PORT HUENEME, Calif. (KABC) -- Twenty years after the Alaska Airlines crash which claimed the lives of 88 people, friends and family members gathered in Port Hueneme to remember the lives of their ...
On January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly lost pitch control after a critical failure in the aircraft’s tail stabilizer system. As the MD-83 plunged toward the Pacific Ocean, the pilots ...
Two passenger flights were thrown into one of aviation’s most terrifying emergencies when their aircraft suddenly plunged and crews fought to regain control. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 and West ...
The NTSB has found that the Alaska Airlines Flight 261 accident was caused by the carrier's insufficient lubrication of the aircraft's horizontal stabilizer trim jackscrew and Acme nut, which made the ...