Delta Air Lines Flight 191 · Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
On August 2, 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191 (Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport). 137 people died.
- Date
- August 2, 1985
- Place
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines
- Killed
- 137
- Injured
- 27
- Position
- 32.918°N, 97.024°W
- Wikidata ID
- Q1184780
From Wikipedia
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled Delta Air Lines domestic flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Los Angeles, California, with an intermediate stop at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). On August 2, 1985, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar operating Flight 191 encountered a strong microburst while on approach to land at DFW. The aircraft impacted ground just over one mile (1.6 km) short of the runway, struck a car near the airport, collided with two water tanks and disintegrated. Out of the 163 occupants on board, 136 people died and 25 others were injured in the accident, while the driver of the car struck by the aircraft also died.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the crash resulted from the flight crew's decision to fly through a thunderstorm, the lack of procedures or training to avoid or escape microbursts and the lack of hazard information on wind shear.
Text from Wikipedia, “Delta Air Lines Flight 191”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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