ground crew
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ground crew
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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After one flight, he parked his aircraft so askew that ground crew had to reposition the jet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
They drove off, giving one last look at the plane as the ground crew scurried around, readying it for the next day’s drop.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
The security protocol for passengers boarding flights is relatively simple: ground crew must check the name on the boarding pass matches that on the passport presented.
From BBC • May 16, 2025
“I don’t want to say this on the frequency with the pilot monitoring, but it looks like the wheels are partially out,” another says, suggesting that the ground crew be alerted.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024
The astronauts weren’t hundreds of thousands of miles away when the accident happened; they were on the ground, within feet of the ground crew and the engineers, and yet they still died.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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