Aloha Airlines Flight 243 faces a catastrophic midair incident where a significant portion of the airplane's fuselage is torn off mid-flight. Despite the severity of the damage, the flight crew attempts to make an emergency landing on Maui, a challenging task due to the damaged state of the aircraft.

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00:00:00 - Season 3 Episode 1 "Hanging by a Thread": On 28 April 1988, the upper half of the front fuselage of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 tears off, blowing out a flight attendant. The aircraft subsequently lands safely at Kahului, Hawaii. The fuselage failed from corrosion damage and improperly-repaired fatigue cracks.

00:49:21 - Season 3 Episode 2 "Attack over Baghdad": On 22 November 2003, a 9K34 Strela-3 man-portable air-defense system is launched at a DHL Airbus A300, exploding the left wing and causing a massive loss of hydraulic fluid which immobilizes the flight control surfaces. The crew flies the aircraft by changing the engines' thrust for control and make a safe landing 16 minutes later.

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