emergency landing

noun

A sudden landing of an aircraft, made in case of an on-board emergency or another reason requiring an immediate landing.

Similar
forced landing
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Meanings

nounemergency landing (plural emergency landings)

plural emergency landings

  1. aeronauticsA sudden landing of an aircraft, made in case of an on-board emergency or another reason requiring an immediate landing.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control

Similar
forced landing
Broader
aircraft landingairplane landing
Also see
forced landing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 迫降, 緊急迫降 /紧急迫降
  • 迫降 (pòjiàng)landing made in an emergency — see also crash landing
  • 緊急迫降 /紧急迫降 (jǐnjí pòjiàng)landing made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Danish nødlanding, sikkerhedslanding
  • nødlandinglanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
  • sikkerhedslandinglanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Finnish hätälasku
  • hätälaskulanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
French atterrissage d'urgence
  • atterrissage d'urgencelanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
German Notlandung
  • Notlandunglanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Hungarian kényszerleszállás
  • kényszerleszálláslanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Indonesian pendaratan darurat
  • pendaratan daruratlanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Italian atterraggio di emergenza, atterraggio di fortuna
  • atterraggio di emergenzalanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
  • atterraggio di fortunalanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
  • atterraggio forzatolanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Norwegian Bokmål nødlanding
  • nødlandinglanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Persian فرود اضطراری
  • فرود اضطراری (forud-e ezterâri)landing made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Polish lądowanie awaryjne
  • lądowanie awaryjnelanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Portuguese pouso emergencial
  • pouso emergenciallanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Russian авари́йная поса́дка
  • авари́йная поса́дка (avaríjnaja posádka)landing made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Spanish aterrizaje forzoso
  • aterrizaje forzosolanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Swedish nödlandning
  • nödlandninglanding made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Ukrainian аварі́йна поса́дка, аварі́йне призе́млення
  • аварі́йна поса́дка (avaríjna posádka)landing made in an emergency — see also crash landing
  • аварі́йне призе́млення (avaríjne pryzémlennja)landing made in an emergency — see also crash landing
Cite this entry
APA

emergency landing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20landing

MLA

“emergency landing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20landing. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emergency landing,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20landing.

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