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the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield
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Byron Airport is an uncontrolled airfield about forty miles east of the Bay Area.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
In its report, the Air Force said officials later attempted to replicate the fatal sequence of events in the same spot with the drone's engine running at the same power setting with similar twilight conditions and airfield lighting that were present on the night Cosme was killed.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
In its report, the Air Force said officials later attempted to replicate the fatal sequence of events in the same spot with the drone's engine running at the same power setting with similar twilight conditions and airfield lighting that were present on the night Cosme was killed.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airfield. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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airfield
noun
air·field
ˈa(ə)r-ˌfēld 
ˈe(ə)r-
1
: the landing field of an airport
2
: airport
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