On April 28, 1988, an Aloha Airline Boeing 737, N73711, was scheduled for a series of interisland flights in Hawaii. The crew flew three uneventful roundtrip flights, one each from Honolulu to Hilo (ITO), Kahului Airport, HI (OGG) on the island of Maui, and Kauai Island Airport (LIH). As the airplane leveled at 24000 feet, both pilots heard a loud “clap1″ or “whooshing” sound followed by a wind noise behind them. The first officer’s head was jerked backward, and she stated that debris …

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