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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
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On Tuesday, passengers were evacuated from an American Airlines jet in Georgia after a burning odor and smoke were reported in the cabin.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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Months earlier, Chinese and Russian long-range bombers had also patrolled near Alaska for the first time, prompting the U.S. and Canada to scramble their fighter jets.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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The single-engine turboprop plane was flying that afternoon from the community of Unalakleet to Nome, a trip of about 150 miles, when authorities lost contact less than an hour after takeoff, David Olson, director of operations for Bering Air, said at the time.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2025
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The Cessna aircraft, a single-engine turboprop operated by Bering Air, departed from Unalakleet for Nome — a trip of about 150 miles — on February 7 with nine passengers and a pilot onboard, Alaska’s Department of Public Safety said.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 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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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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Key Polish exports to the U.S. include machinery and mechanical equipment, notably turbojet and turboprop engines.—
Lidia Kurasinska,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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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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The agency had said mission teams would inspect the freighter over the coming days to determine if Cygnus itself was still intact.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Chris Cook, Maersk’s managing director for South Asia, told the Economic Times that the company would explore the potential and feasibility of investing in dedicated air freighters and partnerships in the green fuel segment in India.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Mar. 2025
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With past tanker seizures straining relations between Tehran and Washington, the move could escalate tensions further.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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But deploying firefighters, helicopters and water tankers is often based on human decisions.—
Devendra Goyal,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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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
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The state sponsored a similar meeting last year with Airbus, the manufacturer of commercial airliners.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2025
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That included the 1983 shooting down of a Korean airliner with 270 people aboard by a Soviet fighter plane, and the deadly 1986 explosion in the Chernobyl nuclear plant, which Soviet authorities denied for several days.—
Fred Weir,
The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Jetliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetliner. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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