airliner
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A military helicopter flies in front of the Pentagon Sept. 14, 2001, in Arlington, Va., at the impact site where a hijacked airliner crashed into the building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Mackay said his company believed it was the closest a civilian airliner had operated so close to winter solstice, which was on 21 June.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Lockerbie bombing came five months after 290 people were killed when an Iranian commercial airliner was shot down by a US battleship.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Qatar's royal family donated the luxury airliner last year after Trump complained about the state of the two aging jets that have served as the US presidential plane since 1990.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Instead of having to wait until there was an airliner going our way, we could set our own schedules by flying our own planes, and save a lot of time.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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