I think the confusion might be because of the term "near miss", which really is a near hit.. But you could think of it as: Near a person, but missing". People do say near miss. You're right, but it's one of those little twists in American English, and that might be how she meant it.
He flew it all the way to the crash site. That's how you do it. You can tell by the way the plane slid across the ground for such a distance. The fatal ones are those who stall the plane at some altitude and it comes straight down. Good pilots do it the way this guy did. He had quick reactions to nose it down and keep flying when the engine quit. Well done.
Except if you think of the term "near miss", meaning close, or near a person, but missing them. As contrasted with a distant miss.. or something of that kind. People do say near miss, and we know what that means. Her twist really isn't right, but I can see how she probably thought of it.
It didn't nearly _miss_ the golfer, it nearly _hit_ him.
I think the confusion might be because of the term "near miss", which really is a near hit.. But you could think of it as: Near a person, but missing". People do say near miss. You're right, but it's one of those little twists in American English, and that might be how she meant it.
He flew it all the way to the crash site. That's how you do it. You can tell by the way the plane slid across the ground for such a distance. The fatal ones are those who stall the plane at some altitude and it comes straight down. Good pilots do it the way this guy did. He had quick reactions to nose it down and keep flying when the engine quit. Well done.
He didn’t stick the landing but I give him credit for stylishly sliding up to the pro shop.
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“Nearly missing a person.” If he was nearly missed, it means he was hit.
Except if you think of the term "near miss", meaning close, or near a person, but missing them. As contrasted with a distant miss.. or something of that kind. People do say near miss, and we know what that means. Her twist really isn't right, but I can see how she probably thought of it.
Leave it to my ex-husband, famed but long-lost pilot Wrongway Feldman to make a sideways reappearance and landing in Sacramento!
Was the pilot drunk?
Wing ripped off and no fire. I bet he ran out of fuel.
You can see liquid gushing out of the left wing
Damn lucky 🤯🤟
Oh no Boeing
Actually, this plane was built by Piper. Boeing had nothing to do with it.
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it was privately owned and operated.
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