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	Aloha Flight 243 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aloha Airlines Flight 243 at Kahului Airport on April 28, 1988, after its fuselage was ripped apart during the flight.
		Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was a scheduled Boeing 737-200 flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii.
		Flight attendant Jane Sato-Tomita, who was at the front of the plane, was seriously injured by flying debris, and was thrown to the floor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243 (871 words)

	Aloha Airline Flight 243 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	www.hughbaird.uk.com /flight/aloha_airline_flight_243.html (852 words)

	AAR-89-03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		One flight attendant was swept overboard during the decompression and is presumed to have been fatally injured; 7 passengers and 1 flight attendant received serious injuries.
		The flight crew performed an emergency descent and landing at Kahului Airport on the Island of Maui.
		The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the Aloha Airlines maintenance program to detect the presence of significant disbonding and fatigue damage which ultimately led to failure of the lap joint a S-10L and the separation of the fuselage upper lobe.
	www.ntsb.gov /publictn/1989/AAR8903.htm (263 words)

	Madeline Tompkins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A native of Florida, Mimi, as she is known to family, friends and colleagues, was the first woman to work as a pilot for Aloha Airlines.
		One flight attendant was swept away during the massive cabin decompression at 24,000 feet above the Hawaiian islands.
		The flight was diverted to Maui where Tompkins assisted in the emergency descent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Madeline_Tompkins (249 words)

	NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
		All aircraft flight crew are now required to double-verify all take-off procedures, once while holding on the taxiway, and a second time just before take-off.
		When Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over the town of Lockerbie, Scotland, all 259 people on board the Boeing 747, and 11 others on the ground, were killed.
		Pan Am Flight 103 exposed the vulnerability of international flights to fatal acts of terrorism internationally and in the U.S. The White House called for more intensive checks on baggage being loaded onto airplanes and a more stringent security check of persons boarding all domestic and international flights.
	www.msnbc.com /onair/nbc/nightlynews/aviation/accidents.asp (2303 words)

	Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-01-02/Reporter plagiarizes Wikipedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The program tells the story of Aloha Flight 243, involving a 1988 incident in which part of the airplane's fuselage tore off at normal flight altitude and caused a flight attendant to be ejected from the plane, along with injuries to 65 passengers and crew, before the plane made an emergency landing.
		With assistance from users Dragons flight and Calton, several other instances of possible plagiarism by Ryan were also identified.
		As Dragons flight commented, "a writer is never caught for their first act of plagiarism".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-01-02/Reporter_plagiarizes_Wikipedia (864 words)

	Delta Airline Flight Schedule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	Engineer has alternate theory on plane disaster
		The Aloha Airlines jet descended for landing on Maui, Hawaii, and passenger Matt Austin had noticed the luggage racks rattling and swaying when the thrust reversers came on.
		Aloha Flight 243's last flight didn't really begin to grip him until the next year, when the National Transportation Safety Board issued its accident report.
		Aloha Flight 243 was bound from Hilo to Honolulu when its roof tore off.
	www.iasa.com.au /folders/Safety_Issues/RiskManagement/alohaagain.html (2059 words)

	StarBulletin.com \| Features \| /2005/12/22/
		ON April 28, 1988, an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737-297 flying from Hilo to Honolulu was forced to make an emergency landing at Kahului Airport after about one-third of the aircraft was torn away during flight.
		What happened, how the fuselage was dislodged and the bravery and skill of the exceptional flight crew is featured in the most extensive, moment-by-moment reporting of the incident, the History Channel's hourlong "Secrets of the Black Box: Aloha Flight 243," airing tonight.
		Flight attendant "C.B." Lansing was sucked out of the airplane and died; another 65 were injured, some suffering massive head wounds.
	starbulletin.com /2005/12/22/features/story05.html (709 words)

	LESSONS FROM ALOHA
		The two other flight attendants had been standing in the aisle and were blown to the floor.
		Aloha people were still sure that their maintenance was good enough and Mapel still worried.
		The problems were not limited to Boeing or Aloha or the 737 or the U.S.A. Since the Aloha accident, unseen by the public, unprecedented improvements in maintenance have had to be made.
	www.iasa.com.au /folders/Safety_Issues/others/lessonsfromaloha.html (3004 words)

	New Page 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked on September 11, 2001 near Cleveland, Ohio.
		USAir Flight 1493 had been cleared to land on Runway 24L at Los Angeles International Airport when the 'Local' Air Traffic Controller cleared a Skywest Airlines commuter aircraft to 'taxi into position and hold' on the same runway, with the intention of clearing the Skywest turboprop for takeoff before the USAir jet landed.
		Aloha Airlines flight 243, a Boeing 737-200, suffered an explosive decompression while cruising at 19,000 feet over the Hawaiian Islands.
	www.pilotfriend.com /disasters/videos/ATC_tapes.htm (957 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Aloha Flight 243
		At approximately 13:48, as the aircraft reached its normal flight altitude of 24,000 feet (7300 m) about 23 nautical miles (43 km) south-southeast of Kahului, a small section on the left side of the roof spontaneously ruptured.
		The resulting explosive decompression tore off a very large section of the roof, consisting of the entire top half of the aircraft skin extending from just behind the cockpit to the fore-wing area.
		Flight attendant Jane Santo-Tomita, who was at the front of the plane, was seriously injured by flying debris, and was thrown to the floor.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Aloha_Flight_243 (563 words)

	The Honolulu Advertiser \| Local News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As an Aloha Airlines jet began landing on Maui, passenger Matt Austin noticed the luggage racks rattling and swaying when the thrust reversers came on.
		Aloha Airlines no longer flies the 737-200 "basic" planes that were in use at the time of the accident.
		The flight attendant was swept out, and her body was never found.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /2001/Jan/18/118localnews1.html (2016 words)

	The Honolulu Advertiser \| Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was a tragedy of epic proportions.
		The driving force of my analysis (of the in-flight accident) was foremost to identify a subtle design flaw in the Boeing design with the intent of having it corrected.
		Aloha Airlines just unfortunately got caught because of the short flight times and the high flight cycles unique to servicing the Hawaiian Islands.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /2001/Jan/21/letters.html (1120 words)

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		A flight attendant was sucked out of the opening in the fuselage and her body never recovered.
		Failure of Aloha Airlines' maintenance program to detect the presence of disbonding and fatigue damage which led to failure of the lap joint at S-10L and the separation of the fuselage upper lobe.
		Contributing factors were the failure of Aloha Airlines management to properly supervise its maintenance crew as well as the failure of the FAA to properly evaluate the Aloha Airlines maintenance program and to assess the airline's inspection and quality control deficiencies.
	www.planecrashinfo.com /cvr880428.htm (569 words)

	Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aloha Airlines Flight 243 departed Hilo en route to Honolulu at 1.25 p.m.
		The Aloha Boeing was being flown by First Officer Madeline Tompkins when it burst apart.
		One was seriously injured and a seated passenger had to hold on to her to keep her in the aircraft.
	avstop.com /news/AlohaAirlines.html (230 words)

	Volpe Center: Volpe Journal 30th Anniversary - A Special Edition
		The crash of ValuJet Flight 592 near Miami in 1996, apparently caused by uncapped oxygen generators in the cargo hold, dramatically focused national attention on the risks of transporting hazardous materials (hazmat) as passenger aircraft cargo.
		As the Boeing 737 leveled off at the top of its climb, the fuselage ruptured and senior flight attendant Clarabelle Lansing was blown from the aircraft to her death.
		Aloha Airlines Flight 243, near Maui, Hawaii, following the April 1988 accident that was caused by undetected fatigue damage in the 19-year-old aircraft.
	www.volpe.dot.gov /infosrc/journal/30th/safety.html (2585 words)

	Human Factors Training/Aviation Expert Witness Services- The Aviation Consulting Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 had a large section of its fuselage separate from the aircraft at an altitude of 24,000 feet.
		Aloha Flight 243 became the watershed event that would trigger the need to address human performance limitations in aviation maintenance.
		Unfortunately, in real flight operations, there are cognitive and physical factors that cause these disparate groups to work less than efficiently between their groups, particularly when a cohesive environment is critical, such as in an emergency.
	www.tacgworldwide.com /research.htm (2177 words)

	airodyssey.net - "Miracle Landing" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		True story of Aloha Airlines flight 243, a Boeing 737-200 that lost a large section of the roof at cruising altitude over Hawaii, and landed safely.
		In the meantime, Flight attendant Michelle Honda (Ana-Alicia) is painting a portrait of her daughter, in the traditional hawaiian costume.
		An air traffic controller was flying on the jump seat on flight 243, which is not shown in the movie.
	www.airodyssey.net /articles/movie-ml.html (1367 words)

	CIRP: First Aid for the Psyche
		A senior flight attendant was swept to her death, and all 89 passengers were injured.
		The near loss of Aloha 243, plus subsequent discoveries and revelations about the geriatric problems of aging airliners, heightened concerns about these issues internationally and led the FAA and the airline industry to develop a comprehensive program to deal with aging aircraft structures.
		Both aircraft were torn apart by pressures and stresses they were not built to withstand—in Aloha 243, normal cabin pressurization pushing against a spreading series of small fuselage cracks; in TWA 800, an explosion in the center wing fuel tank.
	cf.alpa.org /internet/alp/2001/apr01p10.html (2439 words)

	accident aircraft aloha 243: new accident aircraft aloha 243 here, exclusive accident aircraft aloha 243 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aloha Airlines Flight 243 departed Hilo en route to Honolulu at 1.25 pm on 28..
		The Aloha Airlines Flight 243 accident in Maui was a seminal commercial aviationevent in..
		At approximately 13:48, as the aircraft reached its normal flight altitude of 24000..
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	Aloha Airlines flight 243 :: Air Travel History :: BootsnAll Theme Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In April, 1988, Aloha Airlines flight 243, en route between Hilo and Honolulu, was cruising at 24,000 feet when a large portion of the upper fuselage suddenly ripped away.
		Standing in the aisle near row five at the moment of decompression, she was instantly swept overboard.
		Some food for thought: For those who fear being "sucked out" of an explosively decompressing airplane, bear in mind that two other flight attendants, also standing at the time of the separation, survived.
	www.bootsnall.com /guides/05-09/aloha-airlines-flight-243.html (478 words)

	Aloha Airlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As the Boeing 737 leveled off at the top of its climb (about 24,000 feet), a major portion of the upper crown skin separated in flight causing an explosive decompression of the cabin.
		A senior flight attendant was swept away from the aircraft to her death, and 64 passengers were injured from jagged bits of metal that had broken loose and speared back among them.
		The pilot managed to land the aircraft safely, and afterwards engineers determined the cause of failure to be a small fracture that had been overlooked in the pre-flight inspections.
	www.shodor.org /~jingersoll/weave4/tutorial/node2.html (129 words)

	Aircraft Accident Investigation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Corrosion of aircraft alloys such as steel, aluminum and titanium does occur, but we are not talking of the gross corrosion (ie, loss of thickness) common to steel equipment left in the yard and exposed to the elements.
		Exfoliation corrosion was involved in the Aloha Flight 243 air disaster (April, 1988).
		This is the case, for example, in the TWA Flight 800 disaster that occurred when a Boeing 747 exploded off Long Island on July 17, 1996.
	www.engr.sjsu.edu /WofMatE/AAI.html (2338 words)

	About lifehut.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was first developed to assist the survivors of the Aloha Flight 243 air in 1988.
		Following the Aloha Airlines Flight 243 disaster on Maui, a behavioral based Post Traumatic Stress Reduction Program that complimented large-scale disaster response was created.
		One was also produced with Aloha for those people whom had to cope with the absence of a loved one.
	www.bestmedia.com /lifehut/lifehutbio.htm (1513 words)

	StarBulletin.com \| Features \| /2005/12/27/
		ALOHA AIRLINES Flight 243, the jetliner that lost part of its roof on April 28, 1988, was detailed on the History Channel's "Secrets of the Black Box: Aloha Flight 243" Thursday night.
		She was interviewed and gave the pilots much deserved praise and said she embraced Capt. Robert Shornstheimer after he and copilot Madeline "Mimi" Tompkins, made the miraculous landing.
		Pat also told of the heroism of flight attendant Michelle Honda, who, like flight attendant C.B. Lansing, could have been sucked out of the plane when a third of the jet's roof was torn off.
	starbulletin.com /2005/12/27/features/wood.html (488 words)

	WebMagic's WebGuide: Disasters.com/Wrecks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aloha Flight 243 - An account with photographs of the April 28, 1988, catastrophic airliner failure.
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		Korean Air Lines Flight 007 - On September 1, 1983, KAL 007 penetrated Soviet air space and was brought down by an air-to-air missile.
	webguide.webmagic.com /Disasters.com/Wrecks (669 words)

	SwRI Fall 2001 Technology Today Article
		The in-air skin failure 13 years ago of an Aloha Airlines jet was the result of skin failure produced by cracks that formed from many small rivet holes.
		Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was en route to Honolulu on April 28, 1988, at 24,000 feet when a large section of the fuselage was ripped from the Boeing 737 airliner.
		This shortcoming is of major concern because these connecting cracks can lead to the kind of catastrophic damage that caused the Aloha Airlines incident.
	www.swri.org /3pubs/ttoday/fall01/NDETest.htm (1373 words)

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