A Pan American Boeing 727 is on its first leg of a three leg flight from Miami to San Diego. Find out how weather caused this flight to crash into a neighborhood in New Orleans. 2020 © Anchor FM Inc. All rights reserved.

Thanks to Kevin Shaw for Recommending this accident, and to our friend Brendan for guesting!

Micro-burst Weather Series Episode 2

Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_759

https://medium.com/@admiralcloudberg/the-crash-of-pan-am-flight-759-analysis-2336ac5b4c1e

Research Source:

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8302.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Fujita?fbclid=IwAR3-sXCrblIGFAmfhsgEdGgfZta0fabB1ASZYdzYV3atCHSf3oKsyu3c_hc

https://ral.ucar.edu/projects/joint-airport-weather-studies-project-jaws?fbclid=IwAR0B9u5820VryR-LPZ4OnulZfBCgVydkL8ux2WVb7puuVSuHs6fma_s1AUo