January 31, 2000. As an Alaska Airlines MD-80 descends toward the Pacific, its crew battles a sudden and catastrophic loss of ...

SEATTLE — 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 ...

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (KABC) -- Twenty years after the Alaska Airlines crash which claimed the lives of 88 people, friends and family members gathered in Port Hueneme to remember the lives of their ...

The helicopters arrived at precisely 4:22 p.m., rumbling over the crowd of about 300 that gathered at Hueneme Beach on Friday afternoon for a ceremony to honor the victims of Alaska Airlines Flight ...

Twenty-five years ago this week, on January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed off the coast of Southern California. All 88 people onboard died instantly. I used to be a flight attendant for ...

For weeks, Seattle-area residents who lost loved ones on Alaska Airlines Flight 261 prepared to mark the 25th anniversary of what had become a rare event: a U.S. airliner crash. Then, two days before ...

John Dettleff remembers the Hello Kitty backpack. It was floating in the ocean nearly 3 miles north of Anacapa Island, off Port Hueneme's coast. The water was covered with jet fuel, creating sickly ...

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 ...