Crash Landing (Noun)
Meaning
An emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The pilot's quick thinking during the engine failure prevented a catastrophic crash landing.
- Witnesses described the crash landing of the small plane in the nearby field as a terrifying sight.
- Despite the best efforts of the flight crew, the aircraft was forced to make a crash landing in the dense forest.
- Rescue teams rushed to the scene of the crash landing to assist the shaken but miraculously uninjured passengers.
- Air traffic control had no choice but to clear the plane for an emergency crash landing due to the rapidly deteriorating weather conditions.