unairworthy
- a word derived from airworthy.
Example Sentences
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He added that the questions sought to assist in establishing why "25 passengers and four crew were placed in an unairworthy aircraft that the MoD's most experienced test pilots were forbidden to fly."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
"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
“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
“I will be introducing legislation at the appropriate time to ensure that unairworthy commercial airliners no longer slip through our regulatory system,” said DeFazio.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2019
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
