make a forced landing

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• forced landing — noun an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot s control • Syn: ↑emergency landing • Hypernyms: ↑aircraft landing, ↑airplane landing • Hyponyms: ↑crash landing * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• forced — [fo:st US fo:rst] adj 1.) a forced smile, laugh etc is not natural or sincere ▪ Oh, hello, said Eileen, with forced brightness. 2.) [only before noun] done suddenly and quickly because the situation makes it necessary, not because it was planned… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• landing — noun 1 of an aircraft ADJECTIVE ▪ bumpy, hard, rough ▪ crash, emergency, forced ▪ safe, smooth …   Collocations dictionary

• landing */*/ — UK [ˈlændɪŋ] / US noun Word forms landing : singular landing plural landings 1) a) [countable/uncountable] the process of moving a plane down onto the ground at the end of a journey Keep your seat belt fastened during take off and landing. a… …   English dictionary

• landing — land|ing [ lændıŋ ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount the process of moving a plane down onto the ground at the end of a trip: Keep your seat belt fastened during take off and landing. a crash/emergency landing: The pilot was forced to make an… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• forced — [[t]fɔ͟ː(r)st[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n A forced action is something that you do because someone else makes you do it. A system of forced labour was used on the cocoa plantations. 2) ADJ: ADJ n A forced action is something that you do because… …   English dictionary

• landing — [ˈlændɪŋ] noun 1) [C/U] the process of moving a plane down from the air onto the ground The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing.[/ex] 2) [C] the area at the top of a set of stairs …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Landing at Saidor — Part of World War II, Pacific War Troops of t …   Wikipedia

• Landing at Anzac Cove — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Landing at Anzac Cove campaign=Gallipoli caption= Anzac, the landing 1915 by George Lambert. partof=First World War date=25 April 3 May, 1915 place=Anzac Cove, Gallipoli result=Stalemate combatant1= combatant2=… …   Wikipedia

• landing — n. coming down to earth 1) to make a landing 2) a belly; bumpy; crash; emergency; forced; hard; instrument; pancake; safe; smooth; soft; three point landing 3) a parachute landing level part of a staircase 4) on a landing * * * [ lændɪŋ] bumpy… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Emergency landing — For other uses, see Emergency landing (disambiguation). Crash landing redirects here. For other uses, see Crash landing (disambiguation). JetBlue Airways Flight 292 making an emergency landing at LAX An emergency landing is a landing made by an… …   Wikipedia