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Black box investigation centre

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With all the talk of AirAsia and black boxes this week, we though it would be interesting to take a look at a place where black boxes are listened to, a black box investigation centre. What do investigators listen for? Who has access to these recordings? Watch the video to find out!

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

Have a great weekend!!

  1. How many of these centres exist around Europe?
  2. What’s special about the door?
  3. Which part of the black boxes contain the information that investigators want?
  4. Why are four speakers used in the room?
  5. Who’s allowed in the room where they listen to the recordings?
  6. What else, beyond the voices, do investigators listen for?
  7. What’s the procedure if a black box has been recovered from water?

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Engine cowling problem

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Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

Enjoy!!

A Boeing 767, was en route to its destination and 25 minutes from landing when a problem with engine no.2 caused the engine cowling to be torn off. A passenger who saw the incident passed along the information to the crew who then alerted their company. However, because the plane was close to its destination the captain decided to continue to their destination and landed without incident 25 minutes later. The plane was left with maintenance after disembarking the passengers.

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Engine cowling problem

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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: 3+

Have a great day!

Difficult words: cowling (n.), torn off (adj.), incident (n.), alert (v.)

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Noxious fumes

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Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

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A Airbus A330, with 135 passengers and 14 crew members, was en route at FL340 when the crew decided to divert to an alternative airport. The pilots stated that there was a medical emergency on board. 11 crew members and 2 passengers felt sick and had red eyes, some of them also vomited. The aircraft landed safely at its alternative airport 20 minutes after diverting and everyone who felt unwell was taken to hospital. A subsequent examination of the plane indicated that there was a problem with the air conditioning system on the plane which caused noxious fumes to be vented into the air supply on board.

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Noxious fumes

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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+

Have a great day!

Difficult words: vomit (v.), unwell (adj.), subsequent (adj.), noxious (adj)

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Nose wheel failure

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Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday and if you’re studying this on New Year’s Eve, enjoy the celebrations and see you in 2015!!

A 737, with 115 passengers and 6 crew, made a normal landing on runway 22L at its destination airport. However, when the crew tried to turn the nose wheel to vacate the runway it didn’t respond and they were unable to turn the plane. The aircraft stopped on the runway and had to stay there for 20 minutes until a tug arrived and towed the plane to the apron.