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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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An airplane flies in the path of a partial solar eclipse while seen from Glen Rock on April 8, 2024 in Glen Rock, New Jersey.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
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The incident highlights the potential dangers of in-flight medical emergencies and the need for better medical equipment and training on airplanes.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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The load included eight suitcases, hat boxes and of course, the dress—which required its own seat on the plane.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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The 15-time MLB All-Star died in a 1972 plane crash while delivering relief goods after a massive earthquake struck Nicaragua.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was mistakenly added to the Signal chat, which included sensitive details such as strike timing and aircraft deployment.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Chinese tariffs that will pummel soybeans, the primary aircraft category, the primary category for vaccines, plasma and blood fractions, cotton and grain sorghum.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
4 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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Houston scored again in the sixth to pull within two, an inning that could have been much worse had Harrison Bader’s diving catch on an Alvarez liner to left field not saved a run, or potentially even two.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
6 Apr. 2025
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These are all well and good, but none of them depict the medical emergencies that may occur on a luxury cruise liner called The Odyssey gliding through the Caribbean.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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Despite reliability concerns and Pentagon efforts to stretch airframe mileage, the U.S. still plans to operate roughly 2,500 jets through the 2080s.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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Concorde’s airframe could expand by up to 25 centimeters during flight due to Mach 2’s extreme temperatures.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
8 Feb. 2025
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It is set to join its sister ship, USS Harry S. Truman, which is operating in the Middle East.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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It had been stated before, that Starfleet ships in the 23rd century didn’t have holodecks, but suddenly here is one — that grid pattern is unmistakable — and the crew seems to be using it to solve a whodunnit, Christie-style.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2025
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That same year, the British De Havilland Comet, the world’s first commercial jetliner, made its debut.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Onishi served as a commercial pilot in Japan, flying Boeing 767 jetliners, and Peskov is an experienced commercial 757 pilot.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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