FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS FROM THE ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT 261 BOARD BUSES, 2000-02-03 (photo)

Family members of the victims from the Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash board buses at a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport enroute to Pt. Mugu Naval Air Weapons Stations in Ventura County, California, February 3. U.S. investigators said on Thursday that the pilots in the Alaska Airlines jet that crashed talked of the plane flying upside down in the final moments before it plunged into the Pacific, killing all 88 people on board, U.S. investigators said. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was enroute from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to San Francisco when it developed problems that ultimately led to what eye witnesses described as a corkscrew plunge into the ocean off the coast of southern California on January 31. JP