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Air France crash. Who's to blame?

Vocabulary

substantial analysis

thorough examination of the cause

pilot error

mistakes by the people flying the plane

speed monitors

equipment which measures how fast the plane is travelling

an upward trajectory

a curved path going higher

to stall

to stop flying forward and begin to lose height because there is not enough speed for the wings to keep the plane in the air

plunged

fell suddenly from a great height

the shifting of blame

the moving of responsibility

by implication

by suggestion

pointing the finger at

suggesting the blame lay with

hindered

limited the ability of