Alaska Airlines Flight 261 , a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 airliner , crashed into the Pacific north of Anacapa Island , California , killing all 88 people on board , on 31 January 2000 . A Lockheed NP-3D Orion from Point Mugu , California , two Sikorsky HH-60H Seahawks from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron ( HCS ) 5 from Point Mugu , and Coast Guard helos and a Lockheed HC-130H Hercules responded . Aircraft carrier supported rescue crews , and Navy mapping with underwater side scanning sonar and video enabled the searchers to recover pieces of wreckage . Reinforcements included amphibious transport dock , destroyer and '' Jarrett '' , these ships embarked HH-60 and SH-60 Seahawks , and a Lockheed S-3B Viking from Naval Air Station North Island
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
USS Jarrett