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Re:Delta CRJ Crash Toronto 17th Feb 25 by voisin on Monday February 17, 2025 @08:30PM (#43085142)
Toronto Pearson had wind gusts of 60km/h today.

Edit: listing to the ATC audio I think they said gusts in the 30s (man do they ever speak fast and mumble! Enunciate damn it! Unique New York), which is markedly slower than what the Apple Weather app reported for Pearson.

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Re:Delta CRJ Crash Toronto 17th Feb 25 by shazeline on Monday February 17, 2025 @09:51PM (#43085597)
It was gusting at 33kts.

33kt/hr * 1.15mi/kt * 1.609km/mi ~= 61km/hr.

The weather app was right. Just different units.

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Re:Delta CRJ Crash Toronto 17th Feb 25 by voisin on Monday February 17, 2025 @11:29PM (#43086078)
Whoops of course! My mistake
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Re:Delta CRJ Crash Toronto 17th Feb 25 by petschge on Monday February 17, 2025 @09:09PM (#43085367)
Remember that ATC will give wind speeds in knots, not km/h.
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Re:Delta CRJ Crash Toronto 17th Feb 25 by voisin on Monday February 17, 2025 @11:29PM (#43086080)
Doh! My mistake. Thanks for pointing that out
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