Plane to Israel Drops Suddenly, Passenger Describes 'Rollercoaster'
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A plane was flying to Israel. Suddenly, it fell very fast. It dropped 17,000 feet. This is about 5,200 metres. The plane fell in less than two minutes.
The plane did not fly to Israel. It was diverted. This means it changed its path and landed somewhere else.
A passenger on the plane talked about the moment. A passenger is a person who travels on a plane. The passenger said it felt like a rollercoaster. A rollercoaster is a fast ride at a fun park. It goes up and down very quickly.
The sudden drop in the plane is called a plunge. People on the plane were probably scared. Falling so fast and so far is not normal for planes.
We do not know why the plane fell. We also do not know where it landed instead. More information may come later.
Vocabulary15 words
- diverted
- sent to a different place; changed direction
- passenger
- a person who travels in a plane, car, or bus
- rollercoaster
- a fast fun-park ride that goes up and down
- plunge
- a sudden, fast fall
- altitude
- how high something is in the air
- flight
- a trip in a plane
- sudden
- happening very fast, with no warning
- aeroplane
- a machine that flies people in the sky; a plane
- path
- the way or route something takes
- scared
- feeling fear
- normal
- usual; not strange
- fast
- moving with great speed
- drop
- a fall from a higher place to a lower place
- experience
- something that happens to you
- land
- when a plane comes down to the ground
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1. 17,000 feet 2. It was diverted 3. True
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A plane was flying to _____. Suddenly, it fell very fast.
It dropped 17,000 _____. This is about 5,200 metres.
The plane fell in less than two _____.
The plane did not fly to Israel. It was _____.
A _____ on the plane talked about the moment.
The passenger said it felt like a _____.
A rollercoaster is a fast ride at a fun _____.
The sudden drop in the plane is called a _____.
People on the plane were probably _____.
We do not know why the plane _____.
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