flight

Example Sentences

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The Boeing 767, operating a flight from Venice, Italy, managed to land safely, with no reported injuries among the 231 passengers and crew on board.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

A flight from London to Melbourne in June now costs 76% more than it did last year, for example, according to research from the consultancy Teneo.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

There were more than 800 text messages on her phone and she was thinking about what she was going to pack for a flight to New York, where she’s scheduled to appear at 7:30 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Analysts see Iraq as a potential flight risk and say OPEC’s unity could face another test when the Iran war ends.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

The computers controlling the Friendship 7 flight had been programmed with an incalculable number of equations that would control the capsule’s trajectory from the time it lifted off at Cape Canaveral until it splashed down.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson