How to Use deplane in a Sentence

deplane

verb

• But they were forced to deplane and wait to take off until after the grounding had been lifted.
  — Jacob Passy, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
• And, of course, there was the defecating pig of 2014, who was deplaned after pooping on board.
  — Aditi Shrikant, Vox, 11 Dec. 2018
• Yet they were forced to deplane and wait to take off until after the grounding had been lifted.
  — Ben Kesling, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
• Others were stuck on dark planes on the tarmac for upwards of a day, waiting to deplane or even take off.
  — CBS News, 7 Jan. 2018
• The team’s charter froze over on the tarmac, forcing the Wildcats to deplane and return by bus to a downtown Hilton.
  — Dan Greene, SI.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• Yeah, the Giants deplaned dressed in black as if going to a funeral.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2019
• Do not interrupt the flow of deplaning if your bag is behind you.
  — Emily Cappiello, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2024
• Passengers deplaned on the taxiway and were bused to the terminal.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
• For instance, while the other passengers deplaned, the campers were left alone with only the cleaning crew to watch them.
  — Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2019
• Things got quite a bit worse from there: After the man refuse[d to deplane], he was eventually dragged by his arms and screaming toward the front of the plane . . .
  — Bess Levin, The Hive, 10 Apr. 2017
• This means customers will have to wear masks during check-in, boarding, during the flight, and while deplaning.
  — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 1 May 2020
• All [passengers] deplaned normally at the gate through the main boarding door and onto the jet bridge.
  — Ricky Pinela, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2019
• After a few hours' flight to Italy, the Trumps deplaned yet again, with another hand-miss to interpret?
  — Kate Bennett, CNN, 23 May 2017
• Some travelers were already on the aircraft and they were deplaned.
  — Lizzy Acker, OregonLive.com, 2 Jan. 2018
• There are no injuries and the 172 passengers are deplaning via airstairs.
  — CBS News, 7 May 2018
• The aircraft taxied to the gate and passengers deplaned normally in West Palm Beach.
  — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2018
• The flight crew then began deplaning the aircraft after Garcia refused to get off on his own.
  — Michelle Gant, Fox News, 23 Apr. 2018
• The incident caused a delay in the flight and passengers had to deplane and wait for a new crew for several hours, Isola said.
  — Michelle Iracheta, Houston Chronicle, 21 Aug. 2019
• The flight crew asked all passengers to deplane around that point, American Airlines said in a statement.
  — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2018
• That's when JetBlue made the announcement that everyone would have to deplane.
  — Alison Medley, Houston Chronicle, 21 Aug. 2020
• That’s why two customers who did not comply with crew safety instructions were asked to deplane Flight 1997 this evening.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2021
• An unnamed passenger told CBS 2 that the passengers were deplaned while their bags were checked.
  — Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
• The flight, which had 145 passengers on board and six crew members, returned to the gate following the incident and customers had to deplane the aircraft.
  — Jay Blackman, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2023
• The pilots had no idea there was a hole in the plane until after the plane landed and passengers deplaned, according to the documents.
  — Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2024
• Patrick Miller said after boarding his flight from Phoenix to Portland, Oregon, passengers had to deplane and then re-board.
  — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 15 June 2021
• Because we’re only paid for flight time (no pay for boarding or deplaning, either), the less down time between flights, the better.
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 1 May 2024
• This was especially the case when Melania wouldn’t take the president’s outreached hand as the two deplaned at the airport in Tel Aviv, Israel.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 24 May 2017
• The flight landed safely and taxied to a gate where customers deplaned normally.
  — Ben Kesslen, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2019
• Once at the gate, due to a shift in weight and balance during deplaning, the tail of the aircraft tipped backward causing the nose of the aircraft to lift up and eventually return back down.
  — Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2023
• Jim, another Delta flight attendant who prefers to remain anonymous, said that a little courtesy goes a long way when boarding and deplaning.
  — Emily Cappiello, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024