Alaska Airlines flight 261 and West Caribbean Airways 708 both entered catastrophic dives that crews struggled to stop. In one case, pilots fought mechanical failure just miles from the coast; in the ...
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 ...
A routine morning departure turns tragic when Delta Flight 1141 fails to lift off properly, while Alaska Flight 261 later plunges toward the Pacific as its pilots battle a jammed stabilizer. Together, ...