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Recent Examples of trijet
The aircraft was described by the FAA as a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a trijet wide-body airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and later Boeing.
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The Air Force is in the process of acquiring a new tanker, the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, which will be more efficient and have more advanced avionics than the KC-10, but the trijet Extender will still have the Pegasus beat on fuel capacity by about 70 tons.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2022
Question: Are trijet aircraft less safe than twin-engine or four-engine aircraft?
– Andrew, Scottsdale, Arizona
Answer:No.
—John Cox, USA TODAY, 17 June 2018
Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The Air Force is in the process of acquiring a new tanker, the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, which will be more efficient and have more advanced avionics than the KC-10, but the trijet Extender will still have the Pegasus beat on fuel capacity by about 70 tons.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2022
Question: Are trijet aircraft less safe than twin-engine or four-engine aircraft?
– Andrew, Scottsdale, Arizona
Answer:No.
—John Cox, USA TODAY, 17 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trijet
Noun
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Europe’s overreliance on US military tech The US’s F-53 program purposefully limits the changes foreign customers can make to the jet’s software.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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The strike group, which will include the carrier’s F-35 fighter jets, will work with US, European and Canadian forces during its deployment, a ministry statement said.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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Besides Bombadier, other major aircraft manufacturers in Canada include De Havilland Aircraft of Canada, which makes turboprop planes and aircraft designed for maritime patrols and reconnaissance, and European aerospace giant Airbus.—
Michelle L. Price,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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United provided regular service on its United Express flights between Carlsbad and Los Angeles from 1996 to 2016 with a 30-passenger turboprop aircraft.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Ukrainian officials report that it is powered by a JT80 turbojet from the Chinese company Telefly, offering greater thrust than the engine used in the Geran‑3.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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When the aircraft goes supersonic, the engine functions like a turbojet, with combustion going active to produce high-velocity thrust.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Dec. 2025
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An hour into the flight, the jetliner, which had 27 others onboard, exploded over the village of Srbska Kamenice, according to the Times.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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Boeing's 787 aircraft is the only commercial jetliner that does not draw air through the aircraft's engine.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
12 Dec. 2025
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The Kremlin said its aircraft reacted to a violation of a no-fly zone Russia has established in the area near Crimea.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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AutoFlight has unveiled Matrix, a five-ton electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and completed a public full-transition flight at its low-altitude test center.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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According to Davie fire officials, the crash involved two vehicles, including a fuel tanker, in the westbound lanes of I-595 east of Davie Road.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The movie opens with marshland residents, including Lamia and Bibi, lining up far back and pressing urgently forward, jerricans in hand, to receive fresh water at a tanker truck from officials offering it as a gift from Hussein.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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According to air cargo data provider Rotate, freighter capacity declined 10 percent globally week over week, as of Sunday.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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The freighter arrived in the United Kingdom at the port of Felixstowe just 20 days later—successfully launching the first-ever Arctic commercial-container route from Asia to Europe.—
Brett Simpson,
The Atlantic,
26 Dec. 2025
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Mikel Arteta is taking his supersonic.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 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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“Trijet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trijet. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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