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Recent Examples of airliner
Nearly 30 years ago, an airliner exploded shortly after departing New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, leaving authorities with a difficult and complex investigation and families demanding answers.
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Michelle Watson, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
Stratolaunch’s prototype was designed with a research focus for government, education, and business customers, but not as a commercial airliner, and is backed by private funds.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2025
Boom’s plan is that Overture will be in operation before the end of the decade, carrying 64 to 80 passengers at Mach 1.7, about twice the speed of today’s subsonic airliners.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
The First Concorde Test Flight The supersonic airliner Concorde made its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Michelle Watson, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
Stratolaunch’s prototype was designed with a research focus for government, education, and business customers, but not as a commercial airliner, and is backed by private funds.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2025
Boom’s plan is that Overture will be in operation before the end of the decade, carrying 64 to 80 passengers at Mach 1.7, about twice the speed of today’s subsonic airliners.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
The First Concorde Test Flight The supersonic airliner Concorde made its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airliner
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The pilot of a vintage airplane crashed near a rural cafe in Alexander County on Friday afternoon, injuring himself and a passenger, according to the N.C. State Highway Patrol.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Apr. 2025
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Investigators were also not immediately aware of how Taylor was able to board the airplane with a knife, though Williams acknowledged that the country's smaller airstrips lacked security to fully search passengers.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Almost nothing gets passengers more excited than the topic of shoes on a plane.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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However, administration officials claimed the planes had landed before his ruling took effect.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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What To Know Video released Thursday by the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) showed Navy sailors aboard the USS Carl Vinson were seen preparing weapons and aircraft for strikes against the Houthis.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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That's the kind of aircraft that would carry a weapon that could be used to take out underground facilities for a nuclear program.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 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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That’s a swipe of fire engine red lipstick, huge lashes, and sweeping black liner.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
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Currently, there are nearly 200 renewable-capable liner ships on the water today, and an additional 700 to be delivered by 2030.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Apr. 2025
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Effectively, Beyond has designed a new 10-seat business jet airframe around a battery-free hydrogen-electric propulsion system.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Mar. 2025
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Worse, the sudden strain may damage the airframe, and a heavy mount is needed to absorb the forces involved.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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McPherson preached aboard the ship, and its passengers, spellbound by her blossoming charisma and moved by her plight, gathered just enough funds to buy the young widow and her baby train tickets to New York City, where Minnie would meet them in the fall of 1910.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Nimitz replaced sister ship USS Carl Vinson as the latter was retasked by the Pentagon from the region to the Middle East.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near the nation's capital, resulting in 67 fatalities.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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There were also two fatal crashes involving Boeing’s troubled 737 Max jetliner in 2018 and 2019.—
Josh Funk,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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