David Cronin, the pilot of a United Airlines Boeing 747 who was able to land the plane at Honolulu A

David Cronin, the pilot of a United Airlines four queens hotel and casino Boeing 747 who was able to land the plane at Honolulu Airport after a cargo door blew off while en route from Honolulu to Auckland, New Zealand, in 1989, has died. Cronin had been on his second-to-last flight when he captained the flight.
Cronin was the captain on United Flight 811, which left Honolulu for Auckland, New Zealand, on Feb. 24, 1989. The 747 was 23,000 feet over the Pacific 85 miles south of Oahu when a forward cargo door blew out, creating a gaping four queens hotel and casino hole in the right side of the aircraft.
four queens hotel and casino He not only brought the plane back safely, but he invented many of the safety procedures used today, Ben Mohide, a passenger on the flight, told the Star-Advertiser yesterday. He was a remarkable man. He will be missed greatly.
Investigators later determined faulty wiring and a short caused the cargo door to open mid-flight, causing explosive decompression. The jet was 19 years old at the time with more than 15,000 takeoffs and landings.
The incident occurred nearly a year after Aloha Airlines Flight 243 between Hilo and Honolulu lost the top half of its fuselage on April 28, 1988, but was able to land safely at Maui's Kahului Airport. four queens hotel and casino Flight four queens hotel and casino attendant C.B. Lansing, who was blown out of the airplane, was killed.
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