freighter

Example Sentences

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There was a close call at Newark Liberty International Airport last week, when an Alaska Air plane flew over a FedEx freighter when both were attempting to land on crossing runways at the same time.

From The Wall Street Journal

For a moment, she gazed toward the small window on the freighter door.

From Literature

The MD-11F freighter operated by UPS, crashed after one of its engines separated from the wing as it was preparing to take off from Louisville.

From BBC

The bearing was part of an assembly linking the MD-11 freighter’s left engine to its wing.

From The Wall Street Journal

In one operation about 35 nautical miles from the small island of Gavdos, off Crete, a coastguard vessel, a Danish freighter and a helicopter took 365 people off a fishing boat, according to the agency.

From Barron's