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23.03.2016 11,000 more flights in the 2016 summer timetable (Flughafen München GmbH)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Mar 2016
Airlines have booked slots for over 242,000 flights to 243 destinations in 68 different countries ... Emirates has already bumped up its service to Dubai to three flights a day ... Condor will add four new intercontinental destinations in June, with one flight per week to each of Halifax, on the Canadian east coast, the Cuban capital, Havana, Windhoek in Namibia and via Zanzibar (Tanzania) to Mombasa, Kenya....

How did a Somalia plane land safely after an explosion ripped a hole through its wall?

Edit Mashable 03 Feb 2016
One person on board Daallo Airlines Flight 3159 was reportedly blown out of the hole in the blast and two others were wounded, reportedly with burns ... Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737-297 also flying at a lower altitude, landed successfully without a roof after it sheared off due to structural failure in April 1988....

Interest soaring in airplane crack-detection company

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 29 Jan 2016
It is every airline's worst nightmare. an undetected crack developing on an aircraft that leads to an extreme event in flight, such as the explosive decompression of Aloha Airlines flight 243 that swept a flight attendant outside the Boeing 737 to her death in 1988 ... Overall, SMS shares have risen 287 per cent over the past 12 months, compared with a 10.1 per cent fall in the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index over the same period ... ....

This company detects aircraft cracking and its shares are up 287pc this year

Edit Canberra Times 29 Jan 2016
It is every airline's worst nightmare. an undetected crack developing on an aircraft that leads to an extreme event in flight, such as the explosive decompression of Aloha Airlines flight 243 that swept a flight attendant outside the Boeing 737 to her death in 1988 ... Overall, SMS shares have risen by 287 per cent over the last 12 months, compared with a 10.1 per cent fall in the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index over the same period ... ....

Why do we know so little about corporate human rights abuses?

Edit Huffington Post 02 Dec 2015
In 1988, on a routine flight from Hilo to Honolulu, Aloha Airlines flight 243 depressurized mid-flight, ripping the top off the plane. A flight attendant, the only one who wasn't strapped in, was sucked out of the plane with it ... The most amazing thing about Aloha Airlines flight 243 might be that, after the top was ripped off, the pilot managed to land the plane safely....

SpiceJet flights hit, passengers stranded

Edit Deccan Herald 17 Dec 2014
SpiceJet faced one of its worst moments on Wednesday as thousands of fliers were left stranded in airports across the country after around 150 flights could not take off following oil companies’ refusal to supply fuel due to non-payment of dues ... Around 150 flights out of the 243 scheduled services were cancelled leaving over 20,000 passengers in trouble, sources said....

The 9 most heroic airline pilots of all time

Edit The Daily Telegraph 14 Aug 2014
This British Airways flight from Heathrow to Auckland was passing over Jakarta when it ran into volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines. Naturally, there was concern in the cockpit, with the flight engineer exclaiming ... Scary in-flight announcements. More scary in-flight announcements. British Airways Flight 5390 ... Aloha Flight 243 ... BA Flight 38 ... Cathay Pacific Flight 780....

List of civilian planes shot down

Edit CNN 18 Jul 2014
(CNN) -- As soon as Malaysia Airlines confirmed it lost contact Thursday with Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine, at least one Ukrainian official said the plane had been shot down ... In 1956, a TWA jet crashed into a United Airlines flight above the Grand Canyon ... In 1988, while flying at 24,000 feet, a large section of the roof blew off of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 while en route to Honolulu ... Air Canada Flight 797 ... Aloha Airlines Flight 243....

7 ways air travel changed after disasters

Edit CNN 11 Apr 2014
A cargo door blew off Turkish Airlines Flight 981 outside Paris in 1974 while the plane was in the air, causing cabin pressure to drop and eventually leading to a section of the cabin floor to collapse ... In 1988, while flying at 24,000 feet, a large section of the roof blew off of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 while en route to Honolulu ... Turkish Airlines Flight 981 ... Air Canada Flight 797. British Airtours Flight 28M ... Aloha Airlines Flight 243....

5 'miraculous' airplane crashes with survivors

Edit New Straits/Business Times 30 Mar 2014
SOME people have survived insurmountable odds and lived to tell their stories after their planes crashed. This is a list of five airplane crashes where the passengers survived. Lansa Flight 508. On Dec 24, 1971 - just a day before Christmas, a Lockheed L-188A Electra turboprop with 91 people left Lima's Jorge Chavez International Airport at noon ... Andes Flight 571 ... JAT Flight 367 ... US Airways Flight 1549 ... Aloha Airlines Flight 243 ... ....

Where is the Malaysian plane? 16 possible scenarios.

Edit Denver Post 14 Mar 2014
The Mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370For days now an ever-expanding gap in information has been filled with theories echoing across Facebook, Reddit and aviation forums for speculating pilots — the Professional Pilots Rumour Network is a good one in particular ... Aloha Airlines Flight 243 is an often-cited example of a case where an aircraft suffered explosive decompression — and its passengers lived to tell the tale....

Where Is the Plane? 16 Possible Scenarios

Edit Mashable 13 Mar 2014
We will continue updating this list as more information about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight becomes available ... The Mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ... There's a chance the cabin crew was dealing with an in-flight emergency and had no time to radio back their location ... Aloha Airlines Flight 243 is an often-cited example of a case where an aircraft suffered explosive decompression — and its passengers lived to tell the tale....
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