Sentence examples for assigned to land from inspiring English sources

Air traffic controllers complained on Monday that the two planes, a Boeing 747 cargo plane and a 37-seat commuter jet, nearly collided when the cargo plane, which had been assigned to land, aborted the landing and went around for another try, crossing a perpendicular runway where the commuter jet was assigned to land.

Mr. Byrnes said the cargo plane, operated by EVA Air and arriving from Anchorage, had been assigned to land on Runway 13 Left, but touched down too far along the runway, so the pilot decided to take off again.

The 231st Brigade was assigned to land at Jig, and 69th Brigade at King.

The Americans, assigned to land at Utah and Omaha, were to cut off the Cotentin Peninsula and capture the port facilities at Cherbourg.

A total of 38 LCVPs and 26 Landing Craft Mechanized were also assigned to land the brigade once it arrived off Labuan.

The 47th Royal Marine Commando was assigned to land at Gold, infiltrate inland, and capture the small port at Port-en-Bessin from the landward side.

All nine gliders carrying the troops assigned to Group Steel landed next to the bridge at Veldwezelt at 05:20, the barbed-wire wrapped around the landing skids of the gliders succeeding in rapidly bringing them to a halt.

Travel speeds were assigned to different land cover and land use classes, roads, and slope by assuming multiple modes of transport within a single journey to a service center.

Developers can then increase the number of dwellings in their projects -- and their profits -- by transferring housing credits assigned to open land, like Mr. Durry's, bought from owners whose land lies outside the designated growth zone.

In the classification of land use types, each ha of the total project area must be assigned to a land use associated with a particular economic activity.

For Census 2000, crews-of-vessels population is assigned to the land block identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as associated with the home port of the vessel.