But industry experts say the suspected involvement of
wind shear draws far more chilling parallels with the crash of a Delta Air Lines DAL.N Lockheed Tristar while on approach to Dallas airport in 1985 that killed 134 passengers and crew.
While it was too early to definitively say what caused the crash, Kajit Habnanonda, president of Orient-Thai Airlines, which owns One-Two-Go, also pointed to
wind shear as a possible factor.
In general, the spikes in activity occurred when
wind shear was weak.
If a six-month averaging interval is used, the alternation of the
wind shear curvature will decrease [5,6].
The gradually sloping terrain of the Great Plains region helps produce strong
wind shear that's ideal for tornado formation.
The KJ's low-power color radar provides excellent doppler ground mapping, weather,
wind shear and skin-paint displays.
High volumes of surrounding room air are directed across the aerodynamic surface, resulting in a forceful airstream with minimal
wind shear. EXAIR Corp., 1250 Century Circle North, Cincinnati, OH 45246.
The volcanic ash detector may also be suitable for sensing clear air turbulence and low-level
wind shear.
The photographs' laconic titles evoke an expert's shorthand evaluations of the black-box tapes from these accidents: Spatial Disorientation (pilot error, induced); Touchdown (premature);
Wind Shear (unforeseeable) (all works 2000).
Wind shear detection and alarm, and detailed in-flight analysis of weather maximize airline profits and improve passenger comfort and safety.
Wind shear is one of the major banes of air travel, a killer held responsible for causing 18 crashes and 575 deaths since 1970.
