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Alaska 261 kept falling because the pilots were fighting a failure they couldn’t stop
This video centers on the horrifying moment Alaska Airlines Flight 261 lost pitch control and sent its crew into a desperate fight above the Pacific. The real stakes build when what first looks like a difficult trim problem turns into a catastrophic mechanical failure, leaving the pilots wrestling a damaged aircraft that keeps forcing its nose ...
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On January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, lost control midair and crashed into the Pacific Ocean off California’s coast, killing all 88 people onboard. The crash was caused by a failure in the jackscrew assembly of the horizontal stabilizer due to improper lubrication and extended maintenance intervals. Despite heroic efforts by the pilots to regain control—even flying inverted—the aircraft entered a fatal dive. The incident led to major reforms in FAA oversight
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