Flying Inverted - Alaska Airlines Flight 261

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Channel: X Pilot

Views: 4,379,031

Rating: 4.3820786 out of 5

Keywords: alaska, airlines, flight, 261, alaska 261, alaska airlines flight 261, alaska airlines flight, flight 261, crash, md-80 crash, mcdonnell douglas

Id: 9Ewehd9b0_o

Length: 16min 47sec (1007 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 26 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/GoldenJoel]

Here's the scene from the film for comparison. Even some of the dialogue is lifted from the in-flight recordings.

And here's the source for the inspiration.

[u/toogloo1]

Twa 800 will always be the flight crash that sends shiver down my spine. Just the way it exploded in air and kept on flying for a while is horrendous.

[u/velifer]

9:23: every mechanic I've ever dealt with.

Uh, just bring it into the shop and I'll have a look...

[u/BowTIE__Fighter]

X Pilot has a lot of very informative videos like this, I highly recommend checking out his channel!

I've had a fear of flying and his videos helped ease that fear by explaining the reasons a crash occured along with the steps taken to prevent a similar crash from happening in the future.

[u/murrdy2]

I watched it waiting for the hollywood ending..... goddamn it

[u/iamanis]

See thumbnail. FUCKING NO THANK YOU

[u/BohdiZafa]

"Here we go"

[u/Vegas_paid_off]

I recall this was the horizontal stabilizer jackscrew that broke.

[u/[deleted]]

So eerie...