WordNet
equipment failure
n. a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" [syn: breakdown]
Usage examples of "equipment failure".
Konoye did not die of an equipment failure, but the controllers in Kaliningrad and Houston insisted on the meaningless checkout.
He wanted me to take a training run in an X-wing and simulate equipment failure.
When the team failed to return on schedule, we thought there had perhaps been an equipment failure.
I therefore maintain that if the unanticipated equipment failure occurs, they should be able to hold position for a few extra days.
Perhaps the expedition had equipment failure en route and was delayed.