The Fatal Crash Of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 | Air Crash Investigation | National Geographic UK

On January 31st, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly nosedived into the Pacific Ocean and the crash had deadly implications. Investigators later uncovered a critical maintenance issue with the aircraft, which meant that even after the flight crew deployed the speed brakes and control surfaces on the wings, they still could not stop the tragic crash.

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[joecrammond]

for anyone unaware, Alaska Airlines cut costs on maintenance and a bolt (i think) became worn out in the tail, eventually coming lose sending the plane plummeting into the ocean, the pilots did a great job fighting the plane, even trying to fly upside down in the final moments

[Maxdouble]

That’s correct. It was a jack screw in the horizontal stabilizer trim that they didn’t replace. While not replacing it they also didn’t lubricate it and it finally separated from the acme nut and sent the plane into a dive. The whistle blower John Liotine told the FAA that Alaska airlines supervisors were falsifying records indicating maintenance had been done when in fact it had not to cut corners. Very sad story.

[christinestreeter]

I can’t even imagine the absolute horror these people went through.

[FallenAngel-heko]

I can only imagine the sheer terror of being on board that flight

[PLANESCRASHANIMATIONS]

this accident is really sad because they didn't succeed and there was only a few dollars of oil from the gears, it killed 88 people and the most valuable pilots

[LUOLMO]

This remake is very good, R.I.P To all

[FLT]

For the following reasons, I am not a fan of the new episode:
-The pilots are off script when referring to the actual cockpit voice recording transcripts.
-The episode failed to mention why the airline stretched intervals on maintenance
-Failed to mention how the FAA forced airlines operating DC-9s, MD-80s, 90s and 717s to inspect there jackcrews and how they uncovered that 6 MD-80s operated by Alaska Airlines needed jackscrews replaced.
-What happened to John Liotine (suspended for job)
-Certain maintenance personal suspended from the company for falsifying records.

To me the episode was rushed.

[davidalejandromartinezpena]

It's weird they've done a remake. Once I can see it, I'll compare both.

[bomtown]

Mayday season 1 episode 5 is both tragic and riveting.

[Sahilprakash]

This one is better than the Season 1 Alaska Airlines Flight 261

[ayodejiogundiran]

Maybe it's just me, maybe because I haven't watched this new remake yet, maybe because I've watched the first one so many times, but it seems the Season one pilot actors showed a bit more passion in their acting? These ones sound like they are reading from a script. I may be wrong though.

Update: After finally getting my hands on the remake, I've come to the conclusion that indeed the pilot actors in "Cutting Corners" - in my own opinion - showed more passion in their acting than "Pacific Plunge". This is not to take away from the episode as a whole. Better graphics, new information that I was not aware of from watching the old episode, and I liked the touch where they showed the plane falling inverted from the distance as the other plane watched in the foreground. I just felt the old actors portrayed more urgency, more naturalness in their acting. These new ones sounded too calm...too rehearsed. There was not enough passion in them for me.

[crow]

In hindsight, this was a tragedy that could have been avoided. As soon as the flight crew realized there was a mechanical problem with the horizontal stabilizer, they should have immediately declared an emergency and landed. At that point, they still had adequate control of the aircraft to land successfully. Instead, they performed troubleshooting procedures causing catastrophic failure of the horizontal stabilizer resulting in an uncontrollable aircraft.

[knightrider]

I think that a more expensive retrofit of a elevon would save aircraft like this.

[zivapasha]

I remeber this its a Alaska 261 remastered

[laplebita]

I will be flying this Saturday and watching this !! Why!😔

[streamer_services]

The good ole jackscrew plane that some scary stuff

[Aftabhussaing]

Where can i get the full video of air crash investigation?

[marcananda]

For me this episode was realistic than season 1

[lucah]

Didn’t Mayday already do a video of this crash back in 2003 in their first season?

[Ai-vs]

This is Alaska 261 crash animation 2? First crash animation in season 1 alredy.