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Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in Seattle, Washington, United States, with an intermediate stop at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California.
Loss of Control and Impact with Pacific Ocean Alaska Airlines Flight 261; Image title: Aircraft Accident Report; Date and time of digitizing: 16:22, 9 January 2003:
English: This three-dimensional animated accident reconstruction shows the final pitch-over and initial portion of the dive for Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed off of Port Hueneme, CA on January 31, 2000. The reconstruction exhibits information selected from the Flight Data Recorder, excerpts from the Cockpit Voice Recorder transcript ...
The Alaska Airlines pilot who guided 171 passengers and four flight attendants to safety when a door panel blew out of the aircraft wasn’t aware of the mid-flight emergency — but knew ...
Countless professional pilots are calling on the FAA to take up “decades overdue” mental health reform after one of their own was charged with trying to crash an Alaska Airlines flight.
Morris "Morrie" Thompson (September 11, 1939 – January 31, 2000) was an Alaska Native leader, American businessman and political appointee working on matters related to Alaska Natives. [1] Thompson was best known as the official in charge of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the U.S. state of Alaska during the 1970s, and later as head of Doyon ...
One Alaska Airlines pilot announced to passengers he was leaving the plane in the interest of safety, according to multiple reports on social media.
This flight was instrumental in resolving the cause of the 737 rudder issues, because it was the first flight to land safely, allowing investigators to interview the pilots and study the aircraft. Alaska Airlines Flight 261, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, on January 31, 2000. The acme nut/jack screw assembly, which adjusted the pitch of the ...