As the ship slowed abruptly, it peeled off from its orbit and plunged earthward in a cometlike dive.

Then, with the crew dead or disabled, the helicopter simply nosed down and plunged earthward.

The burning plane suddenly exploded and the flaming wreckage plunged earthward.

Pylons buckled and bent, or broke clean off and plunged earthward like spears.

As she moved the stick to the right, the plane vibrated, then stalled, and plunged earthward in a buffeting spin.

Bullets swarmed around him as he crossed the threshold, plunging earthward from a flight of stairs immediately to his right.

As the plane swooped low over the camp, the bomb-bay doors flashed open and a shiny object plunged earthward.

Faintly she heard sounds of shattering and tearing and then the two combatants plunged earthward.

One end dropped, leveled itself and then, like a huge weary animal, it rolled over and plunged earthward.

God, everywhere, all over the world, things like that, as big as that were plunging earthward.