Two Bomb Alerts Hit Flights From Rome and Prague
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There were two bomb alerts on planes this week.
One plane left from Rome. The other plane left from Prague.
A bomb alert means people think there may be a bomb on a plane.
Police and airport workers must check the plane very fast.
The news did not say if there was a real bomb.
These alerts are part of a bigger problem. Many flights have had bomb alerts lately.
People are worried about this new trend.
Experts say this could be a strategy to make people afraid.
They say it is hard to stop this kind of problem.
Airports want to keep people safe. But they cannot stop every threat.
This story is still new. More information may come soon.
Vocabulary15 words
- bomb alert
- a warning that there might be a bomb
- trend
- something that happens many times and seems to continue
- strategy
- a plan to do something
- route
- the path a plane flies from one place to another
- security
- keeping people safe from danger
- aviation
- the activity of flying planes
- escalation
- when something gets bigger or worse
- fear
- a strong feeling when you think something bad will happen
- threat
- a sign that something bad might happen
- passenger
- a person who travels on a plane
- airport
- a place where planes take off and land
- departure
- when a plane leaves a place
- check
- to look at something carefully
- defense
- a way to protect against something bad
- concern
- a worried feeling about a problem
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Answer key
1. Rome and Prague 2. A warning that there might be a bomb 3. False
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There were two bomb _____ on planes this week.
One plane left from _____.
The other plane left from _____.
A bomb alert means people think there may be a _____ on a plane.
Police and airport workers must _____ the plane very fast.
The news did not say if there was a real bomb.
These alerts are part of a bigger _____.
Many flights have had bomb alerts lately.
People are worried about this new _____.
Experts say this could be a _____ to make people afraid.
Airports want to keep people safe.
But they cannot stop every _____.
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