"Forced Landing" is a
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forced landing — noun count the action of making an airplane land because of an emergency … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Forced landing — A forced landing is a landing by an aircraft made under factors outside the pilot s control, such as the failure of engines, systems, components or weather which makes continued flight impossible. For a full description of these, see article on… … Wikipedia
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 landing — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms forced landing : singular forced landing plural forced landings the action of making a plane land because of an emergency … English dictionary
forced landing — An unscheduled landing caused by a malfunction in an aircraft or engine or by improper flight planning or aircraft operation. A cautionary landing is a forced landing, whereas the reverse is not the case … Aviation dictionary
forced landing — landing of an aircraft due to bad weather or malfunction … English contemporary dictionary
forced landing — noun an act of abruptly landing an aircraft in an emergency. Derivatives force land verb … English new terms dictionary
forced landing — An aircraft landing in an emergency, caused by lack of fuel, weather turbulence, or mechanical mishap … Ballentine's law 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
forced — [fôrst] adj. 1. done or brought about by force; not voluntary; compulsory [forced labor] 2. produced or kept up by unusual effort; not natural or spontaneous; strained or constrained [a forced smile] 3. due to necessity or emergency [a forced… … English World dictionary
