8 sentences with 'altitude'
Example sentences and phrases with the word altitude and other words derived from it.
• « At 5200 metres altitude, 13 minutes after take-off, there was less air traffic and both pilots were able to relax. »
• « Co-pilot Atchison levelled the aircraft at 3000 metres altitude. He slowed the aircraft as much as he could, hoping that would help Ogden and Heward get the captain back into the cockpit. But although jet 111 was close to minimum lift speed, at 275 kilometres per hour (150 knots), they were unable to move him. »
• « Sulphurous smog is what plagues Mexico City. With more than 20 million inhabitants, Mexico also has amplifying causes, such as being located at an altitude of more than 2,000 metres between mountain ranges. »
• « Ozone gas, made up of three oxygen atoms, is harmful at sea level, but indispensable at an altitude of 12 to 25 kilometres, in the lower stratosphere, where it reaches its highest concentration (12 parts per million). »
• « When a person is at a high altitude above sea level, digestion becomes slow and difficult, so it is necessary to eat easily digestible food. »
• « These ancient maps seem to have been drawn on the basis of aerial photographs, taken at high altitude and from satellites. »
• « There are also numerous works of art from the Christian period: rock-hewn churches, carved into the rock at an altitude of more than 2,000 metres, and 9th- and 11th-century wall paintings depicting scenes from the lives of saints and biblical characters. »