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Alaska Airlines Flight 261 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1- They called dispatch for help, a solution...
'and on a shared company radio with operations and maintenance facilities at
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) discussed a jammed horizontal stabilizer and a possible diversion to LAX'
2- Dispatch told to continue...
During this time the flight crew had several discussions with the company
dispatcher about whether to divert to Los Angeles, or continue on as planned to San Francisco. Ultimately the pilots chose to divert.
[8] Later the NTSB found that while "the flight crew's decision to divert the flight to Los Angeles...was prudent and appropriate", nonetheless "Alaska Airlines dispatch personnel appear to have attempted to influence the flight crew to continue to San Francisco
3- (CVR) transcripts indicate that the dispatcher was concerned about the effect on the schedule ("flow") should the flight divert.
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