Air Pocket (Noun)
Meaning
A local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Examples
- The pilots encountered an air pocket during turbulence, causing a sudden drop in altitude that left the passengers gasping.
- Flying over the mountain range, the small plane hit an air pocket and plummeted several hundred feet before the pilot regained control.
- One of the challenges of flying in this region is navigating through the unpredictable air pockets that can send the plane into a sudden dive.
- As the plane hit the air pocket, the oxygen masks dropped down, and the flight attendants instructed passengers to fasten their seatbelts.
- The experienced pilot was caught off guard by the air pocket, but quickly adjusted the controls to prevent a more serious loss of altitude.