The atmospheric environment surrounding the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 is investigated. Examined are evidence for any unusual atmospheric conditions and the potential for encounters with aircraft wake vortices. Computer simulations are carried out with two different vortex prediction models and a Large Eddy Simulation model. Wind models are proposed for studying aircraft and pilot response to the wake vortex encounter.


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    Title :

    Meteorology and Wake Vortex Influence on American Airlines FL-587 Accident


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    Publication date :

    2004


    Size :

    60 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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