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Events on Monday 31 January 2000 1
2000Crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261An MD-83 dives into the Pacific off the California coastOn 31 January 2000 an Alaska Airlines MD-83 flying from Puerto Vallarta toward Seattle crashed into the Pacific near Anacapa Island, killing all 88 people aboard. Investigators found that a jackscrew controlling the horizontal stabiliser had failed through inadequate lubrication and lengthened maintenance intervals. The findings prompted changes to United States maintenance oversight.