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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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Suggested ICAO level: 4+

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

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Engine fumes

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

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An Airbus A340, flying from Berlin (Germany) to Singapore with 246 passengers was preparing for departure. It had suffered an engine problem previously and this engine had been replaced.

The aircraft then departed for the flight to Singapore. During the flight high levels of oil consumption were recorded in the new engine. The cabin slowly filled with fumes and some passengers felt unwell. The bleed air supply for this engine was switched off and the fumes disappeared.

The aircraft continued to its destination for a safe landing. Several passengers received medical assistance upon arrival in Singapore but none were considered sick enough to be taken to hospital.

The plane completed its return flight to Berlin as normal before maintenance was carried out on the affected engine.

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Engine fumes

Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You can listen as many times as you like.

Come back and check the text from this recording tomorrow.

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

Have a great day!