FIRE ON BOARD

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 501.

V. Speculate upon the questions.

III. Mind the prepositions and answer the questions.

……………..can result in…………….

…………… .can lead to………………

……………..can cause……………….

1. What can sparkle result in?

2. What can loosely packed dangerous cargo lead to ?

3. What can electrical short circuit cause?

1. How hazardous is in flight fire?

2. What may it be caused by?

3. What kind of human mistakes can lead to ignition on the board?

4. What do we call dangerous goods?

5. What groups do they fall into?

6. Are there any restrictions as for their transportation?

7. What types of fire exist on the board? Which one is more perilous in your opinion?

8. What emergency equipment is your plane equipped with? What is the purpose of it?

9. What are the actions of crew in case fire in the cabin is not extinguished?

10. What actions do they have to undertake if the engine caught fire?

11. How should ATC act if he/she has traffic with fire on board in his/her sector?

VI. Read the text and discuss it.

Fire is one of the most hazardous situation as it spreads so quickly, as according to statistics affected aircraft has only 17 minutes to initiate emergency descent, perform emergency landing and evacuate the passengers. Otherwisewithout aggressive intervention by the flight crew the aircraft will burn to ashes.