A closer look
Taking a quick island hop in Hawaii turned into an unsolicited convertible experience when the roof of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 violently ripped off at 24,000 feet. The airline had been flying the Boeing 737 on countless short flights, racking up thousands of pressurization cycles. This constant expanding and contracting caused catastrophic metal fatigue that maintenance totally missed. It forced the aviation industry to admit that airplanes, much like cheap Tupperware, eventually crack under pressure.
