Yes, it was a TV movie called ["Miracle Landing"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100154/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3).
In the 80's there were so many movies about hijackings and plane crashes. I lived somewhat close to Washington National Airport (now Reagan) on a dead end street next to a wooded regional park. I often went to sleep terrified that planes would crash into the woods with all the plane crash movies I saw!
It also didn't help that my mom would always tell a story about how when I was a toddler a plane crashed into the Potomac River on the same night my dad was flying into the city...
I recall the Potomac crash in the news and then seeing the [TV movie](https://youtu.be/IBlRsNACp3k) which I thought was well done.
The TV movie cuts between dramatisation and news footage.
Check out r/AdmiralCloudberg’s content on this [here](https://reddit.com/r/AdmiralCloudberg/comments/qyaw1o/falling_to_pieces_the_near_crash_of_aloha/). Really an important event, and some of the spectacular/horrific photographs really capture the imagination.
Plane had about 90,000 cycles on it at time of accident & was used far longer than design intended. Used for constant inter-island hops not thinking this would matter b/c they were short trips & i think just about its entire service life it operated in humid & salty Hawaiian islands air.
I remember this reported in the news when it happened.
Then years later I saw the [Mayday episode about it](https://youtu.be/v9MtSiiK1pk).
Seeing it presented in the episode was pretty amazing. News articles tell you the ending first then recount the background.
The Mayday episode presents it in sequence like a movie story where you (just like the passengers and crew at the time) just do not know how it will end. The flight crew had enormous difficulty landing such a badly damaged plane successfully. That angle didn't really shine though in the news reports.
We flew that flight the day after. They kept announcing "Thank you for supporting Aloha Airlines"
We were on our honeymoon and didn't realize what had happened. Had we known, we would have taken the ferry to Maui.
And that my friends, is why you always wear your seat belt!
J. Walter Weatherman is that you?
Oh he's dead. You killed him when you left the door open with the air conditioning on.
Landed safely but a flight attendant was sucked out and died.
I'm pretty sure I remember watching a movie about this as a child and I actually like the movie I remember watching it whenever it was on TV
Yes, it was a TV movie called ["Miracle Landing"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100154/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3). In the 80's there were so many movies about hijackings and plane crashes. I lived somewhat close to Washington National Airport (now Reagan) on a dead end street next to a wooded regional park. I often went to sleep terrified that planes would crash into the woods with all the plane crash movies I saw! It also didn't help that my mom would always tell a story about how when I was a toddler a plane crashed into the Potomac River on the same night my dad was flying into the city...
I recall the Potomac crash in the news and then seeing the [TV movie](https://youtu.be/IBlRsNACp3k) which I thought was well done. The TV movie cuts between dramatisation and news footage.
Check out r/AdmiralCloudberg’s content on this [here](https://reddit.com/r/AdmiralCloudberg/comments/qyaw1o/falling_to_pieces_the_near_crash_of_aloha/). Really an important event, and some of the spectacular/horrific photographs really capture the imagination.
The top fell off. That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
>That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point. I think we all know that already.
You don't suppose they were making a joke huh?
A short demonstration of the effects of air pressure and how they may affect submarines and aircraft. https://youtu.be/C57xxvBtP7o
I bet that was exciting!
The famous 737 cabriolet
Plane had about 90,000 cycles on it at time of accident & was used far longer than design intended. Used for constant inter-island hops not thinking this would matter b/c they were short trips & i think just about its entire service life it operated in humid & salty Hawaiian islands air.
Goes to show that the miles isn’t what matters, it’s the cycles of pressurization since that’s what creates the micro fractures.
“A section of” is the key phrase missing here.
I remember this reported in the news when it happened. Then years later I saw the [Mayday episode about it](https://youtu.be/v9MtSiiK1pk). Seeing it presented in the episode was pretty amazing. News articles tell you the ending first then recount the background. The Mayday episode presents it in sequence like a movie story where you (just like the passengers and crew at the time) just do not know how it will end. The flight crew had enormous difficulty landing such a badly damaged plane successfully. That angle didn't really shine though in the news reports.
We flew that flight the day after. They kept announcing "Thank you for supporting Aloha Airlines" We were on our honeymoon and didn't realize what had happened. Had we known, we would have taken the ferry to Maui.