United Airlines Flight 811

When

24 Feb 1989

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

20.69° N, 158.68° W

Description

1989 aviation accident in Hawaii, USA

Deaths

9

Injured

38

Cause

uncontrolled decompression

1989 aviation accident over the Pacific Ocean

United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, with intermediate stops at Honolulu and Auckland. On February 24, 1989, the Boeing 747 serving the flight experienced a cargo-door failure in flight shortly after leaving Honolulu. The resulting explosive decompression blew out several rows of seats, killing nine passengers.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “United Airlines Flight 811, a Boeing 747, suffers uncontrolled decompression after leaving Honolulu International Airport”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Во время полёта над Тихим океаном у самолёта Boeing 747 открылась дверь грузового отсека”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un Boeing 747 de United Airlines que volaba de Honolulu (Hawái) a Auckland (Nueva Zelanda)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ユナイテッド航空811便貨物ドア脱落事故により乗客9人死亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page