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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1982

Page

4

Wind shear alerts tied to Pan Am 759 takeoff

Transcripts from New Orleans airport towers reveal pilots were warned about wind shear moments before Pan Am Flight 759 lifted off. Controllers conveyed multiple wind change reports as the Boeing 727 departed runway 10, then vanished into a Kenner suburb killing 146 aboard and eight on the ground.

Washington Aircon New Orleans Pan Am Tower Pam Am John O'Brien Air Line Pilots Association Federal Aviation Administration Las Vegas San Diego Mboisant Kenner Eastern Airlines American Airlines

Wyoming oil spill contained near Narrows and Big Horn

Nearly 4000 barrels of crude leaked from a Marathon Oil pipeline into Whistle Creek Shoshone River and the Bell Reservoir area were contained by Friday. Floating booms across the Narrows aimed to prevent further drift toward the Big Horn River as cleanup continued under EPA on scene coordination.

Byron Wyo Marathon Oil Co Wyoming Environmental Protection Agency Narrows Horseshoe Bend Wyoming- Sontana Big Horn Tom McVeigh EPA McVeigh Whistle Creek Shoshone River Shoshone

Wind shear danger spurs Pan Am crash study

Washington reports renewed focus on wind shear as a hazardous aviation wind pattern. The Pan Am Flight 759 disaster prompts scientists and officials to scrutinize downburst events and their effects on aircraft during takeoff and climb.

Washington Pan Am Eastern Air Lines John F. Kennedy Airport Eee Theodore Fujita University of Chicago

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