Rescue workers search for survivors.
An Alaska Airlines jet carrying 65 passengers and five crewmembers from Mexico to San Francisco crashed today in the Pacific Ocean after reporting mechanical difficulties. Pieces of wreckage could be seen in the water, but there was no sign of survivors. FAA spokesman Mitch Barker said the plane was a Boeing 737. Boeing spokesman Craig Martin said the company was told by Alaska Airlines that the plane was an MD-80. Fell from 17,000 feet A Coast Guard helicopter, a Navy airplane and small boats were searching a large field of debris rolling in swells off Point Mugu as darkness began to descend on the ocean.