The pilot gets on his radio and calls "mayday,mayday,mayday" to tell that his plane is in danger of crashing to the ground.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

The sleeping men had no chance to escape the rushing water, the crashing trees and the darkness.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

The plates float about slowly, sometimes crashing into each other, and sometimes moving away from each other.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

That project involves crashing a rocket stage into the moon's south pole.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

Powerful waves crashing against a rocky coast drowned many people.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

It came down,crashing near me.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

The earthquake sent large fermenting vats and one hundred gallon casks of rum, some aged fifteen years, crashing to the floor.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

- Nice.- You, too. Are you crashing the prom or something?Did you come with a date?

VOA: standard.other

Democratic Senator Arlen Specter of Virginia saw his 30-year Senate career come crashing to an end Tuesday night, losing to Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak in a Democratic primary vote.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

This stretch of coastline southwest of Pago Pago was one of the hardest hit by the tsunami, when the usually peaceful ocean sent walls of water crashing into beachside homes.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

"I actually got stuck in a gondola with him. And he was telling me about his experience and how he spent maybe the first five or six years of his career just crashing into fences and blowing up until he finally figured out how to make it all work."

VOA: standard.2010.02.09