EasyJet Plane Declares Emergency Over France, Lands Safely at Paris-Orly
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An easyJet plane had a problem in the sky over France. The pilot declared an emergency. This means the pilot told people on the ground there was a big problem. The plane landed at Paris-Orly airport. Orly is a large airport near Paris.
Many planes have had bomb threats this year. A bomb threat is when someone says there is a bomb on a plane. Police in Paris are now looking into these threats. This is called an investigation. They want to know if other countries are behind the threats.
People are also talking about another question. Can a pilot say no to a military order to change course? This is called a diversion. A case with an Aer Lingus plane has made people talk about this again. Aer Lingus is an airline from Ireland.
No injuries were reported in the easyJet case. The plane landed safely at Orly. Police continue to study the bomb threats against planes.
Vocabulary15 words
- emergency
- a sudden, serious problem
- bomb threats
- messages saying a bomb is somewhere
- investigation
- police work to find out facts
- military
- about the army or armed forces
- diversion
- when a plane must change its path
- pilot
- the person who flies a plane
- airport
- a place where planes land and take off
- declared
- said something officially
- prosecutors
- lawyers who work for the government
- airline
- a company that flies planes
- safely
- without harm or danger
- course
- the direction a plane flies
- injuries
- hurt to a person's body
- foreign powers
- other countries with strong influence
- debate
- a discussion where people disagree
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1. Declared an emergency 2. Paris-Orly 3. True
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An easyJet plane had a problem in the sky over France. The pilot _____ an emergency. This means the pilot told people on the ground there was a big _____. The plane landed at Paris-Orly _____. Orly is a large airport near Paris.
Many planes have had bomb _____ this year. A bomb threat is when someone says there is a bomb on a plane. Police in Paris are now looking into these threats. This is called an _____. They want to know if other _____ are behind the threats.
People are also talking about another question. Can a _____ say no to a military order to change course? This is called a _____. A case with an Aer Lingus plane has made people talk about this again.
No _____ were reported in the easyJet case. The plane landed _____ at Orly. Police continue to study the bomb threats against planes.
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