controlled flight into terrain

English

Noun

controlled flight into terrain (countable and uncountable, plural controlled flights into terrain, abbreviation CFIT)

  1. (aviation) A usually-unintentional crash of an aircraft in which the aircraft flies into the ground while under full control by its pilots or autopilot.
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