"descent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The fact that Loehrer made no attempt to prevent the continuation of the flight below the minimum descent altitude also directly contributed to the crash.
- The captain descended below a minimum descent altitude.
- In the case of the non-precision approach, the aircraft can descend only to what is referred to as a minimum descent altitude or MDA.
- It had begun at descent altitude, fourteen thousand feet.
- Still a bit fast and high, but now it was a question of energy management, of controlling her descent, trading altitude and speed for distance, rather than any question of burning up in the atmosphere.
- The aircraft descended below the minimum descent altitude for that area.
- The aircraft then flew level for a few moments at the minimum descent altitude (MDA).
- The aircraft descended below minimum descent altitude and crashed in a wooded area north of Hurlburt Field.
- The flight crew may have been distracted by the alarm and failed to realize they passed through the minimum descent altitude.
- The aircraft collided with trees after descending below minimum descent altitude during poor visibility.
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