Just out of curiosity, what kind of windshear alerting does the 717 have? For those who asked what the wx was doing, apparently there were storms in the area.
I notice the ATSB has labelled the occurence category as an accident, so someone is taking it seriously. Having seen the photos, I would be.
Any truth to the 'Captain only for T/O & LDG' rule (reported here on Prrune)?