The accident also led to the discovery of downbursts which ultimately sparked decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft .
The discovery of downbursts is a weather phenomenon that creates vertical wind shear and poses dangers to landing aircraft .
The accident also led to the discovery of downbursts , a weather phenomenon that creates vertical wind shear and poses dangers to landing aircraft , which ultimately sparked decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft .