Plane is noted deviating, then dropped (10)
I believe the answer is:
jettisoned
'dropped' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'plane is noted deviating' is the wordplay.
'plane' becomes 'jet' (jet plane).
'deviating' indicates anagramming the letters.
'is'+'noted'='isnoted'
'isnoted' anagrammed gives 'tisoned'.
'jet'+'tisoned'='JETTISONED'
'then' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jettisoned that I've seen before include "Thrown away" , "dumped" , "thrown out of plane" , "Threw away" , "Thrown overboard" .)