An unidentified employee from Northwest Airlines (

SEATTLE, UNITED STATES: An unidentified employee from Northwest Airlines (L) offers flowers to an Alaska Airline ticket agent (R) 31 January, 2000 in Seattle in remembrance of the victims of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed 31 January, 2000 into the Pacific Ocean waters off the coast of California, near Anacapa Island, CA, some 32 kms (20 miles) northwest of Los Angeles International Airport. The plane reportedly crashed upside down with 88 people aboard, after the pilot reported a mechanical problem, aviation and airline officials said. AFP PHOTO/Dan Levine/dbl (Photo credit should read DAN LEVINE/AFP via Getty Images)