Page started: June 18, 2025.
In the coming period I intend to work on this page
Urban myth
A story or statement that is not true but is often repeated, and believed by many to be true.
dictionary.cambridge.org
Windshear is not the cause (nor a contributing factor) of the Martinair crash in Faro. But, in public perception it still is.
About this page
This is a page I never expected to be necessary after all these years and information on the crash and its causes.
After consulting several pages on the crash (also Wikipedia), I noticed in June 2025 that the untruth of (unexpected) windshear as cause of the crash still leads a tenacious life.
With this page I hope to inform readers better and hopefully encourage web-administrators to amend their text.
Intended topics in this page:
Origin of the windshear-myth
– Martin Schröder, day after the crash
From the official investigation report (1994)
– probable causes and contributing factors
– letter of the NTSB
Verdict court of The Hague (2020)