LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Ex. 1. Look at the photograph and answer the questions.
What is strange about the aircraft?
What do you think has happened?
What aircraft type is in the picture?
Which airline does it belong to?
What do you know about the airline?
Have you heard of this occurrence before?
What can you remember?
Ex. 2. You are going to listen to the report on this incident. Listen and re- peat the words and sample sentences.
QRH (Quick карта обязательных проверок
Reference Handbook) e.g. A Quick Reference Handbook (QRH) is a handbook containing extracts from the Aircraft Flight Manual (AFM) or Operations Manual (AOM) which pilots usually refer to when dealing with emergency and abnormal procedures.
be aware of (sth) осознавать, отдавать себе отчет
e.g. The flight crew were unaware of what was going on in the passenger cabin.
announcement (n) объявление
e.g. The purser made an announcement over the Public Address System asking if there was a doctor or nurse on board.
сoncrete (n) бетон
e.g. Taxiways 1, 2, 3 and 4 have a concrete surface, a width of 12 m and a bearing strength of 400 kg/cm².
underside ( n) низ, нижняя поверхность
e.g. A belly landing is a landing on the aircraft underside without its landing gear fully extended.
deplane ( v) высаживать(ся) из самолета
e.g. After the emergency landing the passengers had to deplane via inflatable slides.
engine casing ( n) кожух двигателя
e.g. An engine casing is the outside cover of an engine, usually made of metal, which protects it from any exter- nal damage.
considerably ( adv) значительно, существенно
e.g. In case of a belly landing the underside of the fuse- lage is considerably damaged.
distract ( v) отвлекать
e.g. A pilot may be distracted by irrelevant talk on the flight deck.
Ex. 3. Listen to the report and say whether the following statements are true or false.
The approach was aborted due to the crew’s inability to lower the undercar- riage.
After a go-around the crew made several circuits to burn out the fuel.
The pilots manually switched off the landing gear warning alarm.
The pilot-in-command made an announcement and briefed the passengers on the impending emergency landing.
The aircraft managed to leave the runway under its own power.
The passengers disembarked via the stairs.
None of the occupants was injured.
The aircraft’s both engine casings and the lower fuselage were considerably damaged.
The aviation authorities’ investigation concluded that the crew had failed to lower the gear due to technical problems and performed a belly landing on its second approach to Kaliningrad.
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