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Structure: ‘Must have / can’t have’
How investigators talk about a crash they weren't there to see: must have and can't have for confident deductions about the past, at C1.
CEFR C1
CEFR C1 (advanced) aviation English — paired with ICAO Level 6, expert level, where language is no longer the limiting factor. Advanced reading, listening and grammar for aviators aiming at full fluency and the top of the ICAO scale.
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24 Dec 2025
Falcon 50 Crash Kills Libya’s Army Chief Near Ankara
A Dassault Falcon 50 business jet carrying Libya’s most senior military leadership crashed on the evening of 23 December 2025, killing all eight people on board,…
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Structure: ‘Future in the past’
Learn the 'future in the past' (was/were going to, was/were to, would) through the FAA's emergency flight reductions during the 2025 US government shutdown, with an…
Article
7 Nov 2025
FAA Cuts Flights at 40 Airports During US Shutdown
On 6 November 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that scheduled flights at 40 of the United States’ busiest airports would be reduced by up to…
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22 Aug 2025
European Airlines Slash US Routes Amid Travel Slump
Throughout the summer of 2025, a succession of European carriers began withdrawing capacity from transatlantic routes to the United States, citing a sustained collapse in bookings…
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13 Jun 2025
Air India 787 Crashes on Takeoff, Killing 260
The crash of Air India Flight 171 on 12 June 2025, 32 seconds after departing Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport bound for London Gatwick, claimed…