air crash
Plane comes down
An air crash is the violent impact of an aircraft with the ground, water, or another object, typically resulting in destruction of the plane and often loss of life.
The term covers accidents involving commercial airliners, private planes, military aircraft, and helicopters: Investigators are still determining the cause of the air crash.
Also called a plane crash or aircraft accident.
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- black boxOpaque system or device
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
- fireCombustion with flames
- survivor storiesAccounts from those who endured
scattered remains · no survivors · accident investigation · pilot error · fuselage · search and rescue · mayday · final moments · casualties · next of kin · debris · bird strike · mechanical failure · engine failure · impact · psychological trauma · explosion · nose dive
- aviation disastersmidair collision, crashes, runway accident, disintegration, tailspin
- Crash InvestigationsNTSB, black box, flight recorder, cockpit voice recorder, flight data recorder
- flight eventstakeoff, landing, liftoff, flight, launch
air crashsafe landing
smooth landing · soft landing · controlled descent · emergency landing