Delta Airlines Flight 191 Crash Animation + CVR

Date: August 02, 1985
Time: 18:06
Location: Dallas Forth Worth, Texas
Operator: Delta Air Lines
Flight number: 191
Route: Fort Lauderdale - Dallas Fort Worth
AC type: Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar
Aboard: 163 (passengers: 152, crew: 11)
Fatalities: 134 (passengers: 126, crew: 8)
Ground: 1

While on a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Dallas Forth Worth the aircraft crashed while making an landing attempt in thunderstorm activity. The plane touched down 6 000 feet short of the runway and 360 feet to the left of the runway centerline, became airborne again, struck a car killing the driver, crossed the highway and crashed into two water tank reservoirs. Microburst induced windshear. The flightcrew's decision to initiate and continue the approach into a cumulonimbus cloud which they observed to contain lightning. Lack of training for avoiding and escaping from low-altitude windshear.

Source: http://www.planecrashinfo.com/

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