Of bulldogs and microbursts

A microburst can be up to 2.5 miles in diameter and can generate wind speed of up to 168 mph. It is normally caused by a rush of air that has been cooled by precipitation or possibly jet stream flow that has been deflected down by a thunderstorm. So...

A microburst can be up to 2.5 miles in diameter and can generate wind speed of up to 168 mph. It is normally caused by a rush of air that has been cooled by precipitation or possibly jet stream flow that has been deflected down by a thunderstorm.

So unless the weather conditions at the place and time of the Bulldog accident were favourable to the creation of microbursts, the aircraft could not have been downed by a microburst, as reported.

This does not exclude other causes or contributing factors.

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