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United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled international 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.
United Airlines Flight 811: USA: Hawaii: Boeing 747: Dirt on microswitch/short circuit 9 Cargo door opened (electrical fault), causing surrounding structure to fail leaving large hole; landed safely 1989-09-08 Partnair Flight 394: Denmark: 18 km north of Hirtshals: Convair 580: Improper maintenance: use of counterfeit aircraft parts 55
How about Flight 811? Tabletop 12:11, 1 November 2008 (UTC) In the case of all 747 cargo doors, at the time, only the powered cable (circuit) was open-circuited by the switch. Any short-circuit from a live source would cycle the door-lock motor. Lin 11:38, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
A similar accident on the United Airlines Flight 811 was caused in part by a single-switched safety circuit for the baggage door mechanism. Failure of the wiring insulation in that circuit allowed the baggage door to be unlocked by a false feed, leading to a catastrophic de-pressurisation, and the deaths of nine passengers.
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