It could change the plane's path just enough to destroy the pilot's chance of a safe landing.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

"That means protecting the rights of Egypt's citizens, lifting the emergency law, revising the constitution and other laws to make this change irreversible and laying out a clear path to elections that are fair and free.

VOA: special.2011.02.12

"I think we're on a very good path to making a sea-change in our missile defense posture within the coming three-to-five years."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Mr.Obama is said to have declared that the United States and Cuba are "on a path of change", while reminding his fellow heads of state that the democratic process that brought them into office does not exist in Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18