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Photo: Andrew Thomas from Shrewsbury, UK / CC BY-SA 2.0
2 August 1985

Delta Air Lines Flight 191

The Dallas/Fort Worth microburst

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On 2 August 1985 a Delta Air Lines Lockheed L-1011 TriStar flew into a microburst beneath a thunderstorm on final approach to Dallas/Fort Worth and struck the ground about a mile short of runway 17L. Of the 163 people on board, 134 were killed and 29 survived, and the driver of a car on the highway was also killed.
2 video perspectives
- Delta Flight 191: The Microburst That Downed an L-1011 at DFW
  
  Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, flew into a microburst on final approach to Dallas/Fort Worth on 2 August 1985 and landed short of the runway.
  
  Published 5 Jun 2021
- Delta Flight 191: What NTSB Report AAR-86/05 Found at Dallas
  
  Delta Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011, was on final approach to runway 17L at Dallas/Fort Worth on 2 August 1985 when it flew into a microburst beneath a thunderstorm.
  
  Published 24 Oct 2026