Strange place to have a failure.
Why would you say that?
Strange place to have a failure.
Now, all of that could be bullshit, but I think I'll believe it, bullshit or not, because it's funny as hell. And I know many Israelis (not to mention related to many) and it certainly fits the profile.....
The copilot on that flight is now a new hire at Hawaiian. One of the Aloha pilots we brought onboard recently.IJust look at the classic case of airliner fatigue: Aloha 243. The damn thing landed without half the damn fuselage (entire roof ripped off). Only ONE person, a flight attendant, was lost due to the wind blast blowing her out. Everyone else was seated and virtually unharmed and all survived.
Someone on another thread was complaining about F/A's in general and wondering what the flight attendants were there for -- and now you know. Like I said ... they are there for safety and for emergencies. If you get waited on in the style that YOU think YOU merit -- then bully for you; that's gravy."The crew were terrific, they were really good, they kept everyone calm and told people what to do and helped people with their masks and things. Their reactions had a very calm effect on the other passengers."
This was a typical reaction on the part of the pax following most of my flights ...“Upon disembarkation, there were some passengers who vomited ... when the pilot came off he got a round of applause .."
Not to mention the first officer on that flight was female, at a time when women were still proving themselves in the cockpit (although I'm sure they still are even today).
How do I know this you ask? I'm ashamed to say i was flipping channels one day, saw a movie playing with an airplane, and then noticed it was "Lifetime". !! Although surprisingly it had no "big bad man" or "evil porn killing out kids" theme to it.
Why did I watch a lifetime movie? Well.... I guess my balls were in the shop that day...
"Lifetime: Television for Idiots"
Didn't they do this on mythbusters a little while ago? Blow a hole in an aircraft to see if it would still fly?
Inside info on the crash is given here:
http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/07/26/commwealth-flying/#comments
Turns out the pilot was a retired NZ A-4 driver.