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> rapid unplanned disassembly Is that proper aerospace lingo, like "controlled flight into terrain"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_flight_into_terr

• SomeHacker44 8y ago
  As a pilot, CFiT is very descriptive. RUD sounds to my (layman’s) ear to be a nice way of saying “uncontrolled unplanned self destruction.” I could call an incident where a plane engine (on my plane) threatened to tear itself and the wing to bits because combustion became unbalanced, causing a vibration that had I not shut it down would have led to a rapid unplanned disassembly too, and likely not ended as well as the preventative.
• TeMPOraL 8y ago
  Yes. It roughly translates to "exploded, though we didn't want that". There's an equivalent term fof CFiT too - lithobraking. It's like aerobraking (using planet's atmosphere to shed some speed), except with rocks.