
Pilots Struggle as Airplane Nosedives / Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Crashes off California Coast
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The Captain's Still Saying, Just in Case You Hear's the Weather in San Francisco, It's Bad
The captain asked for the weather for los angeles. And after a little more discussion, it was decided lix would be the correct airport to latin so they were really not wanting to let land in Los Angeles. At four o nine, as the captain ended the conversation, he told the first officer, this 'll click it off. and then the auto pilot was disengaged. The cockpit voice recorder recorded the sound of a clunk, followed by two thumps, then a sound similar to a horizontal stabilizer in motion toe.
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