CRASH-LANDING


Meaning of CRASH-LANDING in English

ˌcrash ˈlanding BrE AmE , crash-landing noun [countable]

an occasion when a pilot has to bring a plane down to the ground in a sudden and dangerous way because the plane has a problem:

He was forced to make a crash-landing in the desert.

—crash-land verb [intransitive and transitive]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.