Tell the group about any air-rage incident. If you don’t know any, search the

Internet for it.

Describe the pictures using the words from the box and supporting questions.

(Emery H.. Roberts A. Check Your Aviation English. For ICAO Compliance: Student’s Book
(+ 3 CD-Rom) / – Oxford: Macmillan Publishers Ltd, 2010.)

concerned  malicious  headlock  strangle  wrestle  kneel

1. Why did the passenger attack the pilot?

2. How did the other passengers feel?

3. What will the flight crew do in this situation?

4. What will the cabin crew do in this situation?

5. How will the man be punished?

Role-play the situation.

Student A has just landed and told you that they had an air rage during the flight.

Student B asks him among other questions the following ones:

· what exactly happened;

· what the reason of the incident was;

· if there were any injured in the incident;

· how flight attendants helped;

· what exactly they did;

· if the pilot took the desicion to divert or not;

· how it all ended.

Then tell the information you found out to another group-mate using discourse markers and connectors from the Appendix.

Read the text and answer the questions that follow.

Fire

Fire on board an aircraft is an extremely dangerous hazard. With powerful engines and the carrying of large quantities of fuel on board, a certain risk clearly exists. This was especially true in the early days of aviation. Since then, aircraft manufacturers have made great progress in minimizing the risk of fire. The materials for cabin fittings are carefully chosen, smoke detectors give an early warning to the flight crew and the fire extinguishers are readily available on board to deal immediately with any minor incidents in the cabin. Moreover, there are strict rules as to what goods passengers may carry on board or place in the cargo hold.

A fire in one of the engines is always a possibility, though modern engine reliability is continually improving. The pilot usually receives an immediate warning in the cockpit and the safest procedure is to shut down the affected engine by cutting off the fuel supply to it. The pilot can then extinguish what remains of the fire by discharging the fire bottles. Afterwards the aircraft can either continue to its destination or the pilots can look for a suitable diversionary airport if they judge the distance to destination to be too great to continue safely.

Evacuation procedures. When an aircraft carries out an emergency landing, fire-fighting services should be on standby to deal with any fire which may break out. Cabin crew are trained for this scenario and the rules governing the availability of emergency exits and escape chutes on all aircraft are strict. If the cabin is full with smoke, the strip lighting on the floor will guide passengers to one of these exits.

Air traffic control and fire-fighting services. When a fire breaks out on board an aircraft, it is the pilot’s responsibility to deal with the situation. The pilot may declare an emergency and may need to land as soon as possible. In this case the air traffic controller will need to make sure that the fire service are standing by on the ground and that they have as much information as possible about the problem. Even when there is no actual fire on board, a controller may need to alert the fire service if a pilot is making an emergency landing, as in many situations there is a real risk of fire breaking out.

1. What parts of an aircraft can a fire be discovered in?

2. What makes a fire on board a possible hazard?

3. What has been done to minimize the risk of fire on board since the early period of aviation?

4. What equipment is available on board to cope with fire?

5. What are pilots’ actions in dealing with fire?

6. Name things that are necessary for evacuation procedure.

7. What are ATC’s actions when a pilot declares fire emergency?