A crash at Greater Southwest airport rewrites the rules on wake turbulence
former Greater Southwest International Airport, Fort Worth, Texas
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On May 30, 1972 a Delta DC-9 flying practice landings at Greater Southwest International ran into the wake of a much larger DC-10 that had gone in ahead of it, rolled and crashed, killing all four crew. The accident forced the FAA to set minimum separation distances behind heavy aircraft, a rule every controller still works to. Greater Southwest closed in 1974 when DFW opened just to the north, and its main runway now lies under Amon Carter Boulevard.
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