takeoff
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General Mohammed al-Haddad and his four aides died on Tuesday after a visit to Ankara, with Turkish officials saying an electrical failure caused their plane to crash less than 15 minutes after takeoff.
From Barron's
"All contact with the aircraft was lost about half an hour after takeoff from Ankara airport due to a technical problem," he said.
From Barron's
Another soldier said he had boarded a plane to deploy back to the front but was removed just before takeoff in front of his fellow soldiers, because his superiors didn’t trust him.
"England's audience has been very responsible for Indian cinema's takeoff globally in modern times," he said.
From BBC
Archer Aviation’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircrafts, or eVtols, take off and land vertically and are designed to transport up to four passengers plus a pilot.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
