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Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Investigating what caused the tragedy

Aerotime

MARCH 28, 2025

The trim on the horizontal stabilizer – the rear wing of the aircraft – was not working. Then the tone indicating the movement of the horizontal stabilizer sounded. At around 24,000 feet, the crew got the aircraft largely under control. The aircrafts horizontal stabilizer had pitched to 3.6

Horizontal Stabilizer

Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airline Airlines

35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

Haynes took the controls and, noting the same control issues, reduced thrust on the number one engine, which resulted in the aircraft rolling out in a wings-level attitude, giving the crew critical time to evaluate the dire situation Flight 232 was facing.

Runway

Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airlines Airline

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Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Investigating what caused the tragedy

35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

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