FOD
n.— «In aviation parlance, “FOD,” or foreign object debris, can be sucked into jet engines or slice through the thin aluminum skins of aircraft, potentially setting off catastrophic fuel-tank explosions.» —“Airports zoom in on threat of debris” by Jon Hilkevitch Chicago Tribune June 10, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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