crash-land

Example Sentences

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It sustained enough damage, officials said, that Air Force pilots remotely operating the Reaper were forced to crash-land the craft southwest of Crimea, the peninsula that Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014 and has used more recently to launch attacks on Ukrainian cities and base a fleet of warships.

From Washington Post

A preliminary report released Monday details how three passengers were able to radio for help and crash-land a hot-air balloon without injury in July, after their pilot and a fourth passenger were thrown overboard by the impact of an initial crash and bounce back to the sky.

From Fox News

Molsberry, who has been with the department eight years, said he’d never seen a drone crash-land in a reserve before this spring.

From Los Angeles Times

"I have seen them crash-land on to busy roads thinking they are rivers - but nothing like this - it is so bizarre."

From BBC

The coming campaign will focus not only on events now in play and those we can anticipate but also those that crash-land out of the blue in the coming months.

From Washington Post