Avoidable - Tribute to flight 261

A respectful tribute to those who lost their lives aboard Alaska Airlines flight 261.

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[ataramprat]

Backwood Pictures:

At 3:25 - you accidentally say that Alaska Airlines INCREASED jackscrew lubrications by 400%. This is infact the opposite of what they did: they DECREASED jackscrew lubrications by 400%. In otherwords, they lubricated the jackscrew 4 times less frequently than they should have in order to save money...greed.

[BackwoodPictures]

What I meant by the comment is that they increased the length of time between each jackscrew lubrication. In hindsight, it isn't worded very well and I would change it if I was doing it again.

[saszer20]

HEY WHATS THE TITLE OF THIS SONG??? :) nice

[BackwoodPictures]

The song is called "Theme from Harry's Game" by "Clannad".

[kidcaptian]

Fuck you WMG for taking away the audio I hope you all burn in hell WMG

[Elitehero]

im sad :( (crying face)

[simpsonfan13]

Why the top brass of Alaska didnt do jail time I'll never know.

[ogrebattle22763]

Great tribute video... however at the end of your video you state that after this tragic accident happened the NTSB has made it safer now for passengers to fly this is not true as we speak airlines around the world still practice cut backs on maintenance while the Federal Safety Commission & other Government officials look the other way... yes to this day safety inspectors are still threatened with the loss of their jobs & blacklisted by airlines if they bring up safety issues it still goes on.

[Golditz95]

I like the song on this vid. It suits it. :I

[Esharhamat]

Just load the damien rice song and play it while watching the video here. A little laggy but absolutely haunting

[tinytwarps]

yeah! fuck wmg

[bphendri]

Boeing was PARTIALLY at fault in JAL123, for using only a single row of rivets on the repair doubler plate. however JALSs MX personel ignored signs of problems for years (There where reports from pax and cabin crew of "Whistling" noises coming from the rear of the aircraft prior to the failure.

[tuffy2342]

Shame that for dollar saved, all these souls lost their lives. So many airlines try to cut costs to keep the cost of tickets down. IMO there are so many consumers trying to get lower fares that the airlines did anything possible to keep tickets cheaper. Including skimping on maintenance. I'd pay more to get there safely.

[Epica124]

Ok the way it was worder I read it different. But even in the case of JAL123 Boeing was will to take the heat and even said it was something they failed at. But for a number of years from what I read the people of Japan did not see it that way.

[Opelfreakie]

I was talking about JAL123. In that case, the company did have the plane repaired, but the people from Boeing themselves made a faulty repair. In this crash, it's the fault of Alaska Air. That;s completely true.