How to Use deplane in a Sentence

deplane

verb

• 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
• Passengers do need to deplane with their belongings in Auckland but return to their cabin two hours later (generally you will be booked on the same seat for both legs, but not always).
  — Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2024
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024