Mayday Season 22 Episode 5
Pacific Plunge (Alaska Airlines Flight 261)
On 31 January 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261's trimmable horizontal stabilizer jams and breaks from its control system during a flight to San Francisco. The aircraft enters a dive and crashes inverted into the Pacific Ocean. All 88 passengers and crew members on board are killed.
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- 22 - 9Pitch BlackMar. 07, 2022
- 22 - 8Tree Strike TerrorFeb. 28, 2022
- 22 - 7Turboprop Terror (Flagship Airlines Flight 3379)Feb. 21, 2022
- 22 - 6Terror over Michigan (TWA Flight 841)Jan. 17, 2022
- 22 - 5Pacific Plunge (Alaska Airlines Flight 261)Jan. 10, 2022
- 22 - 4Double Trouble (Trans-Air Service Flight 671)Jan. 31, 2022
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- 22 - 2Terror over Michigan (TWA Flight 841)Jan. 17, 2022
- 22 - 1Pacific Plunge (Alaska Airlines Flight 261)Jan. 10, 2022