slides and activity timeline from the press conference at NTSB headquarters February 8, 2000
Timeline of Activity Related to
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
January 31- February 7, 2000
| JANUARY 31, 2000 | Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Accident | |
| Radar data requested (FAA & Military) | ||
| FEBRUARY 1, 2000 | First FAA and Military radar data received | |
| Additional radar data requests made to FAA | ||
| FEBRUARY 2, 2000 | American Airlines MD82 emergency landing, Phoenix | |
| Additional FAA radar data received | ||
| FEBRUARY 3, 2000 | 0015 American Airlines FDR arrives at Headquarters | |
| 0534 Alaska Airlines CVR arrives | ||
| 0800 Alaska Air maintenance tapes arrive | ||
| 0845 Initial listening of CVR | ||
| 2352 Alaska Airlines FDR arrives | ||
| Additional FAA radar data received | ||
| FEBRUARY 4, 2000 | 0600 Work begins on Alaskan Airlines FDR | |
| 0800 Alaska Airlines CVR group convenes | ||
| 1030 Preliminary FDR data | ||
| 1300 Alaska Airlines FDR group convenes | ||
| Additional radar data received | ||
| FEBRUARY 5, 2000 | CVR group assembled | |
| FDR group assembled | ||
| Sound spectrum work on CVR | ||
| Identification of primary radar targets | ||
| FEBRUARY 6, 2000 | CVR group completes transcript | |
| Sound spectrum work continues | ||
| FDR work continues | ||
| Radar/Performance work continues | ||
| 2340 Reno FDR & CVR arrive | ||
| FEBRUARY 7, 2000 | FDR/ Spectrum/Radar work continues | |
| Work begins on Reno FDR & CVR |
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