"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote in message

If it's really true that the crosswind caused the compression stall, I
wonder why we don't hear about a double stall very often. Theoretically,
the
wind can be strong enough to affect both engines, no?

Because each engine is in a different place, perhaps masked from crosswind
by the fuselage, etc. Compressor stalls due to crosswind most often occur,
in my experience, at the start of the takeoff run, if you bring the power up
too quickly and one of the engines has a disrupted flow it will pop. Once
you've got speed crosswind compressor stalls are not too common. Another
place you're vulnerable with fans is top of descent. In the 747, if we were
at or over about 370 at start of descent it was real easy to stall them.
We'd have to bring the power back easy and not all the way. Once below 350
you can bring them back to idle.