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.

º Exercise 7

Plane’s mayday call missed due to pilot’s poor English

1. Listen to the tape and complete the summary.

The incident happened at…………………… airport

The aircraft belonged to ………………………..

Airliner was carrying …………….. people.

Airliner flew from ………………….

Air traffic controller did not initiate usual procedures because ……………………

………………………………………………………………………………………

Usual procedures include …………………………………………………………..

Air traffic controllers did not understand an emergency message until ……………

………………………………………………………………………………………

The pilot had to …………………………………………………………………….

He main reason of this incident (according to the report) …………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………….

º Exercise 8.

1. Listen to the recommendations. As you hear match the beginning of the sentence with the ending:

1. Communications shall be concise and unambiguous	a. shall PLAIN language be used.
2. Only when standard phraseology can not serve an intended transmission	b. when the cockpit workload is often at its highest.
3. Concise and unambiguous phraseology	c. using standard phraseology
4. Messages will not be transmitted to an aircraft	d. assists pilots in maintaining an awareness of other traffic