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Recent Examples of jetliner
The United States has officially accepted a Boeing 747-8 luxury jetliner as a gift from the Qatari government, and the Air Force has been tasked with upgrading it to be used as a new plane for President Trump, according to an Air Force spokesperson.
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Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 21 May 2025
On January 29, a commercial jetliner and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided near Washington, D.C., resulting in 67 fatalities.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
The jetliner heading to Nairobi lost control shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport and nose-dived into a barren patch of land.
—arkansasonline.com, 13 July 2025
Families of victims of Boing 737 Max crashes are speaking out after the Justice Department reached a deal Friday that will allow the airplane giant to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people.
—Jesus Mesa
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
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Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 21 May 2025
On January 29, a commercial jetliner and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided near Washington, D.C., resulting in 67 fatalities.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
The jetliner heading to Nairobi lost control shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport and nose-dived into a barren patch of land.
—arkansasonline.com, 13 July 2025
Families of victims of Boing 737 Max crashes are speaking out after the Justice Department reached a deal Friday that will allow the airplane giant to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people.
—Jesus Mesa
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetliner
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In addition to the port attack, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces also hit the Syzran oil refinery in Russia's Samara region—a facility within the Rosneft system that produces jet fuel and other materials critical to the Russian military.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Amidst an atmosphere of refined revelry catering to glitterati and gearheads alike, this iteration at the Monterey Jet Center featured 275 automobiles and fourteen flying machines—from rotorcraft to private jets.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
14 Aug. 2025
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The General Aviation Manufacturers Association, which tracks deliveries of new private aircraft, reported an 11% year-over-year increase in business jet deliveries in Q1, however, that trailed the increase for turboprop deliveries, which were up 23.1% year-over-year.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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The escalating costs of moving small units of capacity – 15-seat to 50-seat turboprops – have now eliminated any chance of providing flights in thin market routes.—
Michael Boyd,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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Future efforts to meet its obligations may include selling certain aircraft, real estate and excess airport gate capacity, Spirit stated in SEC documents.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The aircraft will be integrated with the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, which was created for conducting land assaults from the sea.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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Unlike most subsequent commercial aircraft, the plane had its engines, four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, molded elegantly into the wing itself rather than in pods attached below it.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
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The sides fell from the packing crate, and the Roadrunner, a squat device that looked a little like a penguin, was propelled upward by two turbojets.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The carrier also has five air freighters in the fleet.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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In the six years since then, Boeing has only received orders for 28 planes, and that was mostly for freighters or from Chinese leasing companies, which could be buying them on behalf of airlines outside China.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
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Prior to the incident, the bulk tanker already was displaying some concerning signs.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Aug. 2025
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The town relies on tanker shuttles and also has a few cisterns in town.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
18 Aug. 2025
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The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
7 Aug. 2024
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The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Mar. 2020
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The remains of three more of the thousands of victims killed during the 9/11 attacks have been identified, nearly 25 years after terrorists flew commercial airliners into Manhattan’s iconic twin towers.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Another tactic for managing traffic that also contributed to the crash was controllers' relying on visual separation, in which helicopters see and avoid airliners.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Jetliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetliner. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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