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A day after a jetliner flipped moments after landing in Toronto, what was left of the aircraft remained upside down on Tuesday, its right wing and tail sheared off and the wreckage blocking the two longest runways at Canada’s busiest airport.
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Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near the nation's capital, claiming 67 lives.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
The incident in Toronto comes after 67 people were killed when a commercial jetliner and helicopter collided in Washington, a medical transportation plane crash in Philadelphia that killed six people on board and another on the ground and the deaths of 10 people in a plane crash in Alaska.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2025
Duffy’s comments come a week after an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jetliner that was moments away from landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
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Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near the nation's capital, claiming 67 lives.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
The incident in Toronto comes after 67 people were killed when a commercial jetliner and helicopter collided in Washington, a medical transportation plane crash in Philadelphia that killed six people on board and another on the ground and the deaths of 10 people in a plane crash in Alaska.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2025
Duffy’s comments come a week after an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jetliner that was moments away from landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetliner
Noun
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The cargo ship’s other 13 crew members were rescued, along with the full 23-person crew of the Stena Immaculate which, Kane said, was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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This accident underscores the dangers of mixed-use airspace, where military helicopters share corridors with commercial jets.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This turboprop aircraft still ranks as one of the most successful regional aircraft in aviation history.—
Daniel Cote,
Robb Report,
19 Feb. 2025
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So Sky Way was already seemingly an ICE front when its turboprop shipped the cocaine in early 2005.—
Penn Bullock,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2024
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Investigators also recovered black boxes from both aircraft.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Russia has regularly sent military aircraft near Alaska.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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As ramjets forego moving parts like the compressor and turbine components found in traditional turbojets, the design is more compact, lightweight, efficient, and cost-effective to produce.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Daryl was taken captive in Maine by a crew of French sailors and shipped back to France on a freighter ship.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Oct. 2024
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The thick ice even temporarily stranded a Canadian cargo freighter.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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The Russian captain of a cargo ship that crashed into a U.S. fuel tanker in the North Sea, appeared in a British court where he was charged with manslaughter and gross negligence.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Russian remanded in fatal sea collision LONDON -- The Russian captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker last week appeared in a U.K. court Saturday where he was remanded in custody over the death of a crew member, who is missing and presumed dead.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Air Force One also looks remarkably different from a commercial airliner on the inside.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
6 Mar. 2025
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An entire flashback episode with Xavier's father exists to establish that Xavier is obsessed with planes (his grandfather was a Tuskegee Airman, and his father flew commercial airliners) and has his pilot's license.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Jetliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetliner. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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