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an occasion when a plane falls in the sky with its nose (=front part) downwards and its tail (=end part) spinning in a very wide circle
The plane went into a tailspin.
an occasion when something or someone suddenly gets into a very bad state
The news sent the nation's financial markets into a tailspin.