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controlled flights into terrain

controlled flights into terrain is the plural of controlled flight into terrain.

Meaning of controlled flight into terrain

Noun

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

  1. An unintentional crash of an aircraft in which an airworthy aircraft flies into the ground while under full control by its pilots or autopilot, typically due to unawareness of the obstacle.

Questions about controlled flights into terrain

What is controlled flights into terrain the plural of?
Controlled flights into terrain is the plural of controlled flight into terrain.

Words near controlled flights into terrain in the dictionary

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  6. controlled flights into terrain
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  9. controlled substance
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  11. controlled variable time

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