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Pilots Struggle as Airplane Nosedives / Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Crashes off California Coast

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The Aircraft's Horizontal Stabilizer Is Jammed, Right?

Over the next hour ind 22 minutes, there was a pulling force of about ten pounds on the controls before the auto pilot was re engaged at three forty six p m. What they suspect is a jammed horizontal stabilizer and a possible diversion to los angeles. Yes, there's something jammed back there in the horizontal stabilizer, like, maybe it's deflecting nose down a little bit. And that's where they're avig a level back to maintain level flight o you see like that.

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