The last major collision of a commercial U.S. airline dates back to 2009, when a Colgan Air incident left 50 dead near ...

Microbursts are very localized, but significant. It is a downward burst of air from a thunderstorm that is usually less than 2.5 miles in diameter and can cause extensive damage. As the air rises ...

Pan Am Flight 759 crashed in Kenner on July 9, 1982. It was caused by microburst-induced wind shear, and it killed over 150 people.

And as it does so, it also collapses, and that big cold brush of air kind of descends to the ground and then hits the ground almost instantaneously. It’s what we call a microburst.” ...