I reviewed
your source, but Capt.Tony Cook of Delta was wrong about the weather that morning.
I keep a fairly close eye on the weather and watch the satellite-radar loop often.
That line of weather was moving from west-northwest to east-southeast, towards Birmingham and was severe in several places.
Go to
http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/ and in the upper left corner, type in BHM and enter.
Then click on the "minus" until you're looking at about a 20 mile radius.
At the upper right side, uncheck the "Weather Stations, and click on the Satellite box so you're looking at the radar and satellite data.
At the bottom left click on the "Adjust Time" and set the date to the 14th.
Then click on the "Less Than Arrow" of the Hour Adjustment until you see gray block over the "05:00" hour.
Then click the "Greater Than Arrow" once on the Hour Adjustment so the gray block advances to the "06:00" Hour.
That is the weather advancing from west-northwest to east-southeast, moving towards Birmingham Airport and OVER Birmingham Airport, during the time of the crash.
I think you're wrong... about a lot of things.
1. According to flight aware the crash occurred around 5:50 EDT. The wunderground map is EST. That's an hour time difference. So you're an hour off.
2. There were no storms around that area at any time to create the type of downdrafts you keep referring to.
3. Saying a Delta Airlines captain (with 43 years experience) is wrong about the weather that morning is just ignorant of you.
