according to a recording of airport tower radio traffic. ….. an air traffic controller told the Delta pilot there were winds of 26 mph, gusting up to 38 mph, blowing across the plane’s path at a 40-degree angle,

(((( the wind check could have been given more than a minute before touchdown……..where at touchdown, gusts and direction could have been drastically different))))))))))

landing hot with no flare certainly questionable