Flight hazards

1. Listen to the tape and number the flight hazards in order they are presented in the text.

• flock of birds ……..

• rubbish on the runways ……..

• pilot error ……..

• turbulent conditions ……..

• snow, slush and ice ……..

• severe wind-gusts …….

• ice and snow build-ups …….

2. Listen to the tape again and complete the summary.

Flying is one of the safest forms of transport because ……………………………..

Planes are regularly …………………………………………………………………

Runways and lighting systems are ………………………………………………….

A team of men……………………………………………………………………….

Take-off and landing are ……………………………………………………………

Careful pre-flight inspection should ………………………………………………..

Different obstructions near the airport can be ………………………………………

The pilot can be considered a potential hazard because of .........................................

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 Exercise 4

Collision course

1. Read the sentences, then listen to the tape and fill in the missing information.

1. The worst accident was caused by a crew thinking they had …………………. when they did not.

2. That was at the old Tenerife airport in ……………….

3. The KLM crew read back the departure clearance and then reported: "………………….".

4. The KLM 747 began rolling down the foggy runway and ………………… the Pan Am aircraft.

5. The top risk is still pilots…………………………….

6. Second is ………………….. for take-off without clearance.

7. Most other events occur because the pilot ………………………… on the airfield.

2. Listen to the tape again. For questions 1-6, decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. In the Tenerife accident 583 people were killed. …..

2. A Pan American World Airways 747 was cleared to backtrack along runway 12 about 10 min behind KLM. .…

3. The KLM crew reported ready for take-off and were given their departure clearance. .…

4. In runway collision at Milan airport no one was killed. ..…

5. The Cessna pilot took the wrong taxiway. ..…

6. The runway collision at Milan airport was in December 2001. .….

 Exercise 5.

1. You are going to hear about the runway collision at Paris airport. Listen to the tape and fill in the missing information.

Date	25/5/00
Airport
Air companies	Air Liberte ……………………………
On taxying frequency	all flights were speaking …….. except ……………….
Visibility
The controller was talking	to Air Liberte in…………… to Streamline in English
ATC was blamed for

2. Discuss the reasons for the collision. Do you support an idea of “English-only policy” at international airports?

 Exercise 6.

Truck collapse leads to delay

1. Listen to the tape and choose the correct answer.

1) A scissor truck collapsed under:

• a catering lorry

• a large tractor

• a mobile lounge

2) A Virgin Atlantic flight was delayed for more than

• half an hour

• an hour

• three hours

3) The incident happened at stand 33 of

• the West Terminal

• the North Terminal

• the South Terminal

4) The flight to Bridgetown, Barbados, was delayed until

• 11.41 am

• 14.11 am

• 11.40 am

5) The aircraft

• was not damaged.

• was damaged

6) It was a fault with

• the catering lorry hydraulic system

• the scissor truck's hydraulic system

• the airplane hydraulic system

2. Listen to the tape again and describe what happened at Gatwick airport.

 Exercise 7