Sentence examples for increasing rate of descent from inspiring English sources
A new report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau ATSBB) suggests the plane was in a "high and increasing rate of descent" at the time of its final satellite communications, and that the right outboard wing flap found on Pemba island was not deployed at the time of the crash.
The AAIB said the Super Puma had appeared to show a "reduction in airspeed accompanied by an increased rate of descent".
The AAIB update reported: "Preliminary information indicates that the approach proceeded normally until approximately three miles from the runway when there was a reduction in airspeed accompanied by an increased rate of descent.
Despite the numerous studies associating increased rates of metabolic syndrome in persons of African descent, there was no significant difference in clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus or mean fasting plasma glucose between AA and CAU subjects (data not shown).
Individuals of African descent living in western countries have increased rates of hypertension and hypertension-related complications.
Cryptorchidism has a potential effect on health; defects in testes descent usually cause impaired spermatogenesis, resulting in reduced fertility and increased rates of testicular neoplasia, and testicular torsion (reviewed in [ 1]).
Because of this high angle, during a landing approach Concorde was on the "back side" of the drag force curve, where raising the nose would increase the rate of descent; the aircraft was thus largely flown on the throttle and was fitted with an autothrottle to reduce the pilot's workload.
The aircraft also landed at an extremely high rate of descent due to the inability to flare (reduce the rate of descent prior to touch down by increasing pitch).
Rate of climb and, particularly, rate of descent must be indicated continuously because of their vital safety connotations.
Investigators had reportedly concluded that accident was due partly to pilot error, including an excessive rate of descent.
