: a shallow-draft boat driven by an airplane propeller and steered by an airplane rudder
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Emergency officials said the vessel — a Sever-750 airboat designed to travel across both ice and water — capsized just offshore with 18 people aboard.
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Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026
Follow a swamp airboat swerving along a Louisiana bayou.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
The airboat operator has not been identified.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
The video shows the men aboard an airboat firing at the alligator more than a dozen times.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026
Follow a swamp airboat swerving along a Louisiana bayou.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
The airboat operator has not been identified.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
The video shows the men aboard an airboat firing at the alligator more than a dozen times.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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“Airboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airboat. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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