Sentence examples for grounded aircraft from inspiring English sources

AIR TRAFFIC OFFICIALS grounded aircraft, fearing the silica-rich ash would cause engines to fail.

If Boeing's difficulties with its recently grounded aircraft, the Dreamliner, weigh on the industry, it could create opportunity.

The carriers have announced thousands of job cuts, eliminated routes, grounded aircraft and put cost-cutting programs in place.

That possibility has presented them with a conundrum: should they seek the destruction of the grounded aircraft, or try to protect them?

A few days before the Marine was shot in the skull, after sandstorms had grounded aircraft, another call had come in.

None of the grounded aircraft, it seems, was in a dangerous condition, and it's extremely unlikely that lives were ever put at risk.

Grounding aircraft on this scale over safety concerns is rare.

Most other countries had already grounded the aircraft.

In response, Lufthansa has grounded 43 aircraft, about one-fifth of its fleet.

The announcement came well after many other countries had grounded the aircraft.

The FAA and other regulators grounded the aircraft type after two fatal crashes since October.