In case of any difficulties listen to the communication again.
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9. Listen to the communication between an approach controller and the same pilot and say about:
| 6.The aircraft had 7500 kg of fuel in its tanks, more than / it wasn’t enough to get to the alternate. 7.After a short hold Air France 358 with 297 / 289 passengers on board began descent into the storm. 8.Ahead of Air France two aircraft / airbuses have touched down on the same RW that flight 358 was heading for. | 9.Facing unpredictable winds and a wet / bad RW the crew prepared for the landing. 10.Emergency workers were able to reach / search the burning jet just 52 seconds after the crash. 11.Remarkably, every single passenger and not all / all the members of the crew have managed to escape the burning plane. |
| 14. Answer the following questions using the information from the video you’ve watched and your own experience: | 1. What were the consequences of this aviation event? 2. Why did such an aviation event take place? 3. Was there any chance to prevent the aviation event with flight 358? 4. Who is to blame for this event in your opinion? |
15. Round-talk table.
How do different weather conditions affect aviation where you work?
How will weather affect aviation in the future?
Do you think people will be able to reduce/decrease weather influence on aviation?
Have you ever handled the aircraft in bad weather conditions? Give details.
VIDEO # 27
| Warm up. ¸ Watch a video and guess what we are going to discuss now. |
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Look at the list of birds. Listen and practice pronouncing their names.
| 1. FALCON | СОКОЛ |
| 2. GOOSE (GEESE) | ГУСЬ |
| 3. HERON | ЦАПЛЯ |
| 4. CORMORANT | БОЛЬШОЙ БАКЛАН |
| 5. MALLARD | КРЯКВА |
| 6. VULTURE | СТЕРВЯТНИК |
| 7. HAWK | ЯСТРЕБ |
| 8. DUCK | УТКА |
| 9. EAGLE | ОРЕЛ |
| 10. PIGEON | ГОЛУБЬ |
| 11. SEA GULL | ЧАЙКА |
| 12. SWAN | ЛЕБЕДЬ |
| 13. CRANE | ЖУРАВЛЬ |
| 14. CROW | ВОРОНА |
| 15. OWL | СОВА |
Match the words from column A with the words and phrases with similar meaning from column B.
A B
| 1. to crack | a. to break or make smth. break suddenly into small parts |
| 2. to shatter | b. to take in |
| 3. to damage | c. to break (but not break apart/into pieces) |
| 4. to penetrate | d. animals living in natural habitat |
| 5. to ingest | e. combustion is lost |
| 6. wildlife | f. to terminate |
| 7. to abort | g. a group of birds flying together |
| 8. feathers | h. to make something move in different directions |
| 9. to disperse | i. to enter or move into |
| 10. flame out | j. to cause harm to something |
| 11. flock | k. to meet, usually unexpectedly |
| 12. to encounter | l. light soft things that cover a bird’s body |
| 13. to scare away | m. to frighten away |
| 14. to get sucked (into) | n. a metal covering for an engine |
| 15. to collide with | o. to hit |
| 16. cowl(ing) | p. to get ingested |
3. Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Make all necessary changes. Different variants are possible.
| 1. A bird can _______________ into an engine and cause an engine failure.
2. During the take-off roll, the aircraft _____________ sea gulls and the take-off __________________.
 3. The copilot was killed after a vulture ___________________ the windshield during cruise.
4. The explosion ________________ all the windows.
5. At most airports a special bird patrolis used _______________ flocks of birds _________ from the runways.
6. The pilot attempted to return to the airport but ___________________ trees just south of the airport.
7. One engine began to vibrate because it _____________________ a big bird.
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