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Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisals In
Ventura County, City of Port Hueneme
| Port Hueneme is a
small harbor city in Ventura County that boasts a south-facing beach, known for
its surfing and beach park, which stretches eastward about a mile from the
harbor and the naval base and includes a fishing pier. Port Hueneme is the only
deep-water port between the Port of Long Beach and the Port of San Francisco,
and the only military deep-water port between San Diego Bay and Puget Sound.
The harbor is a shipping and receiving point for a wide variety of goods
destined for the Los Angeles Basin, and beyond including automobiles,
pineapples, and bananas. Agricultural products such as onions, strawberries,
and flowers are shipped. On January 31, 2000, after experiencing problems with
the horizontal stabilizer, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was diverted to Los
Angeles International Airport and during the diversion, the plane inverted and
crashed at high speed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Port Hueneme near
Anacapa Island. Of the 83 passengers and 5 crewmembers on board at the time of
the crash, there were no survivors. A report by the National Transportation
Safety Board (NTSB) attributed the crash to insufficient lubrication of the
jackscrew that moves the horizontal stabilizer up and down on the MD-80
aircraft. After the crash, Alaska Airlines retired flight number 261. The route
is now known as flight 289. The residents and businesses of Port Hueneme were
very helpful during the days and weeks following the crash. Roughly one year
after the crash, the friends and family of the victims dedicated a giant
sundial on Hueneme Beach as both a memorial to their loved ones and a work of
public art in gratitude to the residents of Port Hueneme for their assistance
in the recovery effort. |
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