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emergency landing

DEFINITIONS OF: emergency landing

1

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

Synonyms:
forced landing
Types:
crash landing
an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft)
Type of:
aircraft landing, airplane landing
landing an aircraft
Launch
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