An engineering team can then meet the plane on its arrival and carry out repairs immediately.

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Eventually, the man himself makes a fairly dramatic arrival as his plane slides into view just yards from the stage.

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The plane took off, and on arrival at Zurich airport, the six Americans were escorted away by State Department officials.

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"We wanted the element of surprise so they wouldn't have time to harm the plane, but that made our arrival very tense, " he said.

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There is no need to build longer runways, although airports have had to spend heavily to make space for the plane's wingspan at departure and arrival gates which must also be modified to allow upper-deck passengers on and off.

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At Beijing, Foster has put all the international flights in the rear three-sided building, which is similar to the front one and almost as grand, and you walk off the plane right into his vast space, a celebration of arrival awash with natural light.

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In February the plane lost its front wheels landing at London City Airport on arrival from Amsterdam.

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Designing a new plane will cost more than double that sum and delay its arrival further, giving Boeing a four-year head start.

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Upon arrival at Fort Bliss, the soldiers' cargo plane was still taxiing down the runway when two of the former POWs -- Spec.

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An airline catering vehicle lowered his wheelchair from the plane down to the tarmac and the red carpet for the formal arrival.

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