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Alaska Airlines Flight 261

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport near Seattle, Washington, United States, with an intermediate stop at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California. On January…

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Aircraft type
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Call sign
ALASKA 261
Crew
5
Date
January 31, 2000 (2000-01-31)
Destination
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington, United States
Fatalities
88

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related to Accident flight · 25
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related to External links · 25
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 → Accidents, After Action Report, Alaska, Alaska Airlines, Alaska Airlines Flight, Applying Lessons Learned, Archive, Archived, Bios, Cockpit, February, Federal Aviation Administration, Flight, Informative, Lessons Learned Home, Navy, NTSB Final Report, NTSB Final ReportNTSB, PassengersAnalysis, PDF
related to Conclusions · 9
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 → Alaska Airlines, Alaska Airlines Flight, FAA, In, McDonnell Douglas MD-80, McDonnell Douglas's, NTSB, The, This
Site · 2
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…, Kutas
Aircraft type · 1
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 → McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Call sign · 1
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 → ALASKA 261
Crew · 1
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 → 5
Date · 1
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 → January 31, 2000 (2000-01-31)
Destination · 1
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 → Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington, United States
Fatalities · 1
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 → 88

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Alaska Airlines Flight 261Aircraft typeMcDonnell Douglas MD-831.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261Call signALASKA 2611.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261Crew51.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261DateJanuary 31, 2000 (2000-01-31)1.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261DestinationSeattle–Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington, United States1.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261Fatalities881.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261Flight originPuerto Vallarta Int'l. Airport, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico1.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261IATA flight No.AS2611.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261ICAO flight No.ASA2611.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261Occupants881.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261OperatorAlaska Airlines1.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261Passengers831.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261RegistrationN963AS1.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261SiteKutas1.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261Site.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261StopoverSan Francisco Int'l. Airport, San Mateo, California, United States1.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261SummaryLoss of control following jackscrew failure due to improper maintenance1.00infobox
Alaska Airlines Flight 261Survivors01.00infobox

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