Look at this list of possible incidents during flight. Think of actions you might take to solve each problem.

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Classify these incidents into the 'distress' or 'urgency' category, and write them in the table below.

UNIT 12

B) Answer the following questions to the text.

1. What are the advantages of rail transportation? 2. What do these figures stand for: 100 mln tones, £30 billion, and 30%. 3. What modes of transport can multimodal transport include? 4. Name some advantages of multimodal transport regarding money saving. 5. What types of multimodal transport involving rail transport are mentioned in the text?
6. Choose the combination of modes of transportation for delivering the consignment from Bombay to Kharkiv. Use the schemes mentioned in the text.

1. Study the following definitions:

DISTRESS: a dangerous situation requiring immediate assistance

URGENCY: a dangerous situation not requiring immediate assistance

For example:

Uncontrollable engine fire is a distress situation.

A passenger taken seriously ill is an urgency situation.

total electrical failure

depressurization

fire in the hold

fire in the toilets

fuel endurance 10 minutes at initial approach phase

a bomb scare

injuries among passengers and cabin crew after severe turbulence

engine flameout

bird ingestion at initial climb, one engine shut down

wheel well fire

passenger with a heart attack