Alaska Airlines Flight 261 turned into a deadly fight for control when a hidden tail failure sent the MD-83 into a terrifying dive. The crew battled desperate trim problems, but the jammed stabilizer ...

January 31st, 2000 The pilots of an Alaska Airlines MD-80 fight desperately for control, as their aircraft careens towards the Pacific ocean with terrifying speed. No matter what they do, they cannot ...

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (KABC) -- Tuesday marked the 23rd anniversary of the Alaska Airlines disaster off Port Hueneme in Ventura County. Families of those killed gathered at the beachside memorial to ...

The 88 passengers and crew members aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed off the coast of Ventura County on Jan. 31, 2000, will not soon be forgotten. About 70 people gathered at Hueneme ...

Alaska Airlines is disputing claims made by local Seattle press that it only recently accepted responsibility for the crash of Flight 261 in court documents filed earlier this week. "As we've ...

SEATTLE - Those who lost loved ones when Alaska Airlines Flight 261 plunged into the Pacific Ocean off California have learned some hard, bitter truths in the 10 years since the crash. They've learned ...