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Change in Runways Urged Before Kennedy Crash
Transcripts show a Flying Tiger DC-8 asked to switch runways minutes before the Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed at JFK, killing 112. Controllers noted wind shear and wet conditions. the runway change was not made as two other jets landed safely.
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