Voice of America: Resort Airports in Stormy SE Asia Leave Safety to Chance

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Resort Airports in Stormy SE Asia Leave Safety to Chance May 1st 2013, 22:01 It's the invisible enemy: something all pilots dread as they land at Asia's tropical island resorts. Wind shear, or the sudden change in wind speed and direction, is particularly hazardous at landing, but some of the region's best known holiday spots in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines do not have detection systems on the ground to warn pilots, according to airport officials.   This phenomenon of turbulent winds is common in equatorial Southeast Asia. A Lion ... Media files: D70EC159-D69D-4230-9561-AFA72B3AF4A2_cx0_cy3_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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