A quarter century after American Airlines Flight 261 crashed off the Ventura County coast, families gathered to remember the ...
by Jeremy Harris, KOMO News Reporter TOPICS: SEATTLE — Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the crash of Alaska Airlines 261, a Seattle-bound flight that crashed into the Pacific Ocean.
On January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 88 people onboard due to a jackscrew failure caused by insufficient lubrication. The McDonnell Douglas ...
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 corkscrewed into the ocean here from about 17,000 feet just hours earlier at 4:21 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2000. The force sent walls of water spraying 200 feet into the air.