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The Nation - News from Nov. 1, 1985

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An engineer testifying on the crash of a Delta Air Lines jetliner in Dallas Aug. 2 said that although the plane encountered violent wind shear weather conditions on its landing approach it still could have flown out of danger. Richard Bray, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration engineer, told a National Transportation Safety Board hearing that the plane “came very close” to avoiding the crash.

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