Airplane Ripped Open Mid Flight

Black Box Down

Society & Culture, Aviation, True Crime, Leisure, Documentary

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

A Boeing 737 has its front cabin ripped open exposing passengers to the open sky. Aloha Airlines Flight 243 is cruising at 24,000 feet when the ceiling bursts open. With the airplane barely holding together, the pilots try their best to safely land. Will they succeed? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BlackBoxDownPod. https://twitter.com/blackboxdownpod https://www.instagram.com/blackboxdownpod/ Sponsored by The Jordan Harbinger Show (jordanharbinger.com/subscribe) and ExpressVPN (http://expressvpn.com/blackboxdown) BUY OUR SHIRT - U.S. STORE: https://store.roosterteeth.com/products/black-box-down-t-shirt U.K. STORE: https://store.roosterteeth.co.uk/products/black-box-down-t-shirt Crash Simulator: https://roosterteeth.com/watch/black-box-down-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Ruestur-Tsis production.
0:05.0	April 28, 1988.
0:09.4	Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a 19-year-old Boeing 737, is at a cruising altitude of 24,000 feet.
0:17.3	The plane has already flown from Honolulu, Hilo, Maui, and Kauai on this particular day.
0:23.2	First officer, Madeline Tomkins is flying the plane when the pilots here allowed clap
0:26.9	than the sound of wind behind them.
0:29.2	Captain Robert Shortenheimer turns around to see the source of the sound and finds a cockpit
0:33.4	door missing and notices that he can see blue sky where the ceiling had once been.
0:38.0	The pilots immediately declare an emergency, dawned their oxygen masks, and began trying
0:42.3	to land a plane that has lost its ceiling.
0:44.9	Are they able to land the plane successfully?
0:46.8	What is the fate of the 95 people on board?
0:49.0	Find out on this episode of Black Boxdown.
0:53.3	Hey everyone, welcome to Black Boxdown.
0:55.1	It's Gus and Chris.
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