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Commercial airliners jetting to and from the airport share the skies with military aircraft from nearby bases crisscrossing the country’s capital.
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Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2025
Officials have stated that there are no survivors after Wednesday’s crash involving a commercial airliner and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2025
Wednesday’s crash is not the first monumental collision with a domestic airliner and a military plane.
—Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Everything Trump Has Said About the Fatal Passenger Jet and Army Helicopter Crash
Officials have said that the Army helicopter, which was conducting a routine training flight, collided with the commercial airliner on its approach to Washington’s Reagan National Airport.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
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Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2025
Officials have stated that there are no survivors after Wednesday’s crash involving a commercial airliner and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2025
Wednesday’s crash is not the first monumental collision with a domestic airliner and a military plane.
—Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Everything Trump Has Said About the Fatal Passenger Jet and Army Helicopter Crash
Officials have said that the Army helicopter, which was conducting a routine training flight, collided with the commercial airliner on its approach to Washington’s Reagan National Airport.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airliner. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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airliner
noun
air·lin·er
-ˌlī-nər 
: an airplane operated by an airline
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