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unusual facts about wind shear



Hanamaki Airport

April 18, 1993, Japan Air System Flight 451: A Douglas DC-9-41 of Japan Air System, flying from Nagoya to Hanamaki, crashed after the aircraft, caught by wind shear, skidded off of the runway while landing at Hanamaki Airport.


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1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak

Upper air balloon soundings, observed strong directional wind shear, cooling temperatures at high atmospheric levels and the increased potential of CAPE values potentially exceeding 4000 j/kg, levels that are considered favorable for supercells and tornadoes.

Gary A. Marple

He is a multi-engine instrument-rated aviator and survivor of burns over 35% of his body when his single-engine Grumman American AA-5 Tiger was caught in a wind shear during a landing at Minuteman Airfield in 1985.

One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269

Two years later, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported that wind shear was not a factor in the crash.