altitude
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China Eastern flight MU5375 was travelling from Kunming to Guangzhou on March 21, 2022, when the jet inexplicably fell from an altitude of 29,000 feet, slamming into a mountain.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Doughty said the Kings need to wear down the Avalanche, something they clearly couldn’t do in the two games played in Denver’s mile-high altitude.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
"We are thinking about airlifting the rope-fixing team and their logistics to Camp 2 by helicopter, so they can open the route above that altitude for now," Ram Krishna Lamichhane, the department's director general, said.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The software also incorporates real-time measurements of wind, temperature, humidity and altitude as users move from hole to hole.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The U-2 achieved a high altitude that made it impossible for the jet to intercept or shoot at Powers.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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