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Exercise: Lucky landing in Brazil – level 3

09-04-2014 15:00
1. Listen to the audio for level 3 and say what is true (T) and what is false (F).
A) The crew and passengers of the plane escaped right before the take-off
because the plane was damaged.
B) Nobody got injured in the incident.
C) The pilot solved the problem successfully.
D) The plane's engines were not powerful enough. The pilot had to wait for
high winds.
E) The plane was sprayed with foam after the landing.
F) Many flights were delayed.

2. Can you retell the news? Can you understand the story and tell which piece of
information is important and which isn't?

3. Are you afraid of flying? What are the advantages and disadvantages of flying?

4. Write down or underline all the words you're not familiar with and look them up
in the dictionary.

5. Watch the video and complete the sentences.

It was a lucky escape for the crew and passengers ______________, as it managed to
make an emergency landing in Brasilia on Friday after its front landing gear
failed to ____________.
None of the 49 passengers or crew of 5 on the Avianca Brazil Fokker 100 jet
______________ in the landing, as the pilot managed to land the plane on its rear
wheels before lowering the nose onto the ____________.
The pilot had declared the emergency after spotting the fault and then circled the
Brazilian capital to shed fuel and _______________ of the jet before attempting the
landing.
After the plane ____________ touched down, airport fire crews sprayed it with foam
to prevent it from setting alight.
Because of the incident one of Brasilia airport’s runways was closed, ____________ a
number of flights into Brazil’s fourth largest airport.
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ANSWERS
Exercise: Lucky landing in Brazil – level 3
09-04-2014 15:00
1. Listen to the audio for level 3 and say what is true (T) and what is false (F).
A) F
B) T
C) T
D) F
E) T
F) T

2. Can you retell the news? Can you understand the story and tell which piece of
information is important and which isn't?

3. Are you afraid of flying? What are the advantages and disadvantages of flying?

4. Write down or underline all the words you're not familiar with and look them up
in the dictionary.

5. Watch the video and complete the sentences.

It was a lucky escape for the crew and passengers on this jet, as it managed to
make an emergency landing in Brasilia on Friday after its front landing gear
failed to deploy.
None of the 49 passengers or crew of 5 on the Avianca Brazil Fokker 100 jet
were injured in the landing, as the pilot managed to land the plane on its rear
wheels before lowering the nose onto the runway.
The pilot had declared the emergency after spotting the fault and then circled the
Brazilian capital to shed fuel and reduce the weight of the jet before attempting
the landing.
After the plane successfully touched down, airport fire crews sprayed it with
foam to prevent it from setting alight.
Because of the incident one of Brasilia airport’s runways was closed, delaying a
number of flights into Brazil’s fourth largest airport.