United Airlines, B747, How The Accident Happened, Flight 811, Pacific Ocean, Honolulu, Hawaii - [February 24, 1989]
United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled airline flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, with intermediate stops at Honolulu and Auckland. On February 24, 1989, the Boeing 747-122 serving the flight experienced a cargo door failure in flight shortly after leaving Honolulu. The resulting explosive decompression blew out several rows of seats, resulting in the deaths of nine passengers. It returned to Honolulu, where it landed without further loss of life.
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