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Partial gear up landing

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

Enjoy!!

A Fokker 100, with 97 people on board, was on approach to its destination when the left main gear didn’t extend properly. As a result, the crew decided to abort the approach and enter a holding pattern to consider their options. They tried to lower the gear a few more times but they weren’t able to, and eventually they decided to perform a partial gear up landing. Their approach was normal, but after the plane touched down it veered to the right and onto the grass. It stopped about 50m onto the grass. There were 5 minor injuries and 3 serious injuries, non of the flight crew were injured but the plane was substantially damaged.

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Partial gear up landing

Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You don’t need to understand every word, just the most important ideas. Use your own words to write what happened.

You can listen as many times as you want.

Check below the recording for some of the difficult words and come back and check the full text from this recording tomorrow.

Suggested ICAO level: 3+

Have a great day!

Difficult words: partial gear up landing (n.), veer (v.)

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Seat-back screens disappear answers

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 4+

1. The screens are expensive to install, to maintain, and to carry around all the extra weight.
2. Because about 75% of us already have a screen on our hands when we board a plane.
3. iPhones, iPads, laptop computers and e-readers.
4. They’ll have a server on board loaded with hundreds of movies and TV shows that passengers can stream directly to their gadgets.
5. They’re giving passengers both options, they’re installing screens and creating a server loaded with movies and TV shows for passengers to stream to their personal devices.

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Seat-back screens disappear

Here’s an interesting video that reports on the disappearance of seat-back screens on commercial planes.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

Have a great weekend!!

1. Why are seat-back screens disappearing?
2. Why are they becoming less needed?
3. What ‘screens’ do people have with them when they get on a plane?
4. If airlines don’t have screens, what will they have to entertain passengers?
5. What is Delta Airlines doing?

http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/business/2014/08/20/orig-ts-end-of-seat-back-screens.cnn.html

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Landing gear smoke

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

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A Boeing 777 approached its destination and landed safely on runway 21. As the plane taxied to the apron the tower advised the pilots that they could see smoke coming from the right main gear. The plane stopped on a taxiway and the fire services sprayed the right main gear with foam. After checking the plane they discovered a hydraulic leak which was dripping onto the right main gear and causing the smoke. The plane continued to taxi to the apron and the passengers disembarked without a delay.

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Landing gear smoke

Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You don’t need to understand every word, just the most important ideas. Use your own words to write what happened.

You can listen as many times as you want.

Check below the recording for some of the difficult words and come back and check the full text from this recording tomorrow.

Suggested ICAO level: 3+

Have a great day!

Difficult words: foam (n.), hydraulic leak (n.), drip (v.)