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forced landing

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Noun1.forced landing - an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control
emergency landing
aircraft landing, airplane landing - landing an aircraft
crash landing - an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft)
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Lord Irvine Laidlaw and his three passengers waded ashore with only bumps and bruises after the forced landing near his luxury 182ft yacht, Lady Christine.
Scots peer's copter sea crash drama; EMERGENCY by The Mirror (London, England)
The 36-year-old lawyer held hands with his wife as smoke gathered in the roof of the cabin 20 minutes before the forced landing.
Gatwick plane blaze drama by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
The 36-year-old lawyer, originally from South Africa but who has lived in Paris for ten years, held hands with his wife as smoke gathered in the roof of the cabin 20 minutes before the forced landing yesterday.
Scare plane's 'smoke-filled cabin' by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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