in the crash of an Alaska Airlines jet in the ocean off Ventura County gathered
Sunday at a memorial sundial erected in the victims’ honor at Port
Hueneme.
Eighty-three passengers and five crew members died Jan. 31,
2000, when the jetliner from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, plunged into the
Pacific Ocean. There were no survivors.
A Coast Guard
cutter sat off Port Hueneme as those attending Sunday’s memorial walked
to the beach to release balloons and place flowers in the water.
A United States Coast Guard helicopter flew over the memorial event at Port Hueneme before flying to the crash site off Anacapa Island and releasing roses.
— Scott Harrison
See more of Harrison’s photo essay on the memorial here.
Photo, at bottom: The extended family of Avinesh Deo, Anjest Prasad
and Avinash Prasad, cousins who were killed in the crash, pose for a
group photo after the services.