fuselage
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Spirit built the fuselage of the Alaska Airlines plane where the door plug blew off midflight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The plane continued down the runway as sparks and fire wrapped around the rear fuselage, before it slowed to a stop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
But that timeframe fell by the wayside after the two fatal crashes, which were followed by a near-catastrophic January 2024 Alaska Airlines flight in which a fuselage panel blew out mid-flight.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
The VC-25As are hardened to withstand the pulse of a nuclear explosion, while the Qatari jet isn’t believed to have its fuselage and electronics shielded against high levels of radiation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
On the sides of the fuselage I added its insignia, a “lucky” pair of dice.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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