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Originally Posted by pj67coll
Yep. They sure dodged a bullet with that one. Thankfully it looks like the 737 is a fairly well built plane. Remember the Hawaiian flight some decades ago that survived a blowout, much bigger than this? - Peter.
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Aloha 243
(another Boeing 737)
Flight history.
http://www.aloha.net/~icarus/index.htm
"No unusual occurrences were noted by either crewmember during the departure and climbout. As the airplane leveled at 24,000 feet, both pilots heard a loud "clap" or "whooshing" sound followed by a wind noise behind them. The first officer's head was jerked backward, and she stated that debris, including pieces of gray insulation, was floating in the cockpit. The captain observed that the cockpit entry door was missing and that there was
blue sky where the first-class ceiling had been. The captain immediately took over the controls of the airplane. He described the airplane attitude as rolling slightly left and right and that the flight controls felt "loose." ".............
"After the accident, a passenger stated that as she was boarding the airplane through the jet bridge at Hilo, she observed a longitudinal fuselage crack. The crack was in the upper row of rivets along the S-10L lap joint, about halfway between the cabin door and the edge of the jet bridge hood.
She made no mention of the observation to the airline ground personnel or flight crew. "