airplane

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Ian Gregor, a spokesperson for the FAA, said the agency investigates “every report we receive alleging ice fell from an airplane and damaged property.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

On Thursday, the damaged airplane was towed away, and authorities said they were working to reopen the runway where the collision took place "no later than Friday morning".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Another fan, Carlos Rodriquez, an airplane mechanic living in Tampa, disagreed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Because high-income households generally spend a relatively big share of their earnings on services such as airplane tickets and restaurant meals, services inflation has stayed elevated, said Eugenio Aleman, chief economist at Raymond James.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The overhead lights had gone out and come back on and flickered again, and now they were on only dimly, like emergency lights leading out of a burning building or a crashed airplane.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix