![]() The DGCA letter states, “Pilots need to be made aware that achieving a particular ‘g’ value on touchdown is no measure of a good landing. It is being stated that Captain Zlatco Glusica, the commander of the Boeing 737 which crashed at Mangalore was hauled up in March by the airline’s flight safety department for doing a hard landing amounting to 1.7g (vertical acceleration due to gravity on touchdown, but within the maximum permissible limit of 2.1g) at Thiruvananthapuram. It had been earlier brought out by one of the national dailies that Air India had hauled up its pilots for hard landings that were technically within the manufacturers’ limits. The letter was issued in the wake of the disastrous end of Air India Express Flight IX 812 while landing at Mangalore on May 22, wherein late touchdown to avoid a hard landing was being quoted as one of the contributory factors which led to the aircraft overshooting the runway into a fiery and fatal heap. It is rather ironical but the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) sent a letter on May 31 to Chief Executive Officers of all airlines and aircraft charter companies in India, instructing them not to haul up pilots for doing hard landings that are within the aircraft manufacturers’ permissible limits. Send us feedback about these examples.There are occasions when the aircraft are deliberately landed with certain amount of vertical speed, termed as ‘positive landing’ These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'airball.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. ![]() 2022 The Nets capitalized on the Bucks’ misfires - Antetokounmpo shot an air ball on a free-throw attempt and Lopez and Holiday hit the side of the backboard on long jumpers during one ugly stretch - to open a 51-41 lead on Harden’s three-point play with 1:59 left in the half. Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2022 The air ball was the newest part of it, probably. 2021 His first 3-point attempt was an air ball. Tom Noie, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2023 His final shot in this one was an air ball. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. WIRED, 27 July 2023 Buie threw up air balls on back-to-back 3s at one point and shot three air balls in the half, finishing with eight points in the session. Noun Focusing on Curry’s time at Davidson College, director Peter Nicks forgoes making a 110-minute career highlight reel and instead examines how a kid who was considered too small for the NBA, who shot air balls in his first game as a college freshman, defied what any algorithm could have predicted. 2019 In the second half of Team Freeze's overtime win over Team Roots, Nunez airballed an open 3-pointer. 2019 The chants only got louder after Cumberland airballed another 3-pointer minutes later. 2020 Walker airballed his final shot to tie the score with a 3 as Warren contested. Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2020 Giannis Antetokounmpo airballed a free throw and a three-pointer within minutes of each other down the stretch. ![]() 2020 After Antetokounmpo split a pair of free throws - airballing the first - to put the Bucks up by nine with under 2 1/2 minutes left, Warriors guard Damion Lee drew a foul on a three-pointer and sank all three shots. 2020 This time Rebels guard Devontae Shuler airballed a 3 with 7.5 seconds left, and Quickley answered with two free throws for a 65-62 lead. David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 25 Mar. 2023 Hayward made one free throw and airballed the second, completing the 11-0 run. ![]() Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. Verb Purdue basketball falls on wrong side of history with loss to 16-seed FDU Reaction:Another Purdue March meltdown: 'What an embarrassment' Closing minute Fletcher Loyer airballs a 3 and Purdue fouls.
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