Tag: Windshear And Downdraft
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On This Day In 1989: A Powerful Downdraft Turned Cubana Flight 9046 Into Cuba’s Deadliest Air Disaster Just One Minute After Takeoff Killing All Onboard and 24 on Ground
On September 3, 1989, Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 was preparing to leave Havana’s José Martí International Airport on a non-scheduled international charter to Milan, with a stop at Cologne. The aircraft was an Ilyushin Il-62M, registration CU-T1281, carrying 115 passengers and 11 crew members. Most of the passengers were Italian holidaymakers. What happened next…
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