A controlled flight into terrain (CFIT, usually pronounced "see-fit") is an accident in which an airworthyaircraft, under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground, a mountain, a body of water or an obstacle. In a typical CFIT scenario, the crew is unaware of the impending disaster until too late. The term was coined by engineers at Boeing in the late 1970s.
A controlled flight into terrain (CFIT, usually pronounced "see-fit") is an accident in which an airworthyaircraft, under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground, a mountain, a body of water or an obstacle. In a typical CFIT scenario, the crew is unaware of the impending disaster until too late. The term was coined by engineers at Boeing in the late 1970s.