airliner
a passenger aircraft operated by an airline.
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The Soviets shot down a civilian passenger airliner, Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
George P. Shultz, counsel and Cabinet member for two Republican presidents, dies at 100 | Michael Abramowitz, David Hoffman | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostThe design was safe, the company claimed, insisting that its seven-foot-thick concrete shell could stand up to even a crashing airliner.
At New York City’s biggest power plant, a switch to clean energy will help a neighborhood breathe easier | Andrew Blum | February 2, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAn airliner was evacuated upon arrival at Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport on Monday night after the crew learned of a written threat, Southwest Airlines said.
Airliner is searched at BWI after ‘suspicious message’ | Martin Weil, Ian Duncan | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostIn early January, Thai doctors in Bangkok were worried by the outbreak in Wuhan, less than seven hours away by airliner.
The CDC’s failed race against covid-19: A threat underestimated and a test overcomplicated | David Willman | December 26, 2020 | Washington PostThe list below highlights a giant airliner with folding wingtips, a fighter-jet drone that uses artificial intelligence, and even a nuclear-powered rover that’s zipping toward Mars at this very moment.
The most daring aerospace innovations of 2020 | By Rob Verger and Charlie Wood | December 2, 2020 | Popular-Science
These days weather should never cause a commercial airliner to crash.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501 | Clive Irving | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe technology exists to keep us from ever losing a commercial airliner over open seas ever again.
Red Tape and Black Boxes: Why We Keep ‘Losing’ Airliners in 2014 | Clive Irving | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 247 was the first airplane really to define the form of a modern airliner, flying faster and higher than any predecessor.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room | Clive Irving | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe situation could lead to a serious accident where an airliner might collide with a Russian bomber.
Are Russian Bombers Flying Nuclear Drills Near Europe—Or Just Testing NATO’s Defenses? | Dave Majumdar | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt shows that the Malaysian airliner may well have fallen victim to a high-altitude game of Russian roulette.
If a New Guinea savage wants to take passage aboard a Qantas airliner, what is the fare in cowrie shells?
A World by the Tale | Gordon Randall Garrett"Kidnap plot linked to airliner crash killing fifty," she read.
The Mississippi Saucer | Frank Belknap LongFinally, flying coast to coast in a jet airliner gives an exposure of between three and five milliroentgens on each trip.
Trinity [Atomic test] Site | White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs OfficeAn airliner he had been riding in had made a forced landing, had nosed over pretty hard, and had banged him up a little.
Test Pilot | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
British Dictionary definitions for airliner
/ (ˈɛəˌlaɪnə) /
a large passenger aircraft
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