"Brian" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:48:23 -0800, "Mr. Travel" wrote:


I remember it wasn't a commuter plane that had part of the fuselage rip
away on an Hawaian flight.

Actually, it was an Aloha Airlines 737-200. Hardley a "commuter plane."

It wasn't but that was an unusual incident.

Yes, it was unusual. But any airline "incident" is, thankfully, unusual. The
problem here was that the airplane was 20+ years old and had corrosion
issues. AFAIK, it was the only incident involving an inter-island airline
flight in Hawaiian (the state, not the airline) history. And probably the
only commercial fatality on either Hawaiian Airlines or Aloha Airlines.

It hasn't been a problem
arranging flights on a carrier that uses larger planes so it's not
worth fighting the fight. I never researched it but we usually travel
with the maximum amount of luggage and I don't know if that would be a
problem on a commuter plane.

We've never had to fly a commuter plane anywhere so I'm not familiar
with them.