Alaska Got Jackscrew Warning Three Days After Flight 261 Crash

An Alaska Airlines maintenance reliability monitoring system generated an alert that the airline's MD-80 tail jackscrews were being removed at earlier-than-expected intervals three days after Flight 261 crashed into the Pacific Ocean, a top Alaska maintenance official revealed Friday. Wright...

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