The typical LTE involves an approach to a spot with moderate cross wind, and a loss of yaw control when the approach is terminated near the hover. Once entered, recovery is very difficult without descending, often ground contact is unavoidable.
Explains a lot of what I have recently experienced, apart from just dropping the lever (which would have been V bad in my case) what is the best chance of getting out of it (obviously not getting into the situation n the 1st place is ideal!)