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Definition of Crash landing
1. Noun. An emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft).
Definition of Crash landing
1. Noun. The landing of an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous circumstances ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crash Landing
Literary usage of Crash landing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Exploring the Moon and Mars: Choices for the Nation (1991)
"... was designed to photograph selected areas of the Moon at many different
resolutions as the spacecraft sped toward a crash landing on the lunar surface. ..."
2. Howard's Hill and Other True Stories: Small Unit Marine Action in Vietnam by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"under control, crash landing in a rice paddy several miles to the east. The pilots
were picke , wingman. But Major Goodsell, who had commanded Squardron ..."
3. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"Stoddard was killed; Gurecki miraculously survived his crash landing. Warren II, p.
103, mistakenly has Gurecki dying in that crash. 11. Warren II, p. ..."
4. Exploring the Moon and Mars: Choices for the Nation (1991)
"... was designed to photograph selected areas of the Moon at many different
resolutions as the spacecraft sped toward a crash landing on the lunar surface. ..."
5. Howard's Hill and Other True Stories: Small Unit Marine Action in Vietnam by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"under control, crash landing in a rice paddy several miles to the east. The pilots
were picke , wingman. But Major Goodsell, who had commanded Squardron ..."
6. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"Stoddard was killed; Gurecki miraculously survived his crash landing. Warren II, p.
103, mistakenly has Gurecki dying in that crash. 11. Warren II, p. ..."
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