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contact lost

In air interception, it means visual or radar contact with target has been lost.

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Victoria Fallaize produced Contact Lost for Cupsogue Pictures, which was written and directed by Gene Fallaize.

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EVERY week we endeavour to help those wishing to contact lost friends or relatives through our Old Pals column.

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Her stage character, wee Maryhill woman, Ellen Small, was inspired by Dorothy's own experiences trying to contact lost relatives.

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Decision to bring Mir down taken after radio contact lost over last Christmas.

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Some of the contact lost from overburdened faculty could be made up by an increase in contact time with grad students in labs with low student to teacher ratios, and through both formal and informal tutorials.

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Equisearch uses proprietary methods to contact lost shareholders and quickly execute a process that results in the return of a lost asset.

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Contact lost two hours after take-off - Contact was lost at 2:40 am Malaysian time (1840 GMT Friday), about two hours after take-off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the carrier's CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said.

Malaysia Airlines flight went missing in Vietnamese airspace

The most likely thing ATC would say is, "Radar contact lost.

That placid sensation: considering all the advances in aircraft systems, it's amazing how some of the basic ones haven't changed since aviation's early days. Even in glass houses, some tools are stone age

Mr Macpherson said: "I have been trying for several years to locate and contact lost relations.

Aussie's appeal to track down family; MYSTERY: Pensioner wants to find relatives he hasn't seen for 50 years

Dorothy was born on Hallowe'en and her stage character, Ellen Small, was inspired by her own experiences trying to contact lost relatives.

Happy medium meets our Frank

The New York air traffic controller said: "EgyptAir 990, radar contact lost, recycle transponder squawk one-seven-one-two.

Doomed EgyptAir jet failed to respond before hitting ocean

Hence, controllers love URET because it eliminates the time previously consumed by posting, updating, scanning for conflicts, re-sequencing for time revisions, marking the strip for radar contact, radar contact lost, and a final mark when the aircraft was changed to another frequency and then the physical removal of the strip from the board.

Baby steps to NextGen: figuring out the what ATC's NextGen service will be is a hot debate, but pieces of the puzzle are already being installed