Debris Found From Plane That Went Missing Off US Coast
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People found debris from a plane. The plane went missing near the coast of the US.
The plane lost contact with flight controllers. This happened after the plane dropped very fast in the sky.
Flight data showed the plane lost altitude quickly. Then it stopped sending signals.
Teams are now looking at the debris. They want to learn what happened to the plane.
The coast guard often helps search for missing planes. They look for debris in the water.
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Vocabulary15 words
- debris
- small broken pieces left after something is destroyed
- flight controllers
- people who guide planes from the ground
- flight data
- information recorded by a plane during its flight
- altitude
- how high something is above the ground
- coast guard
- a group that protects and helps people near the sea
- aircraft
- another word for plane
- missing
- lost; nobody knows where it is
- coast
- the land next to the sea
- communication
- sending and receiving messages
- search
- to look for something
- signal
- a message sent by radio
- wreckage
- broken parts of something destroyed
- crash
- when a vehicle hits something and breaks
- investigate
- to try to find out what happened
- developing
- still changing and growing
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1. Debris 2. It dropped in altitude 3. True
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People found _____ from a plane.
The plane went missing near the _____ of the US.
The plane lost contact with flight _____.
This happened after the plane dropped very fast in the _____.
_____ data showed the plane lost altitude quickly.
Then it stopped sending _____.
Teams are now looking at the _____.
They want to learn what _____ to the plane.
The coast _____ often helps search for missing planes.
They look for debris in the _____.
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