Air India Plane Briefly Lost Flight Controls, Airbus Finds
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An Air India plane had a problem in the sky. The plane is called an A320. It is made by Airbus.
Airbus looked at the plane. They found system faults. For a short time, the plane lost key flight controls. Flight controls help the pilot fly the plane.
During this problem, the plane fell about 300 feet. This is called a mid-air drop. It happens very fast.
The plane landed safely after the drop. No one was hurt. But Air India wanted to know why it happened.
Air India now wants all its pilots to take drug tests. A drug test checks if a person used drugs. The airline wants to be safe.
This story shows how airlines check planes and pilots after problems. Safety is very important for everyone who flies.
Vocabulary15 words
- Airbus
- a company that makes planes
- flight controls
- parts that help fly a plane
- mid-air drop
- when a plane falls fast in the sky
- drug tests
- checks to see if someone used drugs
- system faults
- problems inside a machine
- pilot
- person who flies a plane
- analysis
- close look to find facts
- safely
- without danger
- airline
- company that flies planes
- checked
- looked at carefully
- problem
- something wrong
- safety
- being free from danger
- plane
- big machine that flies
- sky
- space above the ground
- landed
- came down to the ground
Quiz
Answer key
1. An Air India A320 2. Key flight controls 3. True
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
An Air India plane had a problem in the sky. The plane is called an A320. It is made by _____.
Airbus looked at the plane. They found system _____. For a short time, the plane lost key flight _____. Flight controls help the pilot fly the plane.
During this problem, the plane fell about _____ feet. This is called a mid-air _____. It happens very fast.
The plane _____ safely after the drop. No one was hurt. But Air India wanted to know why it happened.
Air India now wants all its pilots to take drug _____. A drug test checks if a person used drugs. The airline wants to be safe.
This story shows how airlines check planes and pilots after problems. _____ is very important for everyone who flies.