The Hindu Editorial (Learning lessons) – Jan 01, 2025

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The Hindu Editorial (Learning lessons) – Jan 01, 2025:

1. crew (noun) – forces, personnel, employees, workforce, staff.
2. grim (adjective) – distressing, upsetting, worrying, unpleasant, dismal/awful.
3. footage (noun) – a part of video that’s been shot or recorded or videographed.
4. Boeing (noun) – a US company that makes aircraft.
5. slide (verb) – slip, skid, move smoothly.
6. runway (noun) – a long, paved strip of an airport where aircraft take off and land; landing strip, airfield, airstrip for aircraft.
7. fireball (noun) – a ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion.
8. extinguish (verb) – destroy, kill, eradicate, eliminate, end, put an end to.
9. hold (verb) – have, possess.
10. authorities (noun) – officials, officialdom, the people in charge, the bureaucracy.
11. aviation (noun) – air transport.
12. regulator (noun) – an association/statutory body that supervises a particular business activity.
13. scheduled flights (noun) – (commercial) flights by the aircraft company on a regular basis (schedule) for the public transport of passengers, mail or cargo. The departure times are fixed and so is the routing. Flight details are very static and standard. 
14. non-scheduled flights (noun) – charter flights; non-scheduled flights are hired by individual passengers for their special purpose; flights as per the schedule of the individual passengers to meet their needs. The departure times and final destinations are set as per the individual agreement between the hirer and the aircraft company.
15. air traffic control (ATC) (noun) – a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airspace.
16. airfield (noun) – landing strip, airstrip (a runway for aircraft).
17. environs (noun) – surroundings, surrounding area, neighbourhood, locality, vicinity.
18. host (verb) – have, hold, provide, give.
19. avian (noun/adjective) – bird/relating to birds.
20. non-lethal (adjective) – not causing death.
21. bird scare (adjective) – relating to the devices or methods that keep birds away.
22. from that point on (phrase) – beginning at that time.
23. transition (verb) – change.
24. mayday (noun) – It is used to signal a call for help in any critical situation (international radio-telephone communications). It is a distress signal used by aircraft and ships to indicate a life-threatening emergency.
25. bird strike/hit (noun) – a collision between a bird and a moving vehicle (usually an aircraft).
26. apparent (adjective) – obvious, evident, clear, visible.
27. in distress (phrase) – in a very difficult situation.
28. go-around (noun) – (in aviation) it refers to an aborted landing made on the final approach when conditions could lead to an unsafe landing. It is a flight procedure where a pilot or air traffic controller (ATC) ends a landing attempt and returns the aircraft to the air.
29. subsequent (adjective) – following, successive, resulting, resultant, eventual, sequential, ensuing.
30. led to past participle of lead to (verb) – result in, cause, bring on, bring about, give rise to.
31. touchdown (noun) – the moment at which a part of a aircraft/spacecraft make contact with the ground during landing; arrival, coming in.
32. gear up (phrasal verb) – get ready, prepare, equip (oneself) for something.
33. crippled (adjective) – severely damaged, weakened, debilitated, disabled, malfunctioning.
34. hurtle (verb) –  move at high speed (in an uncontrolled way).
35. fuselage (noun) – the (spindle-shaped) main body of an aircraft to which the wings (or rotors), tail, and engines are attached, and which accommodates the crews, passengers and cargo.
36. house (verb) – contain, accommodate, hold.
37. International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (noun) – The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a United Nations agency which helps 193 countries to cooperate together and share their skies to their mutual benefit. Since it was established in 1944, ICAO’s support and coordination has helped countries to diplomatically and technically realize a uniquely rapid and dependable network of global air mobility, connecting families, cultures, and businesses all over the world, and promoting sustainable growth and socio-economic prosperity wherever aircraft fly.
38. Annex 14 (Standards – Aerodrome) (noun) – Annex 14 of the Convention on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) contains the basic standards and recommendations (SARPs) for the aerodromes.
39. trump (verb) – outdo, surpass, outclass, outshine, eclipse.
40. overwhelm (verb) – overrun, overload, overburden, swamp, deluge, flood, inundate; disturb, beset, shatter, overpower
41. flapless (adjective) – (in general aviation) referring to landing an aircraft without deploying its flaps. (Flaps are movable surfaces on the wings).
42. decade (noun) – a period of ten years.
43. amidst (preposition) – amid, in the middle of; during.
44. acting (adjective) – short-term, temporary, provisional, substitute, caretaker.
45. steer (verb) – helm, direct, guide.
46. task force (noun) – a special committee/panel, usually of experts, formed expressly for the purpose of studying a particular problem (or) a temporary organization/committee/panel created to solve a particular problem.
47. in place (phrase) – set up, ready, established.
48. fleet (noun) – a group of vehicles (buses/aircrafts/ships) work together under an organisation.
49. highlight (verb) – underline, underscore, emphasize.
50. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) (noun) – it is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.
51. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (noun) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), formerly the Federal Aviation Agency, was established by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. The agency became a component of the Department of Transportation in 1967 pursuant to the Department of Transportation Act. The mission of the FAA is to regulate civil aviation and U.S. commercial space transportation, maintain and operate air traffic control and navigation systems for both civil and military aircrafts, and develop and administer programs relating to aviation safety and the National Airspace System.
52. on board (phrase) – on to (a team or group) as a member.
53. spotlight (noun) – public attention; public eye; limelight.
54. workhorse (noun) – a machine/product which works dependably for a long period of time.
55. on the rise (noun) – increasing, becoming higher/greater (in number, amount, value, etc.).

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