altitude
Example Sentences
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The issue caused a sudden drop in altitude and forced the Cancun, Mexico, to Newark, N.J. flight to make an emergency landing at Tampa International Airport in Florida.
Would we be comfortable living at that high of an altitude?
From MarketWatch
Airbus discovered the issue after a JetBlue Airways plane flying between the US and Mexico suddenly lost altitude and emergency landed in October.
From BBC
The incident, which happened on 30 October, involved a JetBlue Airways A320 making an emergency landing in Florida, after a sudden drop in altitude.
From BBC
It urged airlines "to exercise caution... at all altitudes due to the worsening security situation and heightened military activity in and around Venezuela".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
