Sentences with phrase «airliners as»

You may also recall that the 9/11 terrorists used commercial airliners as deadly missiles.

SAO PAULO Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA on Friday posted a net loss due to weaker aircraft deliveries and write - downs on used airliners as major sales activity stayed quiet amid tie - up talks with Boeing Co.

Fellow passengers frantically worked to yank her back inside the airliner as it depressurized and quickly descended thousands of feet per minute, according to several passengers.

I've noticed it coming from a major domestic airliner as well as jets as coimg from QLD just over the border.

Prior to the event, use of an airliner as a weapon was a plot line in a Tom Clancy novel.

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As a long - range but midsized plane, he says, «it's been designed in a way that's going to enable it to utilize midsized airports» for which other long - range airliners are too big, forcing them to rely on larger airports.

Gary Kelly, Southwest Airlines CEO breaks down the airliner's quarterly results as fuel cost rises along with competition in the sector.

The aerospace giant these days is actively marketing its next generation of commercial airliner, the CSeries, as well as boosting sales of its private jet lines.

United CEO Oscar Munoz testifies before a House committee hearing on steps the airliner will take to prevent another dragging incident as what happened with Dr. David Dao.

In early 2011, Airbus responded to the Bombardier challenge by announcing a commitment to «re-engine» its low - end airliners for delivery as early as 2016.

As to whether today's drone startups will become big publicly traded companies and whether big airliners may eventually get into the drone business themselves, Ayer said «the crystal ball isn't clear — it never is.»

THE advent of «new generation» airliners could provide opportunities for Perth to grow as an airline destination, says aviation industry commentator Tom Ballantyne.

The balloons, once in the stratosphere, will be twice as high as commercial airliners and barely visible to the naked eye.

As fuel is the greatest cost for each industry, the ETFs for shippers ($ SEA) and airliners ($ FAA) will also move based on the direction of oil prices.

So far this caveman is flying his airliner quite well, outing himself as a «Godder» («a theologically very liberal Lutheran») and parachuting into topics as various as Pentecostalism in Brazil, secularity and ultra-orthodoxy in Israel, homosexuality in the Anglican communion, the sex abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium, Max - Weber - style «value free» sociology, and (a special interest of his) religious humor.

A millionaire - builder of airliner galleys, Nordskog is well into his 50s, yet has the stamina of a teen - ager and as much driving ability as anyone.

Most of the name - calling on the subject embroils the major airlines and general aviation's commercial segment: the corporate aircraft, air - taxi services and commuter carriers which claim their right to use the same crowded airspace as the airliners.

Not all airliners have breastfeeding policies, but a lack of a policy would be important to know as well, as this means the rules are up to the discretion of the airline attendants.

Leaving aside other issues with your question (splitting mega-corps into «under 1M sales» units is about as feasible as disassembling a ballistic missile into pices small enough to be OK to carry onto a passenger airliner), you did actually stumble on a correct approach to an answer of why a mega-corp would nearly ALWAYS welcome more regulations, as long as...

However, airliners can easily be made immune to this by posting minimal height restrictions, as Ukraine had done in this case - aircraft flying at 33000 feet are completely immune to such weapons, they are significantly out of range.

A view of the flanks of Cleveland volcano (top) and Carlisle volcano (bottom) in Alaska, as seen from a commercial airliner on May 31, 2012.

This passenger cabin, realistic down to its rows of uncomfortable seats (although, sadly, sans the stale peanuts or pretzels) is equipped with three sensors and recreates passenger exhalation and body heat as well as an airliner's environmental control system, which supplies fresh and recirculated air.

The machine, increasingly popular since it was introduced at a California medical center nearly 25 years ago, typically is as heavy as an airliner, surrounded by a shield of concrete and often housed in a building several stories tall.

As temperatures in some areas hit 48 °C, the heat becomes a particular problem for some commercial airliners with that maximum operating temperature, Wired reports.

Although our team knew little of Lake Cheko, we thought that we could perhaps apply paleolimnological techniques and find in the lake's sediments clues to unravel the Tunguska mystery, as if the lake were the black box from a crashed airliner.

Airliners may have to avoid these in future, just as they do with volcanic ash clouds, to minimise any risk to travellers and crew.

And ozone, which forms a beneficial shield against ultraviolet radiation when high in the stratosphere, is an efficient greenhouse gas when it appears at airliner altitudes — as it increasingly does, since it too is a by - product of fossil fuel burning.

A leap second may have caused the Russian satellite navigation system to crash for hours, and critics claim the added instants could cause commercial airliners to crash as well.

As we now know, the shuttle flew, the airliner did not.

It's a platitude that is as true for garage tinkerers as it is for the NASA aeronautical innovators who are helping to design future airliners that will cut fuel consumption, reduce polluting emissions and fly more quietly.

As time moves on, new commercial airliners come in all sizes but the biggest are joined by even bigger models.

The balloon, made of plastic as thin as a dry - cleaning bag, rises to a float height of about 120,000 feet, which is three or four times higher than the cruising altitude of commercial airliners.

However, there are still some barriers before carbon fiber becomes as common in airliners and minivans as it is in race cars and fighter jets.

The code could be applied to any problem that involves movement, such as airliners, ships or people.

As per - seat fuel efficiency of jet airliners improved, a combination of cheaper fares, increasing incomes, and a growing population raised the number of airborne humans from millions in the 1960s to the current four billion a year.

Teams from the University of Chicago Medical Center are getting in shape as they prepare for a once - in - a-lifetime duel between them and a commercial airliner to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House in Hyde Park.

«This demonstrates the ability of Falcon 9 to lose engines in flight and still complete its mission successfully, much as a commercial airliner is designed to be safe in the event of an engine loss.

An online dating has been around almost as long as the Internet, which, with radio, television, telephone and the airliner helped to decrease the distance between people and has facilitated global communication.

He also seems fascinated with flying vehicles this time, as the camera often just turns up toward a passing helicopter or speeding airliner.

Even while charting passengers across the country on the daily basis as one of the youngest pilots to be hired by the once major airliner, Seal was a low - time smuggler.

No, the key seems to be an early scene, in which Barry, working as a commercial airliner pilot for one the major airlines, finds himself bored in the cockpit.

As the biggest budget zombie film in history, WORLD WAR Z showcases some truly breathtaking action sequences involving a Philadelphia outbreak, a zombie wall pile - up and a mid-flight airliner with a few unexpected passengers.

The infamous DRM measurement has been in yesterday's PC release of Sonic Mania, meaning those hoping to play on their PC when their internet goes down, while they're on a budget airliner, the back of a car or vacationing out in the sticks are now out of luck as it requires Steam to be logged in and operational before it'll boot up Sonic Mania.

Based on true events as told by Port Authority police officers Sgt. John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno (played here by Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena, respectively), the story takes place on September 11, 2001 when two commercial airliners were hijacked by terrorists and flown into the World Trade Center.

I recently was on an airliner and watched as people pulled out their iPads and other similarly - sized tablets only to be a bit stymied as to how to hold them / use them.

As most people know, Europe is chock - full of discount airliners who can take you from the biggest cities to pretty much anywhere for minimal euros.

As The WSJ is reporting, regional airliners including Cebu Air, Singapore Air, Tiger Airways, JetStar and AirAsia X are all eyeing budget flights -LSB-...]

As opposed to cramped luxury of airliners, luxury trains offer that much needed respite, privacy and exclusivity that luxury travelers mostly seek.

Covers you if you die, lose certain body parts, or lose use of those body parts while riding as a passenger on a scheduled commercial airliner during a covered trip.

As an international airport, Ngurah Rai serves domestic and international flights of over 25 airliners opening their routes to Bali.