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Hearing of the accident between the U.S. Army Black Hawk and the commercial airliner last January broke my heart.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025
No, this year the smoke was blown away by a British budget airliner.
—David MacK, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
Air traffic controllers at a North Dakota airport didn’t tell the crew of an Air Force B-52 bomber that a commercial airliner was flying in the same area, causing a near miss between the planes, according to the military.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 22 July 2025
The pilot of a regional airliner flying over North Dakota made an unexpected sharp turn to avoid a possible midair collision with a military B-52 bomber that was in its flight path over the weekend.
—Jack Dura, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025
No, this year the smoke was blown away by a British budget airliner.
—David MacK, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
Air traffic controllers at a North Dakota airport didn’t tell the crew of an Air Force B-52 bomber that a commercial airliner was flying in the same area, causing a near miss between the planes, according to the military.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 22 July 2025
The pilot of a regional airliner flying over North Dakota made an unexpected sharp turn to avoid a possible midair collision with a military B-52 bomber that was in its flight path over the weekend.
—Jack Dura, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airliner. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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airliner
noun
air·lin·er
-ˌlī-nər 
: an airplane operated by an airline
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