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Alaska 261 Lost Control Minutes Before LAX

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 turned into a fight for survival when a hidden tail failure sent the MD-83 into a deadly dive. The ...
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 ...
In January 2000, Flight 261 took off from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, heading to Seattle. This video recreates the events surrounding the incident, employing P3DV4 for the reconstruction.
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 ...