deplane
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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
Many occurred during thunderstorms, and American was unable to manage its airport gates to let passengers deplane.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
“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
Though his team later posted on X about his quick actions, Mr Andrews deplaned with "no fanfare", Mr Spring wrote on Twitter.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024
The plane returned to the gate once again, and all passengers were deplaned so the aircraft could “cool down,” Clarke said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
All passengers were safely deplaned and one person was in custody as of about 7 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 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
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
“If you’re departing or deplaning during peak hours,” Garcetti said, “you’ll be able to board a sleek, spacious car every two minutes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
The islands are requiring temperature checks with thermal scanners for all visitors upon deplaning, she said, and is also conducting aggressive testing.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2020
Around the gate, every chair is full, and passengers for the next outgoing flight are standing shoulder to shoulder as those deplaning from mine grumble into the makeshift lounge.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
