hull loss

English

Etymology

Borrowed from nautical terminology.

Noun

hull loss (countable and uncountable, plural hull losses)

  1. (aviation) An accident that damages an aircraft beyond economic repair.
    The Marshall University plane crash was an all-fatal, horrific hull loss.

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