Just before Flight 447 went down, it charged into a massive cluster of roiling clouds, even as three other planes made wide turns to avoid the weather.

就在航班坠毁前不久，它飞进了一片巨大的云层中，而其他三架飞机为了避开可能出现的极端天气改变了航线。

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The NTSB said Northwest flight 188, an Airbus A320, was flying from San Diego to Minneapolis and lost radio contact with controllers just before 7 pm local time when it was at 37, 000 feet.

NTSB称，西北航空公司188航班的空客A320飞机正从圣地亚哥飞往明尼阿波利斯，于当地时间下午7时与航管失去无线电联络，当时飞机的飞行高度为37 000英尺。

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He came back to seat 19a on the flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit just minutes before landing, complaining of a stomachache and asking for a blanket.

从荷兰阿姆斯特丹起飞前往底特律的航班上，他在飞机降落前几分钟回到19a座，边抱怨着胃痛边要了一条毛毯。

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Tickets bought on points are typically refundable until just before your flight, but they also run out fast.

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The Marine Corps variant (F-35B), a short take-off and vertical landing variant (STOVL), was grounded for nearly a month after a manufacturing defect caused a fuel line to detach just before a training flight in January.

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My philosopher cabbie (a rare find in New York these days) got me to the right terminal just 55 minutes before my flight was scheduled to leave.

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