1.   The plane was traveling in a northeasterly direction when it was hit by lightning.

2.   They set off in a northeasterly direction.

3.   Sarph and Praesepe moved off in a northeasterly direction, and the team lost contact with them in the dense, steep forest.

4.   When Olson called her husband back, she said the plane was circling and moving in a northeasterly direction.