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Icing

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

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A Saab 340 was climbing through FL130 over the sea on one of its routine flights. Everything was normal as the plane was climbing. 5 minutes after the plane levelled off at FL180 the crew noticed that ice started to accumulate on the leading edges and other parts of the wings. They were able to remove the ice from the leading edges with the deicing boots, but the ice continued to accumulate on the other parts of the wing. As a precaution, the plane descended to FL100 and diverted to the nearest suitable airport.

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Fall from passenger door

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

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An Airbus A320-200, was preparing for departure from Warsaw (Poland) to Rome (Italy). The flight had boarded all of the passengers and was preparing to close the doors. The jetway was moving away from the plane when a flight attendant stepped out to close the door of the plane. He lost his footing and fell onto the tarmac, a few metres below. Medical services arrived almost immediately and the crew member was taken to hospital where he was treated for cuts, bruises and a broken leg. He will be unable to work for three or four months. The flight continued to its destination and wasn’t delayed.

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Weather radar problem

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

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A Boeing 777, was flying from New York (USA) to Cairo (Egypt). While it was enroute over the Atlantic Ocean, there was a problem with the weather radar. The crew couldn’t use it to see the weather ahead of them. They decided to divert to Dublin because they knew there was bad weather ahead and it was too dangerous to continue without the radar. They landed 45 minutes later in Dublin airport and requested a maintenance check. Because of the expected delay, the passengers were disembarked and put up in a hotel for the night. Another plane arrived the next morning to continue the flight.

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Cracked windshield

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

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A 767, was performing a flight from Los Angeles (USA) to Chicago. While it was enroute at FL330, a crack suddenly started to develop in the windshield. It continued to develop until it formed a large spider web across the windshield. The crew decided to divert to Denver for a safe landing about 25 minutes after the crack started to develop. After landing, the passengers were disembarked and waited 4 hours for another plane to continue their journey.

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Smoke in the cockpit

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

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A Boeing 737-800, en route from Milan (Italy) to Barcelona (Spain), was cruising at FL380 and was about 70nm northeast of Marseille (France) when the crew noticed smoke coming from the flight management computer. They decided to divert to Marseille while continuing to follow their checklist to try to stop the smoke. They landed safely on runway 32L approximately 15 minutes after they first saw the smoke.
The plane stayed on the ground while maintenance tried to solve the problem. The passengers were moved on to other flights.

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Vibrations

Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

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An MD-88 took off as normal on a two-hour flight. It had 131 passengers and 7 crew members on board. During the climb out from Los Angeles International Airport, the crew stopped the climb at 8,000 feet, because of vibrations in the plane. They couldn’t identify the source of these vibrations and decided to return to Los Angeles International Airport. They made a safe landing 33 minutes after departure.
After landing and disembarking the passengers, the plane was taken to maintenance to be checked.