The Alaska Airlines Flight 261 fatality was due to cost-cutting measures, leading to decreased safety in maintenance. The lack of redundancy in the aircraft's tail assembly design contributed to ...
Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the crash of Alaska Airlines 261, a Seattle-bound flight that crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Families of the victims planned a memorial service at a monument ...
On that day flying out of Tulsa all I could think about was Alaska Flight 261 – as an accident investigator I have a mental archive that may not be comforting but can be invaluable. Alaska 261 ...