Emergency-landing Definition

noun

(aviation) A sudden landing of an aircraft, made in case of an on-board emergency or another reason requiring an immediate landing.

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Synonyms:
  • forced-landing

Other Word Forms of Emergency-landing

Noun

Singular:
emergency-landing
Plural:
emergency landings

Emergency-landing Sentence Examples

  • Captain Gerlach made an emergency landing on an improvised airstrip and made preparations to take off with his precious cargo.

  • All of the crew took emergency landing positions which were in the main fuselage of the aircraft to prepare for a crash landing.

  • A US passenger flight from Heathrow to JFK made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport yesterday.

  • The island remains a strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean and serves as an emergency landing location for transpacific flights.

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