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Old 30th Jul 2019, 08:39
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Hotel Tango
 
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Why are you guys citing accidents from way back when WS was not so easily detected nor trained for?

The Delta accident was in 1979 (and on landing).

There were several contributing factors such as the lack of adequate equipment on the airport and on board the aircraft to detect the possibility of WS. The NTSB also determined that a lack of specific training, policies, and procedures for avoiding and escaping low-altitude wind shear was a contributing factor.

The point I'm making is that a great deal has evolved since then. For that reason I remain unconvinced that neither Delta nor KLM took any "risks".
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