
The most common reason for a wall to not generate correctly in 3d views or if part of the exterior layer of the wall appears to be missing is that a roof or ceiling plane is cutting into the wall preventing it from building upward.
A three day coast guard search was unable to locate lansing or the roof of the aircraft.
This month marks 30 years since schornstheimer and tompkins.
Minneapolis wcco ap there are new developments out of the south metro where crews have been searching since last night for a missing plane.
The flight was just another routine interisland flight.
On april 28 1988 aloha airlines flight 243 was a scheduled aloha airlines flight between hilo and honolulu in hawaii.
Sixty five passengers and crew were injured.
A plane lost its roof at 24 000 feet but managed to land youtube.
Cruising at 24 000 feet an 18 foot section of the plane s roof suddenly ripped off causing an explosive decompression creating a gaping hole in the fuselage and sucking a flight attendant out of the plane.
26 mi south southeast of kahului on the island of maui a small section on the left side of the roof ruptured with a whooshing sound.