HOW A US PLANE LANDED SAFELY AFTER LOSING ITS ROOF

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The story of how a US plane landed safely despite losing a part of its roof is one of the most shocking moments in aviation history

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On April 28, 1988, a huge section of the roof of an Aloha Airlines jet carrying 89 passengers and 6 crew members peeled off mid-flight

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The 110-seat Boeing 737-200 jet was halfway into a 40-minute flight when it suddenly lost cabin pressure

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The ceiling of the plane was torn off, exposing passengers to the extreme winds at 24,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean

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Despite the difficulties, the pilots maneuvered the damaged plane down from 24,000 feet and began an emergency descent to Maui

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The plane successfully landed there with an engine on fire, 13 minutes after the horrific incident

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Emergency personnel on the ground could not believe what they were seeing as the damaged plane approached

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Every other person on board except air hostess Clarabelle Lansing survived the incident

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She was sucked out of the airplane. Despite an extensive search, her body was never found

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As per US National Transportation Safety Board, the plane experienced an "explosive decompression and structural failure" which also caused the left engine to fail

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