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Recent Examples of airliner
Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Loyd Eaves was among the three pilots aboard the Black Hawk military helicopter in a midair collision with a commercial airliner from Wichita Wednesday night, according to U.S. Army officials.
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2025
The crash, which the Associated Press reported involved 60 passengers and four crew members on the plane and three U.S. soldiers on the helicopter, is the first collision involving a commercial airliner in the United States since 2009.
—Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
On Wednesday night an airliner operated by American Airlines regional carrier PSA, bound from Wichita, Kansas, on final approach to Reagan, collided with an Army helicopter that was on a training exercise.
—Caitlin Babcock, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
Workers planned to spend several days fishing the rest of the commercial airliner from the water before trying to retrieve the military helicopter.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2025
The crash, which the Associated Press reported involved 60 passengers and four crew members on the plane and three U.S. soldiers on the helicopter, is the first collision involving a commercial airliner in the United States since 2009.
—Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
On Wednesday night an airliner operated by American Airlines regional carrier PSA, bound from Wichita, Kansas, on final approach to Reagan, collided with an Army helicopter that was on a training exercise.
—Caitlin Babcock, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
Workers planned to spend several days fishing the rest of the commercial airliner from the water before trying to retrieve the military helicopter.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airliner
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North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) was forced to scramble fighter jets three times over President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in South Florida on Saturday after airplanes violated restricted airspace.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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This decline may very well have been exacerbated by another airplane crash in November 2001.—
Harry Enten,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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Whether traveling by train, bus, plane, or car, this mini purifier will help clean the air around you and your little ones.—
Ramona Saviss,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
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New planes’ longer ranges compared with older models are opening up new nonstop routes for carriers.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2025
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This took more than 1,000 new aircraft out of service for the better part of two years.—
Oliver Wyman,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The number of deaths aboard aircraft in the United States is also on the decline.—
Melissa Chan,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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It is inspired by the extraordinary real-life story of Mathias Rust, a young West German teenager in 1987 who shocked the world by flying through Soviet air defences and landed a Cessna aeroplane right in the middle of the Red Square.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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This is especially true with the lower circulating oxygen levels on an aeroplane, in people with breathing problems or when combined with alcohol.—
Brian Dillon,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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Get ready to use your Terrible Towel to dry off after a refreshing dip in an ocean liner's pool, because the official Steelers fan cruise has arrived.—
Ryan Deto,
Axios,
24 Feb. 2025
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Prepare your muffin pan by lining with paper liners.—
Angelica Stabile,
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2025
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That work is usually divided into three categories, covering the airframe — or body, wings and tail of a plane — the engine and various other components.—
Niraj Chokshi,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Labor accounts for most of the cost of airframe maintenance, so airlines in wealthier countries often send that work to countries where wages are lower.—
Niraj Chokshi,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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To be sure, Nvidia could right the momentum ship this week.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2025
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And we are not finished’: Buffett wrote in his letter to investors, describing Berkshire’s reinvestment strategy STRATEGIES + ADVICE In times of crisis, business leaders need to quickly be able to cope and right the ship.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The incident in Toronto comes after 67 people were killed when a commercial jetliner and helicopter collided in Washington, a medical transportation plane crash in Philadelphia that killed six people on board and another on the ground and the deaths of 10 people in a plane crash in Alaska.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2025
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A day after a jetliner flipped moments after landing in Toronto, what was left of the aircraft remained upside down on Tuesday, its right wing and tail sheared off and the wreckage blocking the two longest runways at Canada’s busiest airport.—
Vjosa Isai,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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