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Cabin rain

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Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You should try to write everything that is said.

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: 4+

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Difficult words: drip (v.), flow (n.)

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Global safety in 2014 answers

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. No, it was the safest year on record.
  2. Accidents involving MH370, MH17 and AirAsia QZ8501 had a lot of media attention in 2014.
  3. 1 chance in 2.38 million.
  4. It could use deployable flight data recorders, emergency locator transmitters or flight trackers on aircraft to prevent an aircraft disappearing in the future.

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Global safety in 2014

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Here’s an interesting video that reports on airline safety in 2014.

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

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  1. Was 2014 a bad year for airline safety?
  2. Which accidents had a lot of media attention in 2014?
  3. What were the chances of someone travelling on a flight that had a fatal accident in 2014?
  4. What improvements could the industry make in the future?

Flightglobal’s operations & safety editor David Learmount assesses global airline safety in 2014

Flightglobal’s operations & safety editor David Learmount assesses global airline safety in 2014

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Brake problem

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Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

Enjoy!!

An Embraer ERJ-175 was en route at FL340 and close to its destination when the pilots noticed a brake warning light. The crew didn’t want to take any chances, so they requested emergency services at their destination for their arrival. The plane touched down normally and came to a stop on the runway. The pilots asked the emergency services to check the landing gear for smoke and fire. There was none and the plane continued to its stand normally to disembark the passengers.

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Brake problem

Fly High English logo.

Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You should try to write everything that is said.

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: 4+

Have a great day!

Difficult words: notice (v.), take any chances, stand (n.)

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Black box investigation centre answers

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. Three in total, the one in the video and two others.
  2. It’s magnetically sealed so that people can’t listen to what’s happening inside the room.
  3. The circuit board with the recordings on it.
  4. They use four speakers to recreate the situation in the cockpit as closely as possible.
  5. Only the crew and the accident investigators can listen to the recordings.
  6. They listen for sounds in the background, the engines for example, to get extra information about what was happening.
  7. They are put in the drying cabinet to dry the circuits so that they will work properly.