Exercise 3. Paraphrase the following sentences

1. Some pilots, convinced that advanced electronic navigation systems such as GPS and inertial guidance systems (inertial navigation system or INS) coupled with flight management system computers, or over-reliance on them, are partially responsible for these accidents, have called CFIT accidents "computerized flight into terrain".

2. One of the most notable CFIT accidents was in December 1995 in which American Airlines flight 965 tracked off course while approaching Calí, Colombia and hit a mountainside after the speed brakes were left deployed despite an aural terrain warning in the cockpit and an attempt to gain ample altitude in the night-time conditions.

3. Crew awareness and monitoring of navigational systems can prevent or eliminate CFIT accidents. Crew Resource Management is a modern method now widely used to improve the human factors of air safety.

4. Other technical aids can be used to help pilots maintain situational awareness.

5. Controlled flight into terrain is a class of accident in which an undamaged aircraft is flown, under control, into terrain or man-made structures.

Exercise 4. Finish the sentences.

1. CFIT accidents typically are a result of...

2. Failure to protect Instrument Landing System critical areas can also cause...

3. Crew awareness and monitoring of navigational systems can prevent or eliminate...

4. Other technical aids can be used to help pilots maintain...

5. Air traffic controllers constantly monitor flights from...

Exercise 5. Make up your own sentences using the following terms:

controlled flight into terrain, navigational system error, inertial guidance system, flight management system, computerized flight into terrain, crew resource management, ground proximity warning system.

Unit 4. Airport Security

Text 1.

Read and translate the following text into Ukrainian.


Понравилась статья? Добавь ее в закладку (CTRL+D) и не забудь поделиться с друзьями:  



double arrow
Сейчас читают про: