Tailspin

"Tailspin" in French

chute libre

(Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline)

vrille

(The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral)

tomber en vrille

(Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral)

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