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Recent Examples of belly-land
Jeju Air's Boeing 737-800 burst into flames after it belly-landed at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing all but two people on board.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
In the worst air disaster in South Korean history, 179 people were killed when a Boeing 737-800 belly-landed and skidded off the runway at Muan International Airport.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
The plane, a Boeing 737-800, belly-landed on the runway at Muan International Airport in southwestern South Korea after an overnight flight, apparently with flaps and landing gear retracted.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
In the worst air disaster in South Korean history, 179 people were killed when a Boeing 737-800 belly-landed and skidded off the runway at Muan International Airport.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
The plane, a Boeing 737-800, belly-landed on the runway at Muan International Airport in southwestern South Korea after an overnight flight, apparently with flaps and landing gear retracted.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly-land
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Friends and family of the development team watched a prototype named Goddard—after Robert Goddard, father of modern rocketry—rise 285 feet (87 meters) into the air and touch down 30 seconds later.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 May 2026
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The video opens with Rock touching down at an airport on a private jet.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
2 May 2026
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For some, a Day 3 NFL draft selection lights a competitive fuse, so to speak.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Until Artie Moreno fixes the holes in the ceiling and the holes in the lineup, the only thing consistently lit in Anaheim might be a Closed for Infestation sign.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The first film follows an adorable blue extraterrestrial creature who crash-lands in Hawaii and gets adopted by a young girl and her older sister.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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The core of this CW series is a romance between a human girl, Emery, and an alien boy called Roman who met a decade earlier when the extraterrestrial visitors first crash-landed on Earth and were rounded up and placed in an internment camp.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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The airport authority has also been working for months with a consulting group to land another budget carrier.—
Ricky Sayer,
CBS News,
2 May 2026
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There was no indication of a mid-air collision, and a second aircraft traveling nearby landed safely in New Braunfels.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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“Belly-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly-land. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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