On April 28, 1988, an Aloha Airline's Boeing 737-297 flying between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii suffered an extensive damage with one-third of its roof blown off due to metal fatigue and corrosion.

As the Aloha Airline's Flight 243 suddenly lost altitude, passengers began singing hymns and bracing for a crash. Thirteen minutes after the explosion, the pilot landed the 19 year old aging aircraft safely at Kahului Airport on Maui.



The passengers onboard were quickly evacuated from the aircraft through the emergency evacuation slides.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcU0mJaik2g?t=41
See the illustration and the actual aircraft (@1.57 mins) moments after landing

During the explosion, 58 year-old flight attendant Clarabelle Lansing was ejected from the airplane and was never found . About 65 passengers out of 89 and crew were injured.

An aerospace engineer who was aboard the plane with his wife said
"The stewardess had just said, 'Would you like one more drink? She was handing my wife a glass when suddenly she disappeared"

Most of the survivors congratulated the Pilot Robert Schornstheimer for his seemingly miraculous landing.
One of them said :
"I give credit to the pilot,"
"He brought that plane down so smoothly. It was just like riding in a Cadillac."

It was a miraculous fit to land the aging aircraft with passengers exposed to open sky and high winds at an altitude of over 24,000 feet over the Pacific because, in theory , a Boeing 737 with nearly one-third of its roof blown off should not be able to fly.

What do you think?

https://autojosh.com/see-the-roofless-aircraft-with-96-passengers-that-landed-safely-after-an-explosion/

Incredible

Most of the survivors congratulated the Pilot Robert Schornstheimer for his seemingly miraculous landing.
One of them said :
"I give credit to the pilot,"
"He brought that plane down so smoothly. It was just like riding in a Cadillac."

if na Nigerians now na to dey thank god like say na god pilot the plane!

ndi uchu!

God never wan kill them
The trauma though

at last....

Incredible and fascinating

It was a miracle. Believe it or not, the hymns they sang knocked on heaven's door and God came down to save them cos God inhabits the praise of his people.

It's fortunate the explosion didn't result in a fire, the outcome would have been gory. Someone hand the pilot a bottle of chilled Heineken, I will pay

Marvelous.....

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Aww glad they made it

nwaanambra1:


if na Nigerians now na to dey thank god like say na god pilot the plane!

ndi uchu!

You didn't read were it was said that the passengers were singing hynms abi? !

One word! GOD!

Simply miraculous..

Its the Lord doing

Juell:
It was a miracle. Believe it or not, the hymns they sad knocked on heaven's door and God came down to save them cos God inhabits the praise of his people.

See as you dey talk like say you dey heaven when the hymns dey knock

WOW! This is incredible. Kudos to the pilot

Juell:
It was a miracle. Believe it or not, the hymns they sad knocked on heaven's door and God came down to save them cos God inhabits the praise of his people.

Oh please, give me a break

bros2:


You didn't read were it was said that the passengers were singing hynms abi? !

One word! GOD!

If the passengers were singing hymns and the pilot was not dead would the plane still have landed safely?

The fear those people on board experienced eh,their mouth no go fit talk am finish.
It is better imagined than experienced.

In those days I watched a movie titled Miraculous landing which depicted exactly the incident the OP posted. It was indeed a miracle that the damaged plane was landed. Unfortunately some crew members and passengers were carried away by the wind. I congratulate the pilot for his bravery. Also a very courageous air hostess who did wonderfully well calming down the passengers until landing

This is why I like Boeing, in case of a difficult situation and for short flights, Boeing really has my vote.

There's something always very interesting about this giant machine; even it's ugly event catches fancy.

HTF



As fate may have it, stewardess might have landed in another continent safe and sound

See convertible!

God did it

afroxyz:


If the passengers were singing hymns and the pilot was not dead would the plane still have landed safely?

Give Praise to God when u see a miracle! Their are better and more qualified pilots who died from air mishap. It wasn't the pilots doing.or was it the pilot that stopped atmospherric pressure from sucking out the passengers from the plane whose roof was already torn off?