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S03E01: Hanging by a Thread (Aloha Airlines Flight 243)

Mayday · Season 3
Aired 14 Sep 2005 at 5:00pm (UTC)
Hanging by a Thread (Aloha Airlines Flight 243)

Synopsis

On 28 April 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 is en route from Hilo to Honolulu in Hawaii, when the upper half of the front fuselage is torn off, blowing out a flight attendant. The aircraft subsequently lands safely at Kahului, Maui. The fuselage failed from corrosion damage and metal fatigue.

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