WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- "We're in much worse shape now," the captain of Alaskan Airlines Flight 261 said about nine minutes before losing a battle to keep the plane in the air on January 31, a transcript issued Wednesday showed. Capt. 2: Approximately 12 minutes before the end of the recording, the airplane experienced an apparent loss of vertical control. -- 4:20:38 -- Thompson: Got to get it over again. PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Emily Fowler is grateful to be alive. It was really tough there for a while. "The Bright Shining Lie of Flight 261." THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. On January 31, 2000, about 1621 Pacific standard time, Alaska Airlines, Inc.,flight 261, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, N963AS, crashed into the Pacific Ocean about2.7 miles north of Anacapa Island, California. PDF ALASKA FLIGHT 261 - Ventura County Sheriff's Office -- 4:19:49 -- Thompson: Push and roll, push and roll. Most wore pins with photos of those who were killed. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Experts will testify this week about the possible failure of the jackscrew, a key part of the tail stabilizer, and whether a certain type of grease used by Alaska to lubricate the part played a role in the crash. Her voice faltered when she explained why she chose to attend the hearing. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 - Wikipedia -- 4:20:04 -- Thompson (probably referring to the control stick): Push, push, push, push. -- 4:11:44 -- Thompson: Yeah, no, it went down, it went to full nose down. But the transcript paints a picture of two determined veterans in the cockpit who began facing the problem with mild profanity and later seemed to be cool, if not precisely calm, as the situation worsened. Thompson tells air traffic controllers there is a glitch in the stabilizer and the plane is in a full nose-dive. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for theflight, which operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The plane then began its last plunge at 4:19 p.m. "Mayday," Tansky said. The thread failure was caused by excessive wear resulting from Alaska Airlines. No sound recordings were released. An official website of the United States Government, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil. Anyone can read what you share. Don't do that again.'' two two five zero zulu. The 2 pilots, 3 cabin crewmembers, and 83 passengers on board . Soon the crew requests a diversion to Los Angeles International Airport. ok lets head for L A.1619:21.1 CAM [sound of faint thump]1619:24 CAM-2 you feel that?1619:25 CAM-1 yea.1619:29 CAM-1 ok gimme sl--- see, this is a bitch.1619:31 CAM-2 is it?1619:31 CAM-1 yea.1619:32.8 CAM [sound of two clicks similar to slat/flap handle movement]1619:36 CAM-? ABCNEWS Lisa Stark, The Associated Press, and Reuters contributed to this report. Los Angeles Times. it seems to be helping.1610:51 CAM-1 # me.1610:53 CAWS [sound of chime] Altitude1610:55 CAM-1 ok it really wants to pitch down.1610:58 CAM-2 ok.1610:59 CAM-1 don't mess with that.1611:04 CAM-2 I agree with you.1611:04 LAX-CTR1 Alaska two sixty one say your condition.1611:06.6 RDO-1 two sixty one we are at twenty four thousand feet, kinda stabilized.1611:10 RDO-1 we're slowing here, and uh, we're gonna uh.1611:15 RDO-1 do a little troubleshooting, can you gimme a block between uh, twenty and twenty five?1611:21 LAX-CTR1 Alaska two sixty one maintain block altitude flight level two zero zero through flight level two five zero.1611:27 RDO-1 Alaska two sixty one we'll take that block we'll be monitor'n the freq.1611:31 CAM-2 you have the airplane let me just try it.1611:33 CAM-1 ok.1611:33 CAM-2 uh how hard is it?1611:33 CAM-1 I don't know my adrenaline's goin it was really tough there for a while.1611:38 CAM-2 yea it is.1611:39 CAM-1 ok.1611:43 CAM-2 whatever we did is no good, don't do that again.1611:44 CAM-1 yea, no it went down it went to full nose down.1611:48 CAM-2 uh it's a lot worse than it was?1611:50 CAM-1 yea yea we're in much worse shape now.1611:59 CAM-1 I think its at the stop, full stop and I'm thinking, we can- can it go any worse but it probably can but when we slowed down, lets slow it lets get down to two hundred knots and see what happens.1612:16 CAM-2 ok?1612:16 CAM [sound of click]1612:17 CAM-2 we have to put the slats out and everything flaps and slats.1612:20 CAM-1 yea well we'll wait ok you got it for a second?1612:23 CAM-2 yea.1612:25.3 RDO-1 maintenance two sixty one are you on?1612:30 LAX-MX-2 yea two sixty one this is maintenance.1612:32.0 RDO-1 ok we did---1612:33.2 RDO-1 ---we did both the pickle switch and the suitcase handles and it ran away full nose trim down.1612:39 LAX-MX-2 oh it ran away trim down.1612:42 RDO-1 and now we're in a * pinch so we're holding uh we're worse than we were.1612:50 LAX-MX-2 ok uh geez.1612:52 LAX-MX-1 you want me to talk to em? '', See the article in its original context from. 0:29. Now, in the American Airlines plane, apparently the trim did jam, but it jammed in neutral, meaning that there was no way to relieve those control pressures, but that controls were jammed. EMILY FOWLER, FAMILY BABYSITTER: They bought me a ticket and then it turns out that I had a final, a Spanish final, so I wasn't able to go. "We've lost vertical control of our airplane," Thompson tells air controllers before leveling out. CNN Transcript - World Today: Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Cockpit Voice
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