incoming aircraft. Fujita's downburst theory was not immediately accepted by the aviation meteorology community. However, the crashes of Pan Am Flight 759 in 1982 and Delta Air Lines Flight 191 in 1985 prompted the aviation community to re-evaluate and ultimately accept Fujita's theory and to begin researching downburst/microburst detection and avoidance systems in earnest. See also Aviation safety List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft 1956 Kano Airport BOAC Argonaut crash Delta Air Lines Flight 191 USAir Flight 1016 Aeromexico Connect Flight 2431 Pan Am Flight 759 Martinair Flight 495 United Nations Flight 834 1950 Air France multiple Douglas DC-4 accidents Footnotes References Airliner accidents and incidents caused by microbursts 1975 in New York City 1975 meteorology 66 Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1975 Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 727 Airliner accidents and incidents in New York City 1970s in Queens June 1975 events in the United States John F. Kennedy International Airport