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The airliner covered 210 nautical miles (241 miles) in the 28 minutes that the pilots were out cold, just further than the distance between New York and Washington, D.C.
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Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
The world's first and most successful supersonic airliner, Concorde was an ambitious and extremely expensive joint project developed by the UK and France.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
The current target is for the Overture airliner to take its first flight by 2030, but getting there will be expensive.
—Tim Stevens, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
Used in past investigations In 2015, investigators used the FDR to conclude that a pilot of Germanwings flight 9525 deliberately slammed the airliner into a mountain and ruled out potential airplane malfunctions.
—Gregory Wallace, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
But the drumbeat of bad news since then, which spiked with the January blowout, has significantly undermined the reputation of the aviation giant — one of only two major manufacturers of airliners in the world and a vital player in the U.S. economy.
—Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
The problem that triggered $16.7 billion in losses from 2019 to 2021 was the huge overhang of airliners Boeing was carrying in inventory.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
But in its core commercial jet business, where Airbus and Boeing make the bulk of the world’s airliners, the European manufacturer is extending its lead.
—Liz Alderman, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
All 379 passengers and crew aboard the JAL flight evacuated to safety, though 14 passengers on the commercial airliner had minor injuries.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
The world's first and most successful supersonic airliner, Concorde was an ambitious and extremely expensive joint project developed by the UK and France.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
The current target is for the Overture airliner to take its first flight by 2030, but getting there will be expensive.
—Tim Stevens, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
Used in past investigations In 2015, investigators used the FDR to conclude that a pilot of Germanwings flight 9525 deliberately slammed the airliner into a mountain and ruled out potential airplane malfunctions.
—Gregory Wallace, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
But the drumbeat of bad news since then, which spiked with the January blowout, has significantly undermined the reputation of the aviation giant — one of only two major manufacturers of airliners in the world and a vital player in the U.S. economy.
—Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
The problem that triggered $16.7 billion in losses from 2019 to 2021 was the huge overhang of airliners Boeing was carrying in inventory.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
But in its core commercial jet business, where Airbus and Boeing make the bulk of the world’s airliners, the European manufacturer is extending its lead.
—Liz Alderman, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
All 379 passengers and crew aboard the JAL flight evacuated to safety, though 14 passengers on the commercial airliner had minor injuries.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airliner. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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airliner
noun
air·lin·er
-ˌlī-nər 
: an airplane operated by an airline
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