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a. on, from the other side of, spanning or crossing the Pacific Ocean
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Transpacific may refer to:
- Transpacific, launched in 1954, grounded near the French Islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on May 18, 1971, where she remains to this day.
- MT Transpacific, transported over 25,000 55-gallon drums of Agent Orange between South Vietnam and Johnston Atoll in the Summer of 1972 during Operation Pacer IVY.
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, launched in 2001, is a petroleum Tanker that serves TransAtlantic Lines LLC between Japan, Okinawa, Marshall Islands, and Korea.
Usage examples of "transpacific".
Just before the highway ran beneath the runway, he looked up and saw the big Transpacific Airlines widebody, identifiable by its bright yellow tail insignia, taxiing toward the gate.
Through the windows, he saw the Transpacific jet pulled up to the gate, and the ambulances lined up on the concrete below.
From the rear of the nearest hangar, the yellow tail of the Transpacific widebody protruded, its emblem shining in the sun.
Silver wings on the front, the yellow Transpacific medallion in the center.
The three aircraft nearest in time and location to Transpacific report no weather except light chop.
Whatever happened to that Transpacific flight, it cannot be the slats.
And this is precisely the pattern that occurred on the Transpacific flight.
As it passed over her, she saw the yellow Transpacific insignia on the tail.
There were a dozen security guards standing outside Hangar 5, where the Transpacific jet was being inspected.
Within the hangar, the Transpacific widebody stood in the glare of halogen lights, nearly hidden behind a gridwork of roll-up scaffolding.
But at the end of that time, she had a good picture of what had happened to the slats locking pin on the Transpacific aircraft.
On November 10 of the previous year, on a flight from Bombay to Melbourne, the Transpacific aircraft had experienced a problem with radio communications.
Since the part already in place functioned normally, Singapore elected not to replace it, and the aircraft was sent on to Hong Kong, the home terminal for Transpacific, where a genuine replacement part was assured.
The RAMS team was still swarming over the Transpacific aircraft in Hangar 5.
Across the concrete floor, strips of orange tape nearly three hundred feet long marked the interior walls of the Transpacific N-22.