What the records say
- When
- 28 Apr 1988
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 20.54° N, 156.28° W
- Description
- 1988 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 1
- Injured
- 65
- Cause
- fatigue
Aloha Airlines Flight 243
1988 aviation accident over the Pacific Ocean
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight flown by Aloha Airlines between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, the Boeing 737-200 airplane 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.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Aloha Airlines Flight 243 safely lands after losing its roof in midair, killing a flight attendant and injuring 65 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “авария рейса 243 компании «Aloha Airlines»”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “El Vuelo 243 de Aloha Airlines aterriza de emergencia en el Aeropuerto de Kahului debido a una descompresión explosiva durante pleno vuelo”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “阿羅哈航空243號班機事故。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page