NOUN
- an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control
How To Use forced landing In A Sentence
- The airplane had to make a forced landing because two of the engines were on fire.
- This was to be a show, but also a cadet competition in short field landings, simulated forced landings, instrument flying and aerobatics.
- He made a forced landing on a highway.
- He managed to bring the Mosquito in to a forced landing in a snow-covered field. Times, Sunday Times
- Owing to engine trouble, the plane had to make a forced landing.
- Accidents in 1992 and 1994 both saw small planes make forced landings near the airstrip.
- The plane had to make a forced landing in a field.
- The aeroplane had to make a forced landing because one of the engines cut out.
- Owing to engine trouble, the plane had to make a forced landing.
- He logged 10,000 flying hours during which he made five forced landings without accident, and continued to fly in advanced age. Times, Sunday Times
