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The helicopter then crashes into the aircraft and strikes it multiple times with its propeller before the engine dies, the video shows.
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Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
The propeller spurts into life and the pilots ensuring a smooth takeoff begin their high-speed chase down the tarmac.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
As a result, none of the four means available to help control the Dali—the vessel’s propeller, rudder, anchor or bow thruster—worked when they were needed to avoid or even lessen the impacts of the allision.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
This hull shape allows the propeller to be larger than the norm yet with the forward- facing pulling propeller on the thruster behind, the revolutions of the propellers is less for higher efficiency and less vibration.
—Bill Springer, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
The propeller spurts into life and the pilots ensuring a smooth takeoff begin their high-speed chase down the tarmac.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
As a result, none of the four means available to help control the Dali—the vessel’s propeller, rudder, anchor or bow thruster—worked when they were needed to avoid or even lessen the impacts of the allision.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
This hull shape allows the propeller to be larger than the norm yet with the forward- facing pulling propeller on the thruster behind, the revolutions of the propellers is less for higher efficiency and less vibration.
—Bill Springer, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Propeller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propeller. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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propeller
noun
pro·pel·ler
prə-ˈpel-ər 
: a device consisting of a hub fitted with blades that is made to turn rapidly by an engine and is used especially for propelling airplanes and ships
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