midflight

adj, adv, noun — 3 senses

midflight

adj

Etymology From mid- + flight.

1

Occurring in the middle portion of a flight.

We had a midflight meal.
Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage are testing the detached piece for clues on what led up to the plane’s “explosive decompression” after the missing piece was discovered in an Oregon backyard.2024 January 8, Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, “New details emerge on piece of Alaska Airlines plane that blew off midflight as investigators probe ‘explosive decompression’”, in CNN:

midflight

adv

Etymology From mid- + flight.

1

Occurring in the middle portion of a flight.

The airplane slats extended midflight.

midflight

noun

Etymology From mid- + flight.

1

A point in time during flight.

You can't eject a troublemaker from a plane in midflight!

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