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Suggested ICAO level for video: 4+
1. Nearly 200ft long and nearly 20ft wide.
2. They help to load the plane fast.
3. About two tonnes of packages.
4. Teams of people load the containers simultaneously, and it takes only a couple of minutes to move a cargo container onto a plane and secure it.
5. Because the inside of a plane’s fuselage is curved and curved cargo containers allow UPS to use more of the space inside the plane.
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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+
1. 58,000.
2. 250,000.
3. Its 5 parallel runways, which allow for simultaneous takeoffs and landings.
4. 2,700.
5. Coffee.
6. Every shift. They have emergencies related to; cardiac arrests, women going into labour, people who have strokes & smoke in the cockpit.
7. To make sure that each person that comes into the airport makes a smooth transition from air to ground and vice versa.
8. Singapore, Incheon, Amsterdam & some airports in the United Kingdom.
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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+
1. The de Havilland Comet.
2. Summer 1949.
3. The speed of air travel doubled.
4. They were extremely proud of their achievement. (‘I can’t tell you how pround we all were, and what it meant to us and our families’)
5. January 1954.
6. A Comet disintegrated in-flight and 35 people died.
7. April 1954.
8. The world fleet of Comets was grounded.
9. They put it in a tank filled with water.
10. They discovered a fuselage failure at a point of high stress.
11. They redesigned the structure with thicker skin, more frames, better joints and better fastenings.
12. Yes, the new plane performed flawlessly.
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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+
1. The 70th annual general meeting of IATA.
2. To discuss the future of aviation.
3. When a plane is 250 nautical miles from land, radar coverage starts to fade, and planes are alone.
4. By using high frequency radio.
5. They changed to a satellite system called AICARS, which has an automatic tracking system which sends data (on Air France planes) every ten minutes.
6. Cost, and the fact that it’s not an obligation.
7. Free satellite tracking of planes every 15 minutes via its satellite system.
8. Up to $10,000 a plane and then extra for the cost of sending data to the satellite.
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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+
1. He says that their products cover everything from 200 – 500 seats and they compliment each other in terms of their size, range, efficiency and economics.
2. He says that their planes match what their customers say they want. He also says that the A330neo, A350 and A380 correspond to what Airbus’ customers want.
3. She suggests that Boeing has the advantage at the moment. She uses the expression, ‘some believe Boeing is delivering the punches which Airbus is having to duck’ to suggest this.
4. He says Boeing has a more holistic strategy, covering everything from 240 – 400 seats, and with the 747 defending the VLA sector. He describes Airbus as ‘a bit more reactive’, with the A330neo as an illustration of that. He also says that the A330neo-900 was launched to defend against the 787-9.
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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+
1. Air New Zealand.
2. 6m longer.
3. 40 extra passengers.
4. The 787-9 can fly further because it’s lighter and it has other new technologies that make it more efficient.
5. They have a new laminar-flow technology which allows the air to pass by the aircraft more smoothly and create less turbulence.
6. October of this year.
7. 18 business and 21 premium economy.