For those under the age of about 45, it is hard to realize that commercial airliners used to routinely (every 15-18 months) crash in thunderstorms.

Twenty-six years ago today, Delta flight 191 crashed in a microburst on approach to DFW. This was a watershed event in the field of aviation meteorology and, thanks to the work of Dr. Ted Fujita and others, there has only been one microburst crash in the last 26 years (USAir 1016, CLT, 7/2/1994).

There is more information here if you are interested: http://meteorologicalmusings.blogspo...ago-today.html