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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: Pacific Ocean near Honolulu: Hawaii: Boeing 747-100: The aircraft experienced explosive decompression when a cargo door opened unexpectedly midflight, which was eventually attributed to flaws in the door's design, causing some seats to be expelled from the aircraft. The flight was able to make an emergency landing in ...
On 24 February 1989, part of the right-side fuselage of United Airlines Flight 811 rips off, ejecting nine people from the aircraft and causing explosive decompression. The flight later lands safely at Honolulu without any more loss of life. It was later determined that an electrical short circuit caused the cargo door to open.
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)
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Flight 811 may refer to: Listed chronologically. China Airlines Flight 811, crash-landed in Manila on 27 February 1980; Aeroflot Flight 811, collided mid-air on 24 August 1981; China Airlines Flight 811, the flight of Ninoy Aquino, who was assassinated while deplaning on 21 August 1983; see Assassination of Ninoy Aquino