Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

controlled flight into terrain

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: con-trolled flight in-to ter-rain
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

controlled flights into terrain (plural) CFIT (abbreviation)

Questions

What does controlled flight into terrain mean?: 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.

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