No you are being deliberately obtuse. There is a difference between “flying” and merely “hurtling: i.e., being airborne in an uncontrolled, unsupported manner.”
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If you don’t like “flying,” gaining altitude is sufficient. Obviously, the plane gained altitude.
If you are talking about the Bagram 747-400, it did because it was under power until it stalled when the aircraft could no longer maintain a proper angle of attack to maintain lift. Then it fell like a rock.