American Airlines Flight 102: A Cabin Crew Perspective

It was April 14, 1993. American Airlines flight 102 departed from Honolulu International Airport at 17:53 local time. It was an overnight flight of just over seven hours and most of the passengers were elderly. The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 was bound for Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and had 189 passengers, three flight crew and ten flight attendants onboard.