cockpit
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People then began to rush to the cockpit, he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The wounded captain who opened the cockpit door has been hailed as a hero.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
He has been hailed a hero for opening the cockpit door, allowing passengers to overpower the attacker.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Passengers described rushing the cockpit and a fight for control after the plane suddenly plummeted -- losing around 17,000 feet of altitude in the span of a minute, according to the Flightradar24 website.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Flying in an open cockpit with the wind continually pounding against them, they immediately encountered dense fog that stayed with them for almost their entire flight.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Based in a converted Second World War hangar overlooking San Francisco Bay, the start-up makes self-flying aircraft without cockpits, designed either to spray crops or deliver cargo.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The company’s site in Garden Grove, Calif., creates plane windows and clear enclosures that cover the cockpits of F-35 jet fighters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
China is now considered by many as leading in areas like smart cockpits, battery technology and assisted driving systems.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
Passengers on US flights are generally banned from entering airplane cockpits.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
These dogfights in the sky between daredevil pilots in open cockpits without seat belts, high above the mud of the trenches, were greatly admired.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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