Sentence examples for was cleared for takeoff from inspiring English sources

He added that it was cleared for takeoff after a check on Saturday.

Company technicians were alerted, the gauge was turned off and the plane was cleared for takeoff.

After a layover of about 30 minutes, the plane was cleared for takeoff at 11 49 a.m.

US Airways flight 1539 was cleared for takeoff at 15.25.09; the bird strike took place at 15.27.11; the plane made its emergency landing at 15.30.43.

The small airplane that collided with the tourist helicopter on a sunny Saturday two weeks ago was cleared for takeoff from Teterboro at 11 48 a.m.

Discovery was cleared for takeoff last week after NASA managers concluded that the foam insulation on the ship's external tank was solidly attached and up to the rigors of launching.

On the recording, a young boy tells a pilot he's "cleared for takeoff," and the pilot tells him he has done an "awesome job".

Martínez knew U.S. agents were monitoring his radio communications, so rather than say a word, he would whistle — a signal to the pilots that they were cleared for takeoff.

After spending a night at the luxuriant El Jardín Hotel in Puyo, we were cleared for takeoff the next afternoon in a small Cessna operated by Aerotsentsak, the Achuar's aviation service.

Until that point, communications on the fight, flying as US Airways Express 5481, had been handled by the first officer, or second-in-command, Jonathan Gibbs, including a routine acknowledgement that it had been cleared for takeoff.

It occurred in Tenerife on 27 March 1977, when, due to a pile-up of misunderstandings, a KLM captain mistakenly believed he had been cleared for takeoff in dense fog and ploughed into another Boeing 747, killing 583 people, making it the deadliest crash in aviation history.