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a)CFIT and b) LOSS of CONTROL are two seperate categories of Accidents.
PATNA was Loss of Control,not CFIT
Air Force TU 124 with Morarji Desai at Jorhat was Loss of Control(Stall on turn to finals)
AHMEDABAD/IMPHAL/GUWAHATI/BAHRAIN/SOCHI are classic CFITs(BAH and SOCHI due disorientation at night)
JFK jr was disoriention resulting in either CFIT or Loss of control(will have to locate the report...was there in Long Island when he went missing with wife and wife's sis)
Could be similar to John Denver on the Long Easy
Early 727 accidents were failure to comprehend that jet a/c can be nose down well below horizon, but still in a stalled condition.(need to "UNLOAD", and fight the urge to pull back on Control Column,till out of stall)
Trident had Capts coronary as a factor
Rather than split hair on defination,it would be smarter to recognize and gaurd against known hazards in this lne of work