Delta Vortices Would Have Reached USAir 427 As Nosedive Began

Wake vortices from a Delta 727 would have reached USAir Flight 427 at about the time the USAir 737 began its fatal nosedive last September, just short of Pittsburgh Airport, according to Boeing simulations presented yesterday at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing. James Kerrigan, a...

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