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    Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was an Alaska Airlines flight of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31...
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  • dramatic fictional crash depicted in Flight was "loosely inspired" by the 2000 crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which was caused by a broken jackscrew...
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  • Flight 261 may refer to: Alaska Airlines Flight 261, a crash into the Pacific Ocean off California in 2000 Golden West Airlines Flight 261, a mid-air collision...
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  • Morris Thompson (category Businesspeople from Fairbanks, Alaska)
    to Alaska from vacationing in Mexico, Thompson died, along with his wife and one of his three daughters, in the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261. Thompson...
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  • Alaska Airlines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the fifth-largest...
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    The Alaska Airlines fleet are all Boeing 737 series aircraft, operated directly by Alaska Airlines. A regional fleet of Alaska branded Embraer 175 jets...
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    Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 USAir Flight 427 Alaska Airlines Flight 261 American Airlines Flight 1 Northwest Airlines Flight 85 TWA Flight 841 (1979)...
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    scrapped in 2002. Alaska Airlines Flight 261, another stabilizer that malfunctioned, leading to the deaths of 88 people. "The Saving Of Flight 1080". The Washington...
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    The crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 60 was an accident involving a Boeing 727-81 of the American airline Alaska Airlines at Ketchikan International Airport...
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    Point. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 United Airlines Flight 585 USAir Flight 427 Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 American Airlines Flight 1 Portals:  Alaska  Aviation...
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    2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed off of point Mugu, killing all 88 people on board the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operating the flight. Mugu Rock...
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  • latter vessel. She also assisted in the recovery of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 voice and flight data recorders, and of USS Monitor's propeller and shaft...
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  • by atmospheric icing disrupting airflow over the right wing. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 took off from Mexico en route to California. The MD-83 had been...
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  • air crashes, near-crashes, fires, hijackings, bombings, and other mainly flight-related disasters and crises. It reveals the events that led to each crisis...
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    Eleven people, including the captain, died. On January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, an MD-83, crashed in the Pacific Ocean because it lost horizontal...
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    after having been modified over the years. On January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed into the Pacific Ocean between Port Hueneme and Anacapa...
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    2023. "Alaska Airlines Just Added These New International Routes". AFAR. July 21, 2023. Airlines, Alaska. "Flight Timetable". Alaska Airlines. Archived...
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    Airlines Flight 261 in 2000. The destruction of a jackscrew on a Boeing 747-400BCF brought down National Airlines Flight 102 in 2013. This flight had just departed...
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    Chelyabinsk Antonov An-12 crash Alaska Airlines Flight 261 1977 Dan-Air Boeing 707 crash Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 "Accident on 9 August 2007 off...
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    September 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2013. "ASN Accident Description (Alaska Airlines-261)". Aviation Safety Network. 31 January 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013...
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  • Abidjan; only 10 of the 179 people on board survive. January 31 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261, an MD-83, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off Point Mugu, California...
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  • Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on 8 March 2014, after departing from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board...
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    Aviation Administration estimates that flight delays cost airlines $22 billion yearly. This is largely because airlines are forced to pay federal authorities...
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    Airlines Flight 261 China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 Japan Airlines Flight 123 Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17,...
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  • whilst she was on her honeymoon Flight (2012) – action drama film inspired by the true incident of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, in which a Boeing MD-83 suffered...
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    description for L'Express Airlines Flight 508 at the Aviation Safety Network CNN Transcript. Breaking News. Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Plane Plummets Into...
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    surfaces are more difficult to inspect from the ground. The loss of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was attributed to improper maintenance of the T-tail.[citation...
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    seasonal one in the mid-1970s.: 177–179  On January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed near the island. Along with the Channel Islands Beach...
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    Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes off the Ivory Coast into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169 people. January 31 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the...
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    Alaska Airlines Flight 261 – a MD-83 accident in 2000 also resulting from a jackscrew failure American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight...
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