deplane
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If you can’t fit on the one waiting in the docking area when you deplane, you’re stuck lingering for ages—a half hour or more, in some cases—until the next one arrives.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
The woman from seat 22D sat in her seat crying while waiting to deplane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2025
Sky News correspondent David Blevins asked Bass on Wednesday afternoon as she waited to deplane at Los Angeles International Airport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
More than 170 passengers who were aboard had to deplane, but no one was hurt, the report said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
“You will have your gear ready to deplane the moment we touch down. Is that clear?”
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
Now, it’s easy to point fingers and delight in photos of a shame-faced Taylor Swift hiding under an umbrella as she deplanes, but I wanted to think about this matter practically.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2022
Victor’s insistence that Raya pose for a photo as she first deplanes in the Holy Land — and her grin-and-bear-it response — offers a nice, er, snapshot of their dynamic, but it doesn’t quite resonate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2021
The wind carries away Pope Francis’ cap as he deplanes in Havana, Cuba.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2015
We’re trying to woo a foreign buyer here, and anybody who deplanes at JFK is likely to take one look at that dump and re-plane posthaste.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2012
So, after one more disillusioning visit with the Orlovs, Oliver deplanes at Heathrow Airport and impulsively asks to see a high-ranking officer of Her Majesty's Customs Service.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the collision, passengers deplaned on the taxiway and took buses back to the terminal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
No injuries were reported, and the aircraft returned to its gate and passengers deplaned, according to an airport spokesperson.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2024
The day after the Dodgers deplaned at Incheon Airport, pictures of Shohei Ohtani and his wife were on the pages of every major newspaper in this country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
At that point, the flight crew deplaned, and Delta decided to give the gate to another plane.
From Washington Times ● May 5, 2023
Scruggs was discharged the same day he deplaned from Vietnam in Oakland, California.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
On arrival in Seattle, the deplaning soundtrack was Taylor Swift’s “Lover.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
What surprised me was that I’d never heard the alert before actually deplaning, and certainly never heard it verbally, let alone by someone working for the airline.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026
United Airlines has agreed to a $30 million settlement after a deplaning incident left a quadriplegic man in a vegetative state, court papers show.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023
Neither Collins nor Allen received any conclusive explanation from their flight crews upon landing and deplaning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
“The gate agents responsible for 2B,” she said in a tight voice, “will handle deplaning there.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
