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 ...

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

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 ...

The Point Bridge was there for about a week, the crew fishing death and loss from the ocean. The older men with families struggled at times. One crew member said he could no longer gather remains and ...

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 ...

Collisions like the one between an American Airlines plane and a helicopter over the Potomac River in D.C. this week have led ...

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.