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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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
Speaking publicly about the crash for the first time, he said he lost part of his childhood because his father was on a helicopter "that had been deemed unairworthy and should never have taken off".
From BBC ● May 25, 2025
“That plane was unairworthy for days,” Mr. Goglia said.
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
Its debts totaled $250,000, and its assets were only seven planes: two leased war-surplus transports and five unairworthy flying boats that later were sold for scrap.
From Time Magazine Archive
