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 seem to pull their ...

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 ...

This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: 25 years after crash, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 families gather in Port Hueneme ...

Days before Seattle-area residents planned to commemorate the 88 lives lost on Alaska Airlines Flight 261, another collision reignited air travel concerns.

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 ...

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 corkscrewed into the ocean here from about 17,000 feet just hours earlier at 4:21 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2000. The force sent walls of water spraying 200 feet into the air.

An Alaska Airlines flight attendant was forced to repeatedly pummel a screaming man experiencing a “violent medical episode” ...

For aviation in the U.S., there are many layers of regulations and safeguards. That includes regulations on aircraft ...

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 ...

Seagulls, pelicans and other birds covered the area in numbers Dettleff had never seen before. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 corkscrewed into the ocean here from about 17,000 feet just hours earlier at 4 ...