“Probable Cause”

Label provided from RAL: "16mm is labelled edit master. Digitized from beta. New Orleans Pan Am 759 crash within 8 minutes of takeoff. Wind shear suspected in 11-22 accidents. In New Orleans wind shear reported throughout the airport. Flight was unaware of the severity. Large turbo jets operating at maximum weight are most susceptible. 3:51 John McCarthy JAWS interview. Doppler radars in a triangle surrounding Stapleton Airport to study wind shear. Explanation of different wind shears. Convective wind shear (microbursts), downdrafts are what we studied. Can be lethal if 1000 feet off the ground. Look for blowing dust, precip trails, trees blowing, heavy rain. Study over the summer expected to see 20 microbursts over 75 were recorded. 85 Knot differential on the runaways. Anemometers set up along the flight path. If the differential exceeds a certain threshold an alert shows up in the control tower. Pilot reports help too. Some techniques to help survive getting caught in a microburst. Pilot Nice. Timely go around or delayed take offs are best. 19:06 video hiccups. Pilot lingo V2 to stick shaker for wind shear. Use intermediate flap setting on landing. Be suspicious if descent is too high or low. Same with speed, it could be wind shear. Be aware of wind shear possibilities."