airworthy
adjective
(of an aircraft) meeting established standards for safe flight; equipped and maintained in condition to fly.
unairworthy
-
a word derived from
airworthy.
Example Sentences
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"We just want somebody to tell us why the helicopter left the ground because we have the evidence to show that it was unairworthy," she continued.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
The plane made 1,002 flights “in an unairworthy condition,” according to the report.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
“It continued to be unairworthy because Lion Air didn’t take proper corrective action. It was an accident waiting to happen, and it happened.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2019
The Nimrods were declared unairworthy by the coroner They claimed that the Chinook helicopter had suffered many technical problems.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2011
Called unairworthy at the time, Beech biplanes are still the only single-engined private craft able to do 250 m.p.h.
From Time Magazine Archive
