forced landing

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Noun

forced landing - an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control

emergency landing

aircraft landing, airplane landing - landing an aircraft

crash landing - an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft)

Translations

Notlandung

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At about 1416 Eastern time, the helicopter was substantially damaged during a forced landing. The commercial pilot and passenger were not injured.

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On March 31, an easyJet aircraft carrying 184 passengers from Gatwick to Larnaca encountered difficulties with Turkish authorities when it asked to make a forced landing at the airport of Dalaman in Turkey after encountering bad weather over Paphos forcing it to divert.

Polish flight forced to land in Turkey stopped from flying on to Cyprus

The aircraft is badly damaged, but pilot Dan Griffith carried out a textbook forced landing."

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The press office of Sofia Airport confirmed that an aircraft of El Al had made a forced landing but did not comment on the reasons behind the measure.

Israeli Airlines Aircraft Makes Forced Landing at Sofia Airport

that it had made a forced landing about 5.5 kilometers north of the airport.

Training plane in forced landing in Bulacan; no one hurt

"It wasn't so much a crash as a forced landing and there were no injuries."

GRASS LANDING; Crews race to crash site only to find pilot has gone home

"An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopter made a forced landing in eastern Afghanistan today," the NATO-led ISAF said in a statement.

NATO helicopter makes forced landing in E. Afghanistan

passenger after the forced landing at the Jiayuguan Airport and are searching

Plane makes forced landing in China after bomb assertion

A MAN from Larne attempting to fly around the world in an autogyro has had to make a forced landing.

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The aircraft, which made a forced landing, struck trees with its blades causing a deadly fall , the source said.

Two killed in Gendarmerie helicopter crash

The 36-year-old lawyer held hands with his wife as smoke gathered in the roof of the cabin 20 minutes before the forced landing.

Gatwick plane blaze drama

The 36-year-old lawyer, originally from South Africa but who has lived in Paris for ten years, held hands with his wife as smoke gathered in the roof of the cabin 20 minutes before the forced landing yesterday.