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Example sentences for: takeoff

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"As we prepare for takeoff," the flight attendant said, looking at my sister from six inches away, "please check that your seat belt is fastened"--and here she made the requisite clicking and unclicking movements with the demonstration model--"and do take time to look through the safety information in the seat pocket in front of you.
On February 17, 1981, at John Wayne Orange County Airport in Santa Ana, California, Air Cal 336 was cleared to land while Air Cal 931 was cleared to taxi into position for takeoff, but the controller then decided that more time was needed between the takeoff and the landing and so told 336 to go around.
But most of all, I obsess over the people whose duty it is to de-ice wings, coax the cargo hold not to explode, and fix any smoking engines before takeoff.
In 1996, a Chinese missile carrying an American satellite exploded just after takeoff.
KSM told them to watch the cabin doors at takeoff and landing, to observe whether the captain went to the lavatory during the flight, and to note whether the flight attendants brought food into the cockpit.