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MH370 – One year later

Following our theme this week, here’s a video that describes what we know, and don’t know about what happened to MH370.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

Have a great weekend!!

  1. What does the narrator say are the functions of the autopilot?
  2. Does the autopilot make any turns by itself, without the direct input of a pilot?
  3. What are some of the theories about what happened to the plane?
  4. What does Captain Johnson think happened?
  5. If the autopilot reaches its final waypoint, what does it do?
  6. When will investigators know what really happened?

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One year later, what happened to MH370?

Could recreating MH370’s flight path uncover any clues as to why the plane disappeared one year ago? CNN’s Will Ripley takes a closer look.

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Cargo fire

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

Enjoy!!

An MD-11 freighter, with 4 crew members on board was en route to its destination when the crew received an indication of a cargo fire. The fire suppression system was automatically activated and for safety reasons the crew decided to divert. They made a safe landing 21 minutes later and evacuated via the emergency slides. During this evacuation, one member of the crew was injured and was taken to a hospital.

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Cargo fire

Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You should try to write everything that is said.

You can listen as many times as you want.

Check below the recording for some of the difficult words and come back and check the full text from this recording tomorrow.

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

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Have a great day!

Difficult words: fire suppression system (n.)

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Taxibot answers

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 4+

  1. The engines are shut down.
  2. It helps to reduce noise and emissions.
  3. 800 horsepower.
  4. The pilot is still responsible for ‘driving’ the plane to the runway.
  5. He was impressed with how manoeuvrable the Taxibot is.

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Taxibot

Here’s an interesting video about an alternative way to taxi to and from the runway.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 4+

Have a great weekend!!

  1. What state are the plane’s engines in while taxiing with Taxibot?
  2. What does the Taxibot help to reduce?
  3. What horsepower does the Taxibot have?
  4. Who is responsible for ‘driving’ the plane to the runway.
  5. What positive things does Rainer Frischkorn have to say about Taxibot?

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Taxibot

With TaxiBot, a diesel-electric aircraft tractor, #Lufthansa pilots can steer the aircraft on the ground from the cockpit.

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Laser beam

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

Enjoy!!

A flight was approaching its destination when the pilots were distracted by a laser beam from an unknown source. The pilots tried to continue the landing but one of the pilots was hit in the eye by the laser beam, which caused an eye injury to that pilot. The aircraft was able to land normally, but the injured pilot went to hospital for treatment.

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