Sentence examples for plane break up from inspiring English sources

The original report submitted by Marcinkus claiming one Me 109 shot down on 21 June 1941 is held in The National Archives; he states that he fired two short bursts from his guns from 100 yards behind the German, a Sergeant Blasil, also of 1 Squadron, then witnessed the plane break up in the air.

But having the engine come off the plane does not generally make the plane break up.

Airbus maintained it had warned several times on the possibility that forcefully applying the rudder in alternating directions could make a plane break up in flight, including in its submission to the Safety Board on the Flight 903 investigation.

According to Joustra, the passenger plane broke up mid-air.

According to Joustra, the passenger plane broke up midair.

Passengers most likely died from stresses experienced after the plane broke up, he added.

Investigators said the scattered wreckage indicated that the plane broke up before it hit the ground.

"The plane broke up in the air, near the Petropavlovskaya mines.

Russian officials have said the plane broke up in midair but it was too early to say what caused it.

"It must have just been a very fortunate chain of events that the plane broke up that way.

Debris was found scattered over an eight-mile stretch, which Kamal said was consistent with a plane breaking up.