Latitude and longitude of Delta Air Lines Flight 191
- Nearby Lewisville, Texas, United States
Satellite map of Delta Air Lines Flight 191
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled Delta Air Lines domestic service from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Los Angeles, via Dallas that crashed on August 2, 1985, at 18:05 (UTC−05:00). The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar operating this flight encountered a microburst while on approach to land on runway 17L at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). The pilots were unable to successfully escape the weather event, and the aircraft impacted the ground over a mile short of the runway. The flight hit a car driving north of the airport and impacted two water tanks, disintegrating. The crash killed 136 of the 152 passengers and 11 crew on board, and the driver of the car.
Latitude: 32° 55' 3.59" N
Longitude: -97° 01' 15.00" W
Nearest city to this article: Farmers Branch
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