Miracle Landing is an Emmy-winning 1990 made-for-TV movie based on an in-flight accident aboard Flight 243 that occurred in April 1988. The Boeing 737-200 was flying from Hilo, Hawaii to Honolulu, Hawaii, when it experienced rapid decompression when a section of the fuselage was torn away. With one person blown from the cabin and dozens injured, the aircraft was able to make a successful emergency landing at Kahului Airport, on Maui. The film air...
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Miracle Landing is an Emmy-winning 1990 made-for-TV movie based on an in-flight accident aboard Flight 243 that occurred in April 1988. The Boeing 737-200 was flying from Hilo, Hawaii to Honolulu, Hawaii, when it experienced rapid decompression when a section of the fuselage was torn away. With one person blown from the cabin and dozens injured, the aircraft was able to make a successful emergency landing at Kahului Airport, on Maui. The film aired on the US television network, CBS in early 1990 and has since been shown on networks throughout the world in syndication.
The story begins in a flight simulator with two pilots failing a simulated flight in which they face the challenge of landing a crippled jet. During the de-briefing they discover the challenge was based on a real life account and that the two pilots managed to fly that plane to safety without the benefit of such training. The story then flashes back, a few days before the events of Paradise Airlines 243.
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