Structure
Structure: ‘Passive voice’
Why does an accident report say "the passengers were rescued" instead of naming who rescued them? Practise the passive voice with a real aviation story.
Author: Gareth
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Article
18 Feb 2025
All 80 Survive After Delta Flight Overturns at Toronto
On 17 February 2025, a Delta Connection regional jet crash-landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport, flipped upside down, lost its tail and right wing, and caught…
Structure
Structure: ‘Participle clauses’
How official aviation reports compress two clauses into one — practise participle clauses with formal, report-style writing.
Article
30 Jan 2025
67 Killed in Potomac River Mid-Air Collision
At 8:47 p.m. on 29 January 2025, American Airlines Flight 5342, a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines, collided with a US Army Sikorsky…
Structure
Structure: ‘Past perfect’
Learn how English marks the 'past before the past' with the past perfect tense — and why the order of events matters when telling a story.
Article
30 Dec 2024
Jeju Air 737 Crashes at Muan, Killing 179
On 29 December 2024, a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crash-landed at Muan International Airport in South Korea with its landing gear retracted, overran the runway, and…