cargo plane

collocation in English

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cargo
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/us
/ˈkɑːr.ɡoʊ/
the goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or other ...
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plane
noun[C]
uk
/pleɪn/us
/pleɪn/
;
a vehicle designed for air travel, with wings and one or ...
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(Definition ofcargoandplanefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the case of cargo planes, with few people on board, it is the people on the ground who are most vulnerable.
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The companies are really not bothered about where they start and land their cargo planes, in particular.
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He analyzed the possibilities and costs of increased cargo scanning on cargo planes.
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The airlift went on for several months during which airmen handled an average of 40 cargo planes a day.
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That is why we find high bypass fans and turboprops on cargo planes and airliners.
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It means that a railway wagon or acargoplanecan be construed as a diplomatic bag if it carries the official seal.
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Trailer houses and shacks sat at odd angles to the two-lane road as if they had fallen haphazardly from a passingcargoplane.
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The final chiropteran then decides to flee, attempting to stow away on a departingcargoplane.
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The aircraft remained in use as acargoplaneuntil 1983, by which point a total of 102 commercial flights had been completed.
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It breaks down into 10 individual packages for easy delivery to forward areas by ship,cargoplaneor truck.
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As he starts the jeep, several other jeeps start to pursue him as thecargoplanestarts to take off.
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In normal parked configuration it would appear to be a conventionalcargoplane.
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The students approach thecargoplaneand attack it.
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The team uses a specially modifiedcargoplaneto launch a special generator into the developing storm to enhance its power.
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Loftleiir was the only passenger operator of the turboprop, which was used as acargoplaneby other airlines.
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For ease of transport all the parts were flat, lightweight and could be neatly packed into acargoplane.
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Some days later the band sent acargoplanewith care packages.
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The bus collides with an empty 707cargoplaneand explodes.
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There they find a crashedcargoplane.
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The commander, instead, makes his own dramatic escape on his motorcycle after it deploys airfoils and a rocket motor and catches up with thecargoplanein midair.
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