With the loss of control and non-functional control surfaces, the aircraft began to oscillate up and down in what is known as a phugoid cycle, a flight mode typical of accidents that disable an aircraft's controls.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Military cargo plane crashes at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska; no word on casualties] Reference

So this 777's autothrottles did the exact wrong thing and made the phugoid worse?.    From Wordnik.com.  [John T. Halliday: Software Snakes on a Plane 2 -- The Phone Interview] Reference

You don't know it, but you've entered the first stage of a rare phugoid that will take you on a wild roller-coaster ride.    From Wordnik.com.  [John T. Halliday: Software Snakes On A Plane: An Interactive Thriller -- Part One] Reference

By 2: 39, the Freddie Kruger autothrottles you think you turned off sense the speed too slow, so firewall to MAX, force the nose up, and start the phugoid rollercoaster all over.    From Wordnik.com.  [John T. Halliday: Software Snakes On A Plane: An Interactive Thriller -- Part One] Reference

Two computers conspired to bugger this up and sent this plane on a roller-coaster phugoid? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [John T. Halliday: Software Snakes On Planes 3 -- The Phone Interview] Reference

Sam: "O ... kay; let's shift gears and talk about the software bug that triggered this phugoid.    From Wordnik.com.  [John T. Halliday: Software Snakes On Planes 3 -- The Phone Interview] Reference

But these Freddie Krueger autothrottles did exactly the wrong thing, amplified the cycle and made the phugoid worse. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Sam: "You write, 'You don't know it, but you've entered the first stage of a rare phugoid that will take you on a wild roller-coaster ride.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Left alone, a phugoid stops by itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference