collision
Example Sentences
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In both cases, the helicopters turned to avoid a collision.
From Los Angeles Times
The CEO of Air Canada has apologised after he was criticised for not speaking French in a condolence video message he released after a collision at LaGuardia airport that killed two pilots.
From BBC
And that set the biggest car market in the nation on a collision course, with Detroit, and with Washington, D.C.
From Los Angeles Times
US officials on Tuesday played down speculation that distracted air traffic controllers might have contributed to a deadly collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport.
From Barron's
Near collisions on runways at U.S. airports persist amid operating constraints and communication shortfalls.
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