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Mayday (2003)

S1E5 Cutting Corners

Oct 15, 2003 Season 1 Episode 5 Documentary, Drama, Crime

On January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 experiences a malfunction when its trimmable horizontal stabilizer jams, leading to a disconnection from its control system. This critical failure results in the aircraft plunging inverted into the Pacific Ocean, tragically claiming the lives of all 88 passengers and crew members aboard.