altitude

The altitude changes are consistent with efforts to command a damaged aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

It was an unstable ride, with the plane’s altitude rising and falling some 500 feet as they made their way to Tabuk Airport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Passengers described rushing the cockpit and a fight for control after the plane suddenly plummeted -- losing around 17,000 feet of altitude in the span of a minute, according to the Flightradar24 website.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

"The fatal crash was, with a high degree of probability, attributable to a situation from which there was no escape, resulting from insufficient lift and the low altitude above the ground," it said.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Mary also knew that a native of a place so flat it was practically underwater would need a leg up before hiking for days in the rarefied altitude of the Wyoming mountains.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

"It allows for operations at very low altitudes -- it is controlled by a signal from space, bypassing the radio horizon and the Earth's curvature -- factors that otherwise limit ground-based remote control signals."

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Although it could fly at higher altitudes, the Hindenburg typically cruised between 600 and 800 feet, low enough to leave the windows open.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

This is when air moves violently at high altitudes with no clouds or other visual cues to help a pilot avoid it.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Different wavelengths allow astronomers to observe different altitudes within Saturn's atmosphere, producing small shifts in where the decagon seems to appear.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

Perched on the pole, she oiled her feathers, which had become dry at the high altitudes.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George