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Alaska Airlines Flight 261, the Glossary

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was an Alaska Airlines flight of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31, 2000, roughly north of Anacapa Island, California, following a catastrophic loss of pitch control, killing all 88 on board: two pilots, three flight attendants, and 83 passengers.^[1]

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2000 in California
Accidents and incidents involving the McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Airliner accidents and incidents caused by maintenance errors
Airliner accidents and incidents in California
Alaska Airlines accidents and incidents
Aviation accidents and incidents caused by loss of control
Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 2000
January 2000 events in the United States

Advance-fee scam

An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks.

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Aeroflot Flight 8641

Aeroflot Flight 8641 was a Yakovlev Yak-42 airliner on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) to Kiev (now Kyiv). Alaska Airlines Flight 261 and Aeroflot Flight 8641 are airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure and aviation accidents and incidents caused by loss of control.

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Air Line Pilots Association, International

The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is the largest pilot union in the world, representing more than 77,000 pilots from 43 US and Canadian airlines.

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Air Moorea Flight 1121

Air Moorea Flight 1121 was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter which crashed into the ocean shortly after takeoff from Moorea Airport on Moorea Island in French Polynesia on 9 August 2007, killing all 20 people on board. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 and Air Moorea Flight 1121 are airliner accidents and incidents caused by maintenance errors and airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure.

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Air traffic control

Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers (people) who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airspace.

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Aircraft flight control system

A conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and the necessary operating mechanisms to control an aircraft's direction in flight.

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Aircraft principal axes

An aircraft in flight is free to rotate in three dimensions: yaw, nose left or right about an axis running up and down; pitch, nose up or down about an axis running from wing to wing; and roll, rotation about an axis running from nose to tail.

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Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines is a major American airline headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area.

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Anacapa Island

Anacapa Island (Chumash: Anyapax, meaning "mirage, illusion") is a small volcanic island located about off Port Hueneme in Ventura County, California.

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Anthropology

Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Backlash (engineering)

In mechanical engineering, backlash, sometimes called lash, play, or slop, is a clearance or lost motion in a mechanism caused by gaps between the parts.

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Blunt trauma

Blunt trauma, also known as blunt force trauma or non-penetrating trauma, describes a physical trauma due to a forceful impact without penetration of the body's surface.

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Boeing

The Boeing Company (or simply Boeing) is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide.

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Boeing 737

The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington.

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Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Case-hardening

Case-hardening or carburization is the process of introducing carbon to the surface of a low carbon iron or much more commonly low carbon steel object in order to enable the surface to be hardened.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS.

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China Airlines Flight 611

China Airlines Flight 611 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taoyuan International Airport) in Taiwan to Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 and China Airlines Flight 611 are airliner accidents and incidents caused by maintenance errors.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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CNN International

Cable News Network International or CNN International (CNNi, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel and website, owned by CNN Worldwide.

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Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.

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Defamation

Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury.

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Delta Air Lines Flight 1080

Delta Air Lines Flight 1080 was a scheduled flight from San Diego, California to Atlanta, Georgia, notable for the incident that occurred on April 12, 1977 during the San Diego to Los Angeles leg of the flight. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 and Delta Air Lines Flight 1080 are airliner accidents and incidents in California.

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Discovery Channel (Canadian TV channel)

Discovery Channel (often referred to as simply Discovery) is a Canadian discretionary specialty television channel owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc. (a joint venture between Bell Media & ESPN Inc. that owns 80%) and Warner Bros. Discovery (which owns the remaining 20%). Launched on January 1, 1995 by NetStar Communications, this channel is devoted to nature, adventure, science and technology programming.

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Email

Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of transmitting and receiving messages using electronic devices.

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Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17

Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 was a regularly scheduled United States domestic cargo flight, flying from Reno, Nevada to Dayton, Ohio with an intermediate stopover at Rancho Cordova, California. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 and Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 are 2000 in California, airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure, airliner accidents and incidents in California and aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 2000.

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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Eugene, Oregon

Eugene is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States.

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Fail-safe

In engineering, a fail-safe is a design feature or practice that, in the event of a failure of the design feature, inherently responds in a way that will cause minimal or no harm to other equipment, to the environment or to people.

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Fairbanks, Alaska

Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.

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Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.

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Flight (2012 film)

Flight is a 2012 American drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by John Gatins and produced by Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Steve Starkey, Zemeckis, and Jack Rapke.

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Flight dispatcher

A flight dispatcher (also known as an airline dispatcher or flight operations officer) assists in planning flight paths, taking into account aircraft performance and loading, enroute winds, thunderstorm and turbulence forecasts, airspace restrictions, and airport conditions.

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Flight level

In aviation, a flight level (FL) is an aircraft's altitude using the International Standard Atmosphere, expressed in hundreds of feet or metres.

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Flight recorder

A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents.

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Flight Safety Foundation

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit, international organization concerning research, education, advocacy, and communications in the field of aviation safety.

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Genealogical DNA test

A genealogical DNA test is a DNA-based genetic test used in genetic genealogy that looks at specific locations of a person's genome in order to find or verify ancestral genealogical relationships, or (with lower reliability) to estimate the ethnic mixture of an individual.

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Horizon Air

Horizon Air is an American regional airline headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area.

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Jackscrew

A jackscrew, or screw jack, is a type of jack that is operated by turning a leadscrew.

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Japan Air Lines Flight 123

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 and Japan Air Lines Flight 123 are airliner accidents and incidents caused by maintenance errors and aviation accidents and incidents caused by loss of control.

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John Gatins

John Gatins (born April 16, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, and actor.

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KSFO

KSFO (560 AM) is a commercial radio station in San Francisco, California.

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Las Vegas Sun

The Las Vegas Sun is one of the Las Vegas Valley's two daily subscription newspapers.

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Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport

Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz), simply known as Puerto Vallarta International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Vallarta), is an international airport serving Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.

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Lion Air Flight 610

Lion Air Flight 610 (JT610/LNI610) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, to Depati Amir Airport, Pangkal Pinang, in Indonesia. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 and Lion Air Flight 610 are airliner accidents and incidents caused by maintenance errors.

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List of copper alloys

Copper alloys are metal alloys that have copper as their principal component.

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Los Angeles International Airport

Los Angeles International Airport is the primary international airport serving Los Angeles and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of California.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Loss of control (aeronautics)

In aeronautics, loss of control (LOC) is the unintended departure of an aircraft from controlled flight and is a significant factor in several aviation accidents worldwide.

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Mayday

Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice-procedure radio communications.

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Mayday (Canadian TV series)

Mayday is a Canadian documentary television program examining air crashes, near-crashes, hijackings, bombings, and other disasters.

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McDonnell Douglas

McDonnell Douglas Corporation was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor, formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967.

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McDonnell Douglas DC-9

The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.

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McDonnell Douglas MD-80

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas.

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Morris Thompson

Morris "Morrie" Thompson (September 11, 1939 – January 31, 2000) was an Alaska Native leader, American businessman and political appointee working on matters related to Alaska Natives.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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National Geographic (American TV channel)

National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney Entertainment and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%), with the operational management handled by Disney Entertainment.

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National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.

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Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme

Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme, operated as an independent base from 1942 to 2000 as the West Coast home port of the Navy’s Construction Battalions.

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Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines Corp. (often abbreviated as NWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1926 until it merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Pacific Time Zone

The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico.

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Port Hueneme, California

Port Hueneme (Chumash: Wene Me) is a small beach city in Ventura County, California, surrounded by the city of Oxnard and the Santa Barbara Channel.

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Pratt & Whitney JT8D

The Pratt & Whitney JT8D is a low-bypass (0.96 to 1) turbofan engine introduced by Pratt & Whitney in February 1963 with the inaugural flight of the Boeing 727.

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Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta (or simply Vallarta) is a Mexican beach resort city on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas in the Mexican state of Jalisco.

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Queen Anne, Seattle

Queen Anne is a neighborhood and geographic feature in Seattle, Washington, United States, located northwest of downtown.

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Remotely operated underwater vehicle

A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) or remotely operated vehicle (ROV) is a free-swimming submersible craft used to perform underwater observation, inspection and physical tasks such as valve operations, hydraulic functions and other general tasks within the subsea oil and gas industry, military, scientific and other applications.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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San Francisco International Airport

San Francisco International Airport is the primary international airport serving the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.

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Scam

A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust.

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Screw thread

A screw thread is a helical structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force.

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Seabee

United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Navy Seabees, form the U.S. Naval Construction Forces (NCF).

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SeaTac, Washington

SeaTac is a city in southern King County, Washington, United States.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (popularly known as the Seattle P-I, the Post-Intelligencer, or simply the P-I) is an online newspaper and former print newspaper based in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

Seattle–Tacoma International Airport is the primary international airport serving Seattle and its metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Side-scan sonar

Side-scan sonar (also sometimes called side scan sonar, sidescan sonar, side imaging sonar, side-imaging sonar and bottom classification sonar) is a category of sonar system that is used to efficiently create an image of large areas of the sea floor.

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SkyWest Airlines

SkyWest Airlines is an American regional airline headquartered in St. George, Utah.

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Space Needle

The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program.

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Stabilizer (aeronautics)

An aircraft stabilizer is an aerodynamic surface, typically including one or more movable control surfaces, that provides longitudinal (pitch) and/or directional (yaw) stability and control.

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Sundial

A sundial is a horological device that tells the time of day (referred to as civil time in modern usage) when direct sunlight shines by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky.

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Swissair

Swissair (German: Schweizerische Luftverkehr-AG; French: S.A. Suisse pour la Navigation Aérienne) was the national airline of Switzerland between its founding in 1931 and bankruptcy in 2002.

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Swissair Flight 111

Swissair Flight 111 (SR111/SWR111) was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States, to Cointrin Airport in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Tailplane

A tailplane, also known as a horizontal stabilizer, is a small lifting surface located on the tail (empennage) behind the main lifting surfaces of a fixed-wing aircraft as well as other non-fixed-wing aircraft such as helicopters and gyroplanes.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times is an American daily newspaper based in Seattle, Washington.

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The Spokesman-Review

The Spokesman-Review is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Spokane, Washington, the city's sole remaining daily publication.

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Trans World Airlines

Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001.

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Trapezoidal thread form

Trapezoidal thread forms are screw thread profiles with trapezoidal outlines.

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Trim tab

Trim tabs are small surfaces connected to the trailing edge of a larger control surface on a boat or aircraft, used to control the trim of the controls, i.e. to counteract hydro- or aerodynamic forces and stabilise the boat or aircraft in a particular desired attitude without the need for the operator to constantly apply a control force.

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TWA Flight 800

Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TW800/TWA800) was a Boeing 747-100 that exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996, at approximately 8:31p.m. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, on a scheduled international passenger flight to Rome with a stopover in Paris.

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Type certificate

A type certificate signifies the airworthiness of a particular category of aircraft, according to its manufacturing design (type design).

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United Airlines Flight 585

United Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled passenger flight on March 3, 1991, from Denver to Colorado Springs, Colorado, carrying 20 passengers and 5 crew members on board. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 and United Airlines Flight 585 are airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure and aviation accidents and incidents caused by loss of control.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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UPRT

Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) is a combination of theoretical and practical training given to aircraft pilots to enable the pilot to prevent, recognise and recover from unusual attitudes and unexpected situations.

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USS Cleveland (LPD-7)

USS Cleveland (LPD-7), an, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city in Ohio.

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Ventura County Sheriff's Office

The Ventura County Sheriff's Office (VCSO), also sometimes known as the Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD), provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, as well as several cities within the county.

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Ventura County Star

The Ventura County Star (Marked online as VC Star) is a daily newspaper published in Camarillo, California and serves all of Ventura County.

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Yoke (aeronautics)

A yoke, alternatively known as a control wheel or a control column, is a device used for piloting some fixed-wing aircraft.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261

Also known as 2000 Alaska Airlines crash, AK261, AS 261, AS261, ASA 261, ASA Flight 261, ASA261, ASK261, Air Alaska Flight 261, Alaska 261, Alaska Air 261, Alaska Air Flight 261, Alaska Airlines 261, Alaska Flight 261, Alaska two-sixty-one, Alaskan Airline Flight 261, Alaskan Airlines Flight 261, Bill Tansky, Cynthia Oti, John Liotine, Rod Pearson, Rodney Pearson, Sarah Pearson, Sheryl Thompson, Thelma Thompson, Tom Stockley, William Tansky.

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See also

2000 in California

Accidents and incidents involving the McDonnell Douglas MD-83

Airliner accidents and incidents caused by maintenance errors

Airliner accidents and incidents in California

Alaska Airlines accidents and incidents

Aviation accidents and incidents caused by loss of control

Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 2000

January 2000 events in the United States

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