Sentence examples for handle a plane from inspiring English sources
"We were prepared to handle a plane returning to J.F.K. with reports of engine problems," said a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The landing strip is long enough to handle a plane the size of MH370, and the pilot had practiced landing there on his simulator at home.
Mr. Parker pointed out that the most egregious instances of passenger strandings in recent years involved flights diverted by bad weather to airports that didn't have enough gates or were otherwise unable to handle a sudden influx of planes.
Its airstrip is long enough to handle any plane operated by the Chinese military.
"I'd be in Beijing, and I'd get a call at 4 in the morning from the boss telling me to get on a plane to Bogota to handle an emergency.
Because the airport in Port-au-Prince could not handle so large a plane, the airliner crew flew to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, from where the supplies would be trucked into Haiti.
In combat, how you handle your plane is a matter of life or death.
But so far, Continental is the only carrier in the United States to begin testing the electronic passes, allowing those travelers to pass through security and board the plane without handling a piece of paper.
The Il-76 was a heavy transport plane, capable of handling a payload of more than 88,000 pounds (40,000 kilograms).
Lee said he had worried privately before takeoff about his ability to handle the plane.
