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.

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was an international passenger flight from Puerto Vallarta to a stopover in San Francisco International Airport, to its destination in Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft was carrying 83 passengers and 5 crew members aboard.

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...

Feb 9, 2024 · The crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was caused by a failure of the horizontal stabilizer trim system. The NTSB found that the airline extended the lubrication interval, leading to extreme wear of the jackscrew assembly and acme nut threads.

Jan 30, 2025 · 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 MD-83 aircraft was en route from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to Seattle, with a scheduled stop in San Francisco, when it experienced an uncontrollable dive.

On January 31, 2000, about 1621 Pacific standard time, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, N963AS, crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 2.7 miles north of Anacapa Island, California. All 88 people on board were killed and the airplane was destroyed on impact.

Feb 9, 2024 · On January 31, 2000, the aviation world was shaken by the tragic events surrounding Alaska Airlines Flight 261. What was supposed to be a routine flight turned into a catastrophic disaster, leaving investigators and the public …

Jan 24, 2025 · 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...

All 83 passengers and 5 crewmembers were fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The Boeing Company is acting as a technical advisor to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in this investigation.

?On January 31, 2000, about 1621 Pacific standard time, Alaska Airlines, Inc., flight 261, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, N963AS, crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 2.7 miles north of Anacapa Island, California.