On June 24, 1975, Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encountered severe wind shear and crashed on final approach to JFK.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_24

• 1975 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft.

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1. That kind of wind shear can snap off large tree tops too.

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2. Scary I experienced one while landing in LV several years ago. It looked like we were inches from touching

down and suddenly we went full throttle strait up. A few minutes later the pilot said we had a wind shear.