flat spin

noun

1. an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical

2. informal,  a state of confusion; dither

Example Sentences

Brazil were literally in a flat spin: Ademir sent one shot ballooning out for a throw by the corner flag.

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Smoke cascaded from the left wing as the plane went into a flat spin.

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The undated National Transportation Safety Board report says an area resident watched the airplane barrel roll, climb and tumble, then roll over into an inverted flat spin.

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The F15-D jet from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk crashed into a field near Spalding, Lincolnshire, on 8 October after going into a flat spin.

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Seconds later, the drone began an automated right turn that inverted it and eventually led to an unrecoverable flat spin, the report says.

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