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Recent Examples of flight path
Traveling at a height of around 400 feet and a speed of 140 miles per hour at the time, the plane experienced a sudden loss of altitude just as a Black Hawk Army Helicopter crossed directly into its flight path, not far from Ronald Reagan National Airport.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
While the chance of debris hitting an aircraft is low, its presence in flight paths could still pose a big enough risk that routes will need to be altered — inconveniencing passengers.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
The Mercury News reported that the San Carlos Airport — which along near flight paths for San Francisco International Airport — was about to lose all its air traffic controllers due to a contract dispute between the workers and Robinson.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2025
Just a day before the fatal collision, another flight approaching Reagan National Airport was forced to abort its first landing and go around after a helicopter flew near its flight path, CNN has learned.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
While the chance of debris hitting an aircraft is low, its presence in flight paths could still pose a big enough risk that routes will need to be altered — inconveniencing passengers.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
The Mercury News reported that the San Carlos Airport — which along near flight paths for San Francisco International Airport — was about to lose all its air traffic controllers due to a contract dispute between the workers and Robinson.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2025
Just a day before the fatal collision, another flight approaching Reagan National Airport was forced to abort its first landing and go around after a helicopter flew near its flight path, CNN has learned.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flight path
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The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship and are expected to burn up on reentry.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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Beane spoke to the upward trajectory Milano played with late in the year, before giving a vote of confidence to the longtime starter for the upcoming year.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Some of the 3-point surge, though, has been driven by individual players simply developing new ways to take shots from beyond the arc.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Dixon is 24 years old, playing his fifth season at Villanova, and leads all of Division I in scoring at 22.9 points per game while shooting 41.8% from beyond the arc.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2025
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, CBS News and WJLA reported that two people were shot at the victory parade, near the parade route in the city's Spring Garden neighborhood.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Jacksonville: Monday's through Thursday's routes will run one day late.—
Joy Jackson,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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The controller then directed the Mesa plane onto a path that risked a collision, triggering cockpit alarms in both planes.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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Money & Markets 10 high-paying and fast-growing jobs that don't require a college degree There are lots of great fields out there for people who didn't go to college By Start Slideshow Start Slideshow For many, the path to success starts with obtaining a college degree.—
Ben Kesslen,
Quartz,
28 Feb. 2025
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But to exempt them, state legislators would need find them in the thicket of Medicaid programs and pathways, and the staff who know this landscape may soon be gone.—
Danilyn Rutherford,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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Hydrogen mobility is also experiencing a shift, as biogas-to-hydrogen pathways become economically viable.—
Ethan Stone,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The same track comes in just one space below that lofty position, at No. 3, on the Official Physical Singles chart.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The track was written by John and his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin, as well as Brandi Carlile and Andrew Watt.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2025
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And as of October, a craft from the European Space Agency is on the way to get an up-close look at the asteroid's remnants.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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The Impeccable Blurring Second-Skin Matte Foundation claims to blur imperfections across the skin in a seamless and natural way.—
Maya Gandara,
StyleCaster,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight%20path. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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