The force of the decompression continued to peel back the aircraft fuselage, leaving the top half of the aircraft's front exposed to the elements.

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HONOLULU (KHON2) — Years before Captain Sully and the “Miracle on the Hudson,” there was Captain Schornstheimer, and the miracle landing of Aloha Airlines flight 243, after part of the plane ripped ...

Bob Nichols, a passenger on Aloha Airlines Flight 243, slid down the chute of the plane, then turned around and captured the moment on April 28, 1988, when the aircraft made an emergency landing at ...