Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Last Words

The aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean south of Point Mugu in 650 ft. feet of
water while en route from Puerto Vallarta to San Francisco. Radio transmissions
from the plane indicated the pilots were struggling with a jammed stabilizer for
the last 11 minutes of the flight before nose-diving into the ocean. While preparing
to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles International Airport control was lost
and the MD-83 was seen in a nose down attitude, spinning and tumbling in a
continuous roll, inverted before it impacted the ocean. All 88 aboard were killed.
The probable cause was loss of airplane pitch control resulting from in-flight failure
of the horizontal stabilizer trim system jackscrew assembly's acme nut threads due
to insufficient lubrication of the jackscrew assembly.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Death
• Alaska
• Airlines
• RIP

[WaltzingMtilda]

"We're basically out of control"

"Okay"

I am awed at how calm everyone involved sounds. God bless them for their bravery.

[BigCJFan]

@ChargerDaytona3589 No, it was the horizontal stabilizer jackscrew

[6400az]

@kidcaptian

Thanks, I understand. A problem with steering/ controls.

[kidcaptian]

@6400az US Air had an engine failure on both engines, they had no choice but to glids down onto the water since they chose not immediately divert after the lost the engines. The Alaska flight had a mechanical problem that forced the aircraft into a nose dive. This was due to maitance problems and everyone on that plane was doomed. The aircraft was unflyable. And there is no need to glide since the Alaska flight had no engine problem

[FatherPatOphelia]

@BigCJFan No it wasn't. See, this is what happens when you hire a bunch of illegal Mexicans from a Home Depot parking lot to fly an airliner.

[6400az]

@kidcaptian

Ok, but how about a little explanation ??

[kidcaptian]

@6400az Completely unrelated problems.

[boxing2289nymx]

@DohaRoha why ?

[65rock4ever]

There was no possible way for the pilots to save this situation. They did everything they could.

[srfrr]

@BigCJFan Ok cool... but can I use "jackscrew" as an insult in the very near future? Thanks.

[BigCJFan]

@srfrr Yes it was the jackscrew. Alaska extended maintanence to it causin the threads to be stripped which in turn caused the failure of the stabilizer.

[srfrr]

@BigCJFan was it the jackscrew though?