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  • v  fall short of (the runway) in a landing
    The plane undershot the runway
  • v  shoot short of or below (a target)
  • s  having a lower part projecting beyond the upper
    undershot bulldog

  • The numbers undershot a lot of liability and risk.
  • A Panair do Brasil DC-3 undershot the Uberlndia airfield, 500 miles north of Rio, and crashed into a clump of trees, killing nine and injuring 23.
  • Since then Fred Nolan has kept his heavy undershot jaw set for his two favorite principles: 1) that transportation, like any other commodity, must be cheap to be sold in quantity .
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  • Short landings like Asiana 214 extremely rare
    FAA accident data shows that passenger jetliners like the one that crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday have not been involved in similar 'undershot' landings in two decades.
    July 11, 2013 - San Jose Mercury News

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