Then, as his momentum died, he began to lose altitude.
He was losing altitude just when she had expected him to climb.
The controller told the plane to turn left to lose altitude.
The shift can cause a plane to lose altitude quickly.
They had lost altitude steadily and were now down to nine hundred feet.
Hunter could only watch as the doomed 707 continued to lose altitude.
Once clear of the mountains, he began losing altitude for his final approach.
Instead, the aircraft continued straight ahead losing altitude until it hit the ground.
He kept the nose of the plane on the ship as they lost altitude.
He was steadily losing altitude, and the white smoke had turned to black.