The roof was torn off mid-flight – at an altitude of 7,300 meters. 89 passengers were sitting under the open sky. “I took a piece of paper and said goodbye to my family,” passenger Michelle Honda remembers. On Thursday, April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 rolled onto the runway in Hilo. The destination was Honolulu, a quick flight of just […]
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The roof was torn off mid-flight – at an altitude of 7,300 meters. 89 passengers were sitting under the open sky. “I took a piece of paper and said goodbye to my family,” passenger Michelle Honda remembers. On Thursday, April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 rolled onto the runway in Hilo. The destination was Honolulu, a quick flight of just […]