I'd hate to think any of her family read this...to sensationalize what she went through would only add to their anguish. “C.B.” had been a flight attendant with Aloha Airlines for 37 years. ).
It's standard protocol. That’s what I imagine. Your blog...your call, but a bit sensational in its depiction. [3], The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was dismantled on site. The NTSB concluded in its final report on the accident: “The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the Aloha Airlines maintenance program to detect the presence of significant disbonding and fatigue damage which ultimately led to failure of the lap joint at S-10L and the separation of the fuselage upper lobe.”, “Contributing to the accident were the failure of Aloha Airlines management to supervise properly its maintenance force; the failure of the FAA to require Airworthiness Directive 87-21-08 inspection of all the lap joints proposed by Boeing Alert Service Bulletin SB 737-53A1039; and the lack of a complete terminating action (neither generated by Boeing nor required by the FAA) after the discovery of early production difficulties in the B-737 cold bond lap joint which resulted in low bond durability, corrosion, and premature fatigue cracking.”. (Its maximum certificated takeoff weight was 100,000 pounds (45,359 kilograms). The approximate location of the failure was located between the cabin door and the jet bridge hood. Failed to remove flower. As fuselage examinations were scheduled during the night, this made it more difficult to carry out an adequate inspection of the aircraft’s outer skin.
Family members linked to this person will appear here. Short hops are actually a bit more labor intensive. To suggest a correction or addition, visit the memorial page and click Suggest Edits. See our Privacy Policy and Third Party Partners to learn more about the use of data and your rights. The cause of the fuselage failure was fatigue cracking around rivets as a result of the vast number of pressurization/depressurization cycles it had experienced, as well as operation in a salty coastal environment. Clarabelle, Michelle and Jane started down the aisle dishing out the nuts and the drinks. Try again later.
KAHULUI, HAWAII, APRIL 29 -- Aloha Airlines flight attendant Clarabelle Lansing was in the first-class section of Flight 243, at 24,000 feet 20 minutes out of Hilo en route to Honolulu. The same thing happened with US Airways 1549's bird strike incident.
I thought you might like to see a memorial for Clarabelle “CB” Ho Lansing I found on Findagrave.com. Not funny for Clarabelle, but I enjoyed reading this.
You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. This statement bothered me a lot as a female pilot. We have a volunteer within ten miles of your requested photo location. The damaged area extended from slightly aft of the main cabin entrance door, rear ward about 18 feet to the area just forward of the wings and from the left side of the cabin at the floor level to the right side window level.
[11] Investigation by the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that the accident was caused by metal fatigue exacerbated by crevice corrosion.
Yikes, this is bad, he must have mused. Fuselage hoop loads (circumferential loads within the skins due to pressurization of the cabin) were intended to be transferred through the bonded joint, rather than through the rivets, allowing the use of lighter, thinner fuselage skin panels with no degradation in fatigue life.[3]:13–21. on December 24, 1929 to Fay and Mable Williams. The other attendant, Michelle Honda, although injured, was able to crawl up and down the aisle assisting and calming the passengers by holding onto the seat legs of the coach area, a hero. [3], The piece of the fuselage blown off the aircraft was never found. F/A's are there for your SAFETY, not your comfort.Continuing on:"First Officer Madeline "Mimi" Tompkins and Captain Robert Schornsteimer settled into their cockpit seats and did their little checklist routine. It was going to be a normal day – almost. Verify and try again. [3]:11 The first officer was 36-year-old Madeline "Mimi" Tompkins;[6] who also had significant experience flying the 737, having logged 3,500 of her total 8,000 flight hours in that particular Boeing model. Additional damage to the airplane included damaged and dented horizontal stabilizers, both of which had been struck by flying debris. The 737-200 is 100 feet, 2 inches (30.531 meters) long with a wingspan of 93 feet, 0 inches (28.346 meters) and overall height of 36 feet, 10 inches (11.227 meters). Lansing, the main focus of your blog. Try again. Skip to content. Thanks for your help! Actually, I bet she was unconscious during the fall because she smashed into the side of the outer fuselage after it tore open and then was sucked away. GREAT NEWS! The last one in service with an American airline, Aloha Airlines, was retired 21 March 2008. Captain Schornstheimer described the flight controls as loose and sluggish. So tragic for cb Lansing, may she rest in peace. The anomaly was a longitudinal fuselage crack, which after checks turned out to be a fissure in the upper row of rivets along the stringer S-10L lap joint. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced.
At 13:25, flight 243 departed for the capital that it would never reach on that day. Also, it belittles the flight crew, who did an amazing job under very adverse conditions. CB Lansing was blown out of the plane when a front section of the plane's fuselage ripped off in a flight from Hilo, Hawaii to Honolulu, Hawaii. Air traffic control radioed Akamai and requested as many of their 15-passenger vans as they could spare to go to the airport (three miles from their base) to transport the injured.
They held on to her all the way down saving her from certain death. As for the plane.
Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon DVD & Blu-ray Releases Release Calendar Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Please contact Find a Grave at support@findagrave.com if you need help resetting your password. It must me a very cruel affair. The controls were described as “spongy” and “loose.” Captain Schornsteimer looked back to see the cockpit door gone and blue sky above the passenger cabin. Clarabelle Lansing was born circa 1934, at birth place, New York, to William Lansing and Ethel Lansing. Plese check the I'm not a robot checkbox.'. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review.
GREAT NEWS! Please try again later. To suggest a change to a cemetery page, visit the Cemetery Corrections forum. And ascent goes pretty quick from there. It seems written to be amusing, but the subject matter isn't amusing in nature. The -200 first flew 8 August 1967. Some of the metal debris had also struck the aircraft's vertical stabilizer, causing slight damage.
The proof of this is a skull print on the side along with a blood smear leading behind it. She was thrown out of the airplane and fell to the ocean, 24,000 feet (7,315 meters) below.
At 1:58pm the plane was able to make an emergency landing at Runway 2 at Kahului Airport, Maui.
In addition to the flight attendant fatallity, seven passengers and another flight attendant had serious injuries. The jettisoned flight attendant was never found. A crowd gathered around the airport to watch the... © Copyright 2020 Airways International, Inc. All rights reserved. Read ALL the other reports. Of course, logic would tell you this particular malfunction goes without saying for the first class section. [3]:5 Lansing was a veteran flight attendant of 37 years at the time of the incident. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request. Awards & Events. Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (IATA: AQ243, ICAO: AAH243) was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. Sorry! Rather disrespectful to Clarabelle & the whole tragedy. She was one of those courteous and helpful people that happily assist a plane full of obnoxious Hawaiian tourists on their way to the next island – you know they type: the sunburned families with maps, the fat men that scratch a lot, the screaming children.
LONDON - According to The Scotsman, Pan Am (PA) Pilots who lost their careers and pensions as a result of the collapse... PRESTWICK — The Antonov AN225 Mriya has touched down in Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) today. The aircraft was written off. If there is an emergency, even if it is the F/O's leg, the Captain assumes control. Further investigations disclosed that the primary damage was caused by the total separation of the upper crown skin and other fuselage structure. Rethink your writing - it's thoughtless. PRICE: £2.99. Good take off and landing practice for the pilots, kind of dull routine for veteran flight attendants like Clarabelle. The value of the airplane was estimated at about $5 million. While the airframe had accumulated 35,496 flight hours prior to the accident, those hours included over 89,680 flight cycles (takeoffs and landings), owing to its use on short flights. Flight 243’s actual takeoff weight was 93,133 pounds (42,224 kilograms). Additional damage to the airplane included damaged and dented horizontal stabilizers, both of which had been struck by flying debris. Her body was never recovered.In 1996 the Lansing Memorial Garden was inaugurated at Honolulu International Airport's Interisland Terminal.The story of the incident was the subject of a movie "Miracle Landing. [3]:5 All of the passengers had been seated and wearing their seat belts during the depressurization. The captain’s quick musing that this situation was pretty bad led him to make a snap decision to put the plane in a steep decent – he apparently grabbed the controls from Mimi.
Clarabelle Lansing was a senior flight attendant for Aloha Airlines back in 1988.
CB is the perfect example of when its your time to go. I get the science of it, it just seems unnatural. On a 350 mile trip in a jet, there is no sense going that high because there is barely enough time or distance. A collection of Dave's whimsical writings. Aloha Airlines had dozens of daily inter-island flights then and still does today – generally they last 20 minutes to an hour depending on which islands are involved, whether conditions, etc. One possible explanation can be found here: http://www.disastercity.info/ghost/sequence/. While the Boeing’s Maintenance Planning Document proposed a D-check in a aircraft during few weeks apart, AQ separated the check into 52 separate work packages.