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Finding cause of Asiana crash could take years (9th July, 2013)

As firefighters extinguished the last of the flames from the burning wreckage, survivors described the horror of escaping from the aircraft. They said it was a miracle that 305 of the 307 people on board made it out alive. Two Chinese students died in the accident. Passengers were quick to praise the professionalism, quick thinking and selflessness of the flight attendants, one of whom hauled an injured passenger to safety. Frequent Asiana flyer Eugene Rah recounted the heroism of flight attendant Jiyeon Kim, saying: "She was a hero. This tiny, little girl was carrying people piggyback, running everywhere, with tears running down her face. She was crying, but she was still so calm and helping people."

Sources:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2013/07/06/ntsb-airline-crash/2495621/
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-271293/

WARM-UPS

1. AIRPLANES: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about airplanes. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

air crash / investigators / airport / pilot error / safety record / conclusions / runway / firefighters / survivors / miracle / professionalism / selflessness / heroism / piggyback

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. HEROISM: Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Heroes	How big a hero?	Dangers they face	Your message to them
Flight attendants
Firefighters
Police officers
Soldiers
Nurses
Astronauts

4. SAFEST: Students A strongly believe flying is the safest way to travel; Students B strongly believe it isn't. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the most important at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

nice uniform
brings meal / drinks quickly
always smiling
good in emergencies

nice looking
sense of humour
courteous
honest

6. PILOT: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word 'pilot'. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	Investigators said it would take 3 years to find the cause of the crash.	T / F
b.	A transportation boss believes the crash was due to pilot error.	T / F
c.	Industry experts have pretty much discounted mechanical error.	T / F
d.	The plane wasn't travelling fast enough to land.	T / F
e.	Survivors have said little about what happened.	T / F
f.	Many passengers have commended the actions of the cabin crew.	T / F
g.	A flight attendant rescued a passenger by carrying them on her back.	T / F
h.	The flight attendant did not cry while carrying out the rescue.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	investigators	a.	wonder
2.	exact	b.	referring to
3.	error	c.	put out
4.	citing	d.	commend
5.	approached	e.	detectives
6.	extinguished	f.	bravery
7.	miracle	g.	precise
8.	praise	h.	composed
9.	heroism	i.	moved toward
10.	calm	j.	miscalculation

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	determine the	a.	error was involved
2.	it was too	b.	to safety
3.	unlikely that mechanical	c.	approached the runway
4.	citing the excellent	d.	piggyback
5.	flying too slowly as it	e.	exact cause
6.	firefighters extinguished the	f.	running down her face
7.	quick to praise	g.	early to say
8.	hauled an injured passenger	h.	safety record
9.	carrying people	i.	the professionalism
10.	with tears	j.	last of the flames

GAP FILL

Air crash investigators have said it could take years to (1) ____________ the exact (2) ____________ of why an Asiana Airlines flight crash-landed at San Francisco's airport on Saturday. Deborah Hersman, head of the USA's National Transportation Safety Board, said it was too early to say whether or not the accident was the result of (3) ____________ error. Many (4) ____________ have already concluded that it was very unlikely that mechanical (5) ____________ was involved, (6) ____________ the excellent safety record of the Boeing 777 aircraft. Kevin Hiatt, CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation, told reporters that any (7) ____________ about what caused the crash are months, if not years, away. What is known is that the plane was flying too slowly as it (8) ____________ the runway.

error
conclusions
cause
analysts
approached
determine
citing
pilot

As firefighters (9) ____________ the last of the flames from the burning wreckage, survivors described the (10) ____________ of escaping from the aircraft. They said it was a miracle that 305 of the 307 people on board (11) ____________ it out alive. Two Chinese students died in the accident. Passengers were quick to (12) ____________ the professionalism, quick thinking and (13) ____________ of the flight attendants, one of whom hauled an injured passenger to safety. Frequent Asiana flyer Eugene Rah recounted the (14) ____________ of flight attendant Jiyeon Kim, saying: "She was a hero. This tiny, little girl was carrying people (15) ____________, running everywhere, with tears (16) ____________ down her face. She was crying, but she was still so calm and helping people."

heroism
made
running
horror
selflessness
piggyback
extinguished
praise

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	Air crash investigators have said it could take years to determine ______
	a. the exact causes b. the exact caused c. the exact cause d. the exact causal
2)	it was too early to say whether or not the accident was the ______
	a. result of pilot's error b. result of piloting error c. result of pilot error d. result of pilots' error
3)	it was very unlikely that mechanical ______
	a. error was involved b. error was involves c. error was involving d. error was involvement
4)	conclusions about what caused the crash are months, ______
	a. if not years, apart b. if not years, a way c. if not years, around d. if not years, away
5)	the plane was flying too slowly as it ______
	a. approached the runaway b. approached the run weigh c. approached the runway d. approached the runways
6)	firefighters extinguished the last of the flames from ______
	a. the burning wreckage b. the burnt wreckage c. the burned in wreckage d. the burned out wreckage
7)	it was a miracle that 305 of the 307 people on board ______
	a. did it out alive b. made it out alive c. got it out alive d. had it out alive
8)	Passengers were quick to praise the professionalism, quick ______
	a. thinking and selfishness b. thinking and senselessness c. thinking and selfless mess d. thinking and selflessness
9)	the flight attendants, one of whom ______ passenger to safety
	a. hauled an injured b. hailed an injured c. hurled an injured d. holed an injured
10)	She was a hero. This tiny, little girl was carrying ______
	a. people pig give back b. people piggy on back c. people pig and back d. people piggyback

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

Air crash investigators have said it could take years (1) ______________________ cause of why an Asiana Airlines flight crash-landed at San Francisco's airport on Saturday. Deborah Hersman, head of the USA's National Transportation Safety Board, (2) ______________________ whether or not the accident was the result of pilot error. Many analysts have already (3) ______________________ unlikely that (4) _________________________, citing the excellent safety record of the Boeing 777 aircraft. Kevin Hiatt, CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation, told reporters that any conclusions about what caused the crash are (5) ______________________. What is known is that the plane was flying too slowly as it (6) ______________________.

As firefighters (7) ______________________ of the flames from the burning wreckage, survivors described the horror of escaping from the aircraft. They said (8) ______________________ 305 of the 307 people on board made it out alive. Two Chinese students died in the accident. Passengers were quick to praise the professionalism, quick (9) ______________________ the flight attendants, one of whom hauled an injured passenger to safety. Frequent Asiana flyer Eugene Rah (10) ______________________ flight attendant Jiyeon Kim, saying: "She was a hero. This tiny, little girl was (11) ______________________, running everywhere, with tears running down her face. She was crying, (12) ______________________ and helping people."

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	Who said it could take years to find the cause of the crash?
2.	Who said it was too early to think about pilot error?
3.	What have experts kind of ruled out?
4.	What is Kevin Hiatt's job?
5.	What is known about the plane's approach to the airport?
6.	How many people were on board the plane?
7.	How many survivors were there?
8.	Who did passengers say were quick-thinking?
9.	How did one flight attendant rescue a passenger?
10.	What was running down the face of the flight attendant?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	Who said it could take years to find the cause of the crash?	6.	How many people were on board the plane?
	a) an aviation journalist b) the pilot c) the boss of Boeing d) air crash investigators		a) 308 b) 307 c) 306 d) 305
2.	Who said it was too early to think about pilot error?	7.	How many survivors were there?
	a) the co-pilot b) the head of a U.S. safety board c) the head of a pilots' union d) a survivor		a) 308 b) 307 c) 306 d) 305
3.	What have experts kind of ruled out?	8.	Who did passengers say were quick-thinking?
	a) letting the pilot fly back to Seoul b) grounding all 777s c) mechanical failure d) blaming the airport		a) the cabin crew b) other passengers c) the pilot d) a firefighter
4.	What is Kevin Hiatt's job?	9.	How did one flight attendant rescue a passenger?
	a) CEO b) air traffic controller c) Boeing safety engineer d) test pilot		a) on a trolley b) pulled out of a window c) by piggyback d) using a fireproof sheet
5.	What is known about the plane's approach to the airport?	10.	What was running down the face of the flight attendant?
	a) it was at the wrong angle b) nothing c) it was too slow d) it was too fast		a) sweat b) tears c) blood d) gasoline

ROLE PLAY

Role A – By plane

You think plane is the safest way to travel. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't as safe with their forms of transport. Also, tell the others which is the least safe of these (and why): train, car or ship.

Role B – By train

You think train is the safest way to travel. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't as safe with their forms of transport. Also, tell the others which is the least safe of these (and why): plane, car or ship.

Role C – By car

You think car is the safest way to travel. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't as safe with their forms of transport. Also, tell the others which is the least safe of these (and why): train, plane or ship.

Role D – By ship

You think ship is the safest way to travel. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't as safe with their forms of transport. Also, tell the others which is the least safe of these (and why): train, car or plane.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'flight' and 'attendant'.

flight

attendant

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

exact
head
early
unlikely
record
slowly

last
miracle
quick
hero
girl
calm

AIRPLANES SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about airplanes in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

AIRPLANES DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'airplane'?
c)	Why could it take years to find out why the plane crashed?
d)	How can airlines reduce pilot error?
e)	Is autopilot safer than a human pilot?
f)	Has this crash made you more worried about flying?
g)	Do you ever worry when you're on a plane?
h)	What advice would you have for anyone afraid of flying?
i)	Which do you least like – takeoff, landing, or the cruising at altitude?
j)	Have you ever had a bad experience on a plane?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	How lucky were the 305 people who survived?
c)	Do you think it would be difficult for the survivors to fly again?
d)	How difficult is the job of a flight attendant?
e)	How do you think they can be trained to not panic in an emergency?
f)	What do you think of the flight attendant mentioned in the article?
g)	How do you think you'd cope or act in such an emergency situation?
h)	What will airplane safety be like in 50 years from now?
i)	How do you think we could make flying safer?
j)	What questions would you like to ask an aviation expert?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE - LANGUAGE

Air crash investigators have said it could take years to (1) ____ the (2) ____ cause of why an Asiana Airlines flight crash-landed at San Francisco's airport on Saturday. Deborah Hersman, head of the USA's National Transportation Safety Board, said it was too early to say whether or not the accident was the result of pilot (3) ____. Many analysts have already concluded that it was very unlikely that mechanical error was involved, (4) ____ the excellent safety record of the Boeing 777 aircraft. Kevin Hiatt, CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation, told reporters that any (5) ____ about what caused the crash are months, if not years, away. What is known is that the plane was flying too slowly (6) ____ it approached the runway.

As firefighters extinguished the last of the flames from the burning (7) ____, survivors described the horror of escaping from the aircraft. They said it was a miracle that 305 of the 307 people on (8) ____ made it out alive. Two Chinese students died in the accident. Passengers were quick to praise the professionalism, quick thinking and (9) ____ of the flight attendants, one of whom (10) ____ an injured passenger to safety. Frequent Asiana flyer Eugene Rah recounted the heroism of flight attendant Jiyeon Kim, saying: "She was a hero. This tiny, little girl was carrying people (11) ____, running everywhere, with tears (12) ____ down her face. She was crying, but she was still so calm and helping people."

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	determiner	(b)	determination	(c)	determine	(d)	deter
2.	(a)	exact	(b)	exactness	(c)	exactly	(d)	exacted
3.	(a)	mistake	(b)	error	(c)	fault	(d)	blame
4.	(a)	indicting	(b)	biting	(c)	alighting	(d)	citing
5.	(a)	concludes	(b)	conclusive	(c)	conclusions	(d)	conclaves
6.	(a)	was	(b)	as	(c)	is	(d)	has
7.	(a)	wreckage	(b)	detritus	(c)	carnage	(d)	kindling
8.	(a)	departure	(b)	aisle	(c)	immigration	(d)	board
9.	(a)	selfless	(b)	selfish	(c)	selflessness	(d)	selfishness
10.	(a)	healed	(b)	holed	(c)	hailed	(d)	hauled
11.	(a)	softback	(b)	piggyback	(c)	outback	(d)	quarterback
12.	(a)	running	(b)	ruining	(c)	raining	(d)	raising

SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	Air crash roiesatntgvis
2.	mndrieeet the exact cause
3.	unlikely that mechanical error was odviveln
4.	icngti the excellent safety record
5.	CEO of the Flight Safety nnuFtaoiod
6.	as it haacoprepd the runway
Paragraph 2
7.	firefighters xesidituengh the last of the flames
8.	the burning krwageec
9.	it was a clmeari
10.	elsfssnessel of the flight attendants
11.	luaehd an injured passenger to safety
12.	carrying people kpycbgagi

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	described the horror of escaping from the aircraft. They said it was a miracle that 305 of the 307 people on
( )	an injured passenger to safety. Frequent Asiana flyer Eugene Rah recounted the
( )	heroism of flight attendant Jiyeon Kim, saying: "She was a hero. This tiny, little girl was carrying people
( 1 )	Air crash investigators have said it could take years to determine the exact cause
( )	Foundation, told reporters that any conclusions about what caused the crash are months, if not
( )	years, away. What is known is that the plane was flying too slowly as it approached the runway.
( )	As firefighters extinguished the last of the flames from the burning wreckage, survivors
( )	of why an Asiana Airlines flight crash-landed at San Francisco's airport on Saturday. Deborah Hersman, head of the
( )	praise the professionalism, quick thinking and selflessness of the flight attendants, one of whom hauled
( )	board made it out alive. Two Chinese students died in the accident. Passengers were quick to
( )	USA's National Transportation Safety Board, said it was too early to say whether or not the accident
( )	was the result of pilot error. Many analysts have already concluded that it was very unlikely that mechanical
( )	error was involved, citing the excellent safety record of the Boeing 777 aircraft. Kevin Hiatt, CEO of the Flight Safety
( )	piggyback, running everywhere, with tears running down her face. She was crying, but she was still so calm and helping people."

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

1.	take determine cause could to exact It years the.
2.	or Whether error pilot of result the was accident the not.
3.	very mechanical involved was that was It unlikely error.
4.	the record excellent Boeing of Citing 777 safety the.
5.	as was slowly approached plane too it The flying.
6.	of firefighters the extinguished flames the last As.
7.	alive out it made board on people 307 the of 305.
8.	praise to quick were Passengers professionalism the.
9.	tiny girl people This little carrying , was piggyback.
10.	she was people calm was crying and still She helping so ,.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

Air crash investigators have said it could take years to determine / deter the exact / exactly cause of why an Asiana Airlines flight crash-landed at San Francisco's airport on Saturday. Deborah Hersman, head of the USA's National Transportation Safety Board, said it was too early to talk / say whether or if / not the accident was the result of pilot fault / error. Many analysts have already concluded that it was very unlikelihood / unlikely that mechanical error was involved, citing / inciting the excellent / excellence safety record of the Boeing 777 aircraft. Kevin Hiatt, CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation, told reporters that any conclusions about what caused the crash are months, if now / not years, away. What is known is that the plane was flying too slowly as it approached the taxiway / runway.

As firefighters extinguished / distinguished the last of the flames from the burning wreckage / wrecking, survivors described the horror of escaping from the aircraft. They said it was a miraculous / miracle that 305 of the 307 people on board made it out live / alive. Two Chinese students died in the accident. Passengers were quick to praiseworthy / praise the professionalism, quick thinking and selflessness / selfishness of the flight attendants, one of whom hailed / hauled an injured passenger to safety. Frequent Asiana flyer Eugene Rah recounted / counted the heroism of flight attendant Jiyeon Kim, saying: "She was a hero. This tiny, little girl was carrying people quarterback / piggyback, running everywhere, with tears running / raining down her face. She was crying, but she was still so calm and helping people."

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

air crash investigators have said it could take years to determine the exact cause of why an asiana airlines flight crash-landed at san francisco's airport on saturday deborah hersman head of the usa's national transportation safety board said it was too early to say whether or not the accident was the result of pilot error many analysts have already concluded that it was very unlikely that mechanical error was involved citing the excellent safety record of the boeing 777 aircraft kevin hiatt ceo of the flight safety foundation told reporters that any conclusions about what caused the crash are months if not years away what is known is that the plane was flying too slowly as it approached the runway

as firefighters extinguished the last of the flames from the burning wreckage survivors described the horror of escaping from the aircraft they said it was a miracle that 305 of the 307 people on board made it out alive two chinese students died in the accident passengers were quick to praise the professionalism quick thinking and selflessness of the flight attendants one of whom hauled an injured passenger to safety frequent asiana flyer eugene rah recounted the heroism of flight attendant jiyeon kim saying "she was a hero this tiny little girl was carrying people piggyback running everywhere with tears running down her face she was crying but she was still so calm and helping people"

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Aircrashinvestigatorshavesaiditcouldtakeyearstodeterminetheexactcauseof
whyanAsianaAirlinesflightcrash-landedatSanFrancisco'sairporton
Saturday.DeborahHersman,headoftheUSA'sNationalTransportationSafety
Board,saiditwastooearlytosaywhetherornottheaccidentwastheresultofpilot
error.Manyanalystshavealreadyconcludedthatitwasveryunlikelythatmechanical
errorwasinvolved,citingtheexcellentsafetyrecordoftheBoeing777aircraft.Kevin
Hiatt,CEOoftheFlightSafetyFoundation,toldreportersthatanyconclusionsabout
whatcausedthecrasharemonths,ifnotyears,away.Whatisknownisthattheplane
wasflyingtooslowlyasitapproachedtherunway.Asfirefightersextinguishedthelast
oftheflamesfromtheburningwreckage,survivorsdescribedthehorrorofescaping
fromtheaircraft.Theysaiditwasamiraclethat305ofthe307peopleonboardmade
itoutalive.TwoChinesestudentsdiedintheaccident.Passengerswerequicktopraise
theprofessionalism,quickthinkingandselflessnessoftheflightattendants,one of
whomhauledaninjuredpassengertosafety.FrequentAsianaflyerEugeneRah
recountedtheheroismofflightattendantJiyeonKim,saying:"Shewasa
hero.Thistiny,littlegirlwascarryingpeoplepiggyback,runningeverywhere,
withtearsrunningdownherface.Shewascrying,butshewasstillsocalmand
helpingpeople."

FREE WRITING

Write about airplanes for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

Statistics often say flying is the safest form of travel. Compare and contrast flying with other forms of travel.

_____________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. AIRPLANE SAFETY: Make a poster about airplane safety. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. CABIN CREW: Write a magazine article about the cabin crew in this story. Include imaginary interviews with them and a passenger.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to an airline safety expert. Ask him/her three questions about airplane safety. Give him/her three of your worries about flying. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	investigators	a.	detectives
2.	exact	b.	precise
3.	error	c.	miscalculation
4.	citing	d.	referring to
5.	approached	e.	moved toward
6.	extinguished	f.	put out
7.	miracle	g.	wonder
8.	praise	h.	commend
9.	heroism	i.	bravery
10.	calm	j.	composed

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	Air crash investigators
2.	Deborah Hersman (head of the National Transportation Safety Board)
3.	Mechanical error
4.	CEO
5.	The plane was flying too slow
6.	307
7.	305
8.	The flight attendants
9.	By piggyback
10.	Tears

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

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