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FORCED LANDING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does forced landing mean?
• FORCED LANDING (noun)
The noun FORCED LANDING has 1 sense:
1. an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control
Familiarity information: FORCED LANDING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
emergency landing; forced landing
Hypernyms ("forced landing" is a kind of...):
aircraft landing; airplane landing (landing an aircraft)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forced landing"):
crash landing (an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft))
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