A "37 MPH" crosswind possibly "wind-vaned" that Continental 737 that went off the runway in Denver last month- states a party in this Associate Press article.
That's one of the theories behind the crash on December 20 that sent the 737 sailing 2000 feet off a runway- then catching fire- injuring 37 but killing no one.
Experienced pilots aren't buying that 37 MPH wind gust as the sole cause of the crash- since that's way- way below the ground wind speeds that the 737 is designed to operate in.
Good thing- if those kind of winds on the ground cause a jet to spin around- we'd be building airports with runways in every direction or grounding every flight suffering a 35+ MPH crosswind.
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