Southwest Plane Loses Roof

An aloha jet on a flight between islands in hawaii loses part of its roof and a stewardess is sucked out of the plane.

Southwest plane loses roof.

Flight 812 was forced into an emergency landing from 34 000 feet in the sky at a military base in yuma ariz due to the hole which measured about 3 feet long in the roof of the passenger cabin. Aah243 was a scheduled aloha airlines flight between hilo and honolulu in hawaii. You ve probably seen hollywood movies where a hole in the side of a plane causes utter chaos. Looking up she could see the sky through a hole torn in the cabin roof.

An older 737 300 operated by southwest suffered a similar but more extreme incident on april 1 2011 when a five foot section of the roof tore loose at 34 000 feet. Book our famous low fares only on the official southwest airlines website. 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. Canceling your southwest flight updated september 8 2020 at 4 30 p m.

Beginning september 8 2020 any travel funds created from a nonrefundable wanna get away ticket can be used for up to one year from the original purchase date. Aloha airlines flight 243 iata. Southwest airlines said it is working with the national transportation safety board ntsb to determine the cause of a depressurization event that occurred during a phoenix sacramento flight on. Southwest airlines is taking 81 boeing 737s out of service for inspections over the next several days after one of its planes lost a section of fuselage in flight.

At least two people passed out after the roof fuselage skin was breached and an open hole in the roof caused rapid depressurization of the cabin of a southwest airline boeing 737. See more on why planes crash monday.