hull-loss accident

English

Etymology

Borrowed from nautical terminology.

Noun

hull-loss accident (plural hull-loss accidents)

1. An aviation accident where the damage to the aircraft is such that it must be written off, or in which the aircraft is totally destroyed.

   The Marshall University plane crash was an all-fatal, horrific hull-loss accident.

Translations

aviation accident

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毀機事故／毁机事故 (huǐjīshìgù)