Word: groundedness
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One part of the history of JA8119 (the plane's serial number) particularly attracted the probers' attention. On June 2, 1978, the aircraft approached a landing at Osaka with its nose too high. The tail and the rear part of the fuselage slammed into the tarmac at 320 m.p.h.; the...
Other long-festering dangers kept the world in turmoil. Terrorist murders and kidnapings became more brazen: the hijackings of TWA Flight 847 in June, an EgyptAir jetliner in November and the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in October were only the most spectacular incidents. Though governments did finally begin to...
Even the newest equipment can fail, however, if it is not properly repaired and maintained. The 747 that struck a mountain in Japan apparently lost control of its rear navigation system. Boeing has since acknowledged that a repair of the back hull, which it performed seven years before the accident...
Of course, nothing then would have suggested that both Fitzpatrick and Tyler would be sidelined by injury later that year, thrusting Dawson into the spotlight and forcing him to shoulder significantly more touches than expected. But with the Crimson’s passing game grounded by Fitzpatrick’s...
“He seems like an exceptionally thoughtful and grounded person,” she writes in an e-mail. “He manages to accomplish an enormous amount without ever seeming to get out of balance.”