Failed Jackscrew Claims 88 Lives | Mayday Air Disaster

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In this episode of Mayday Air Disaster, the video recounts the tragic story of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed in January 2000 due to a catastrophic failure of its jackscrew, a critical tail component. The accident, which claimed 88 lives, was precipitated by insufficient maintenance and extended service intervals. The investigation revealed systemic negligence within the airline and significant regulatory oversights. The narrative highlights the human cost of this disaster, the technical failures involved, and the profound impact on the victims' families. This episode delves deep into the tragic events and their aftermath.

Mayday Air Disaster | S01:E05

00:00 - Introduction and Immediate Alarm
01:04 - Flight 261: A Catastrophic Failure
02:19 - Passengers on Board
03:21 - Experienced Crew and Aircraft Background
05:44 - Early Signs of Trouble
10:00 - Troubleshooting Mid-Flight
13:32 - Desperate Maneuvers to Control the Plane
18:32 - Maintenance and Regulatory Failures
27:16 - The Crash and Immediate Aftermath
36:02 - Investigation and Findings
49:05 - Memorial and Reflections

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コメント (21)
  • "Where they went wrong... ".. NO. Absolutely No. The pilots had no idea what was wrong. Don't blame this on the pilots, who did everything they could with the knowledge they had.
  • @danielkum513
    I feel so dam bad for the whistleblowers he warned them multiple time and they decided to fire him
  • @1pipandgoose
    How sad is it that whistleblowers are told to expect you will lose not only your job, but your career.
  • IMO, Alaska Airlines was never held properly accountable. This did not have to happen. It was easily preventable but the lack of oversight and failure to properly maintain their aircraft made this flight doomed from the very beginning. Those poor passengers, especially children. How horrible:(
  • The co-pilot Bill Tansky was a neighbor of my family's in Alameda (small town in SF Bay Area). I was 15 when the plane crashed and he was killed. I remember him always being a funny upbeat guy. This video is quite eery seeing some other actor portray him.
  • 41:40 "Alaska officials denied that any unsafe planes were put into service." So they said that Alaska 261 was a safe plane? Alaska agreed to pay about $500,000 to settle a libel suit brought by company mechanic/whistleblower John Liotine, whose allegations triggered the criminal investigation in 1998. Unfortunately, they only paid that after Mr. Liotine sued the airline for defamation. Mr. Liotine worked at the Oakland, California Alaska maintenance facility.
  • @maryr.1650
    Even 24 years later, via a re-enactment, this is so hard to listen to, knowing how it ends. It's absolutely devastating.😱😵😰😭
  • Profits before people with horrifying results. The management and the supervisors who forged those work orders should have been jailed for life!!
  • I don't know why I watch these. Now every time I get on a plane hear the narration in my head, "A thirty year old man boards what was supposed to be routine flight from Atlanta to Nashville ..."
  • Greed over Safety, profit over passengers is writen through the aviation industry like rock candy. Independent inspections at random will save lives
  • @Chinata815
    The pilots did all they could , May the souls of everyone on board Rest In Peace 😔
  • @TheBmco99
    There was more than one of those jack screws that failed. I remember after the last one they started inspecting them and found several damaged from not greasing them.
  • @davidp2888
    I knew someone who was on this flight. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard her plane had gone down.
  • You can't cut corners, when it comes to airplane maintenance, after all isn't air travel dangerous enough.
  • This particular episode has haunted me forever, and absolutely brutal way to die as I'm watching I'm yelling to the pilots to please "TURN AROUND"!, may they all rest in peace. Also some of the best acting I've seen in this series💔🙏
  • 40:40 He could have saved lives. Instead he was ignored by the government who did nothing to protect him from retaliation. Ensuring others would not do what he did in the future.
  • RIP to all those on Alaska 261 you will forever be remembered in our hearts.The pilot’s will forever be known as hero’s for doing everything they could to prevent this