[rx]

Ah, yes Alaska Air Flight 261, 1/31/2000. Ironically, if the pilots had done differently than the manual instructed, they might have landed quickly and survived.

Who could have foreseen that a supervisor would not replace an (expensive) part, as recommended by the maintenance guy?

Who could have predicted the "voluminous particulate matter" found in that craft's frequent flight area that would unexpectedly degrade the jackscrew lubricant?

And yet, it was the gubmint that as good as killed all 88 of 'em.

[SaveFerris]

I don’t think they had a chance with that elevator trim control stripped.

Seems like it stabilized a little here and there but any disturbance could have upset it.

I’d have to look again, it seemed jammed at first, as I recall.

Yeah if they had left it alone at that point maybe they could have tried other ways to trim.

Pretty dang scary.