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mid-flight

adjective

  1. during a flight; whilst airborne

    a mid-flight celebration

    doors opening mid-flight

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. during a flight; whilst airborne

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Once he pursues a resolution and is denied, the bolts start popping off the plane mid-flight.

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The Ospreys carry support staff, special forces and secret service agents, who are tasked with dealing with any mid-flight emergency.

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A former pilot accused of attempting to shut off the engines of a passenger jet mid-flight has pleaded guilty to the charges in a federal court.

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While planes can rely on other forms of navigation than GPS, jamming it mid-flight can increase the risk of collisions - either with other planes or by causing the pilot to unintentionally fly into the ground, water or other obstacle.

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The Air Transport Safety Bureau found that the helicopter's engine had stopped mid-flight because it had run out of fuel.

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