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US1016

August 4, 2020

Thanks to our friends Brennan and Brendan for guesting for this episode!

Micro-burst Weather Series Episode 4

Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAir_Flight_1016

https://medium.com/@admiralcloudberg/an-illusion-of-normalcy-the-crash-of-usair-flight-1016-30e4e69ab788

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USAir_Flight_1016_(3).jpg

Research Sources:

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9503.pdf

“Storming Out.” Air Disasters, season 11, episode 6, Smithsonian Channel, 4 Nov. 2018.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAir_Flight...
In Weather Tags USAIR1016, DC-9, Disorientation, Charlotte, North Carolina, Wind Shear
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