Salon columnist says anyone who second-guesses the pilots of Flight 261, including the widow who filed a lawsuit, is wrong.

Coast Guard officials conceded that no one survived the crash of Flight 261. Find out about the progress of the crash investigation.

Divers have retrieved a damaged jackscrew that came from the jet's horizontal stabilizer. Find an update of the crash investigation.

Read a brief description of the site where Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed, just north of Los Angeles.

Tape of the conversation between air traffic controllers and the pilots of Flight 261 provides details of the flight's last moments.

Boeing has asked all airlines using the MD-80 series planes to inspect the jackscrew, the part that moves the horizontal stabilizer.