crash-landed
Made an emergency descent
Crash-landed is the past tense of crash-land, meaning to bring an aircraft down in an emergency, typically with damage but without a complete loss of control: The pilot crash-landed in a field after the engine failed.
The term extends to spacecraft and, figuratively, to any abrupt or rough arrival: I crash-landed on her couch after the party.
Serious sudden danger
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- fuselageAircraft's central structure
- runwayPaved path for planes
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
survivors · impact · debris · cockpit · mayday · terrain · passengers · rescue
Left without means to leave
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- rescueSave from harm
- shelterProtected place or structure
- signal fireFlame for sending messages
provisions · marooned · isolated · resourcefulness · rationing · SOS · distress · ordeal
Enclosed dose container
- reentryComing back in
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
- moduleIndependent functional component
- parachuteDrag-creating descent device
splashdown · atmosphere · spacecraft · orbit · mission · debris field · recovery team · heat shield
Lack of success
- setbackReverse in progress
- derailedThrown off course
- collapsedFell inward suddenly
- bottomed outReached the minimum
fallen flat · bombed · tanked · flopped · grounded · stalled · shipwrecked · stranded
emergency
Serious sudden danger
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- fuselageAircraft's central structure
- runwayPaved path for planes
pilot · survivors · impact · debris · cockpit · mayday · terrain · passengers · rescue · touchdown
stranded
Left without means to leave
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- rescueSave from harm
- shelterProtected place or structure
signal fire · provisions · marooned · isolated · resourcefulness · rationing · SOS · distress · ordeal · endurance
capsule
Enclosed dose container
parachute · splashdown · atmosphere · spacecraft · orbit · mission · debris field · recovery team · heat shield · trajectory
failure
Lack of success
bottomed out · fallen flat · bombed · tanked · flopped · grounded · stalled · shipwrecked · stranded · washed up