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Crossair
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This story really happened.
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Right
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Wrong
When did it happen ?
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November, 24th 2001
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December, 24th 2001
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November, 24th 2006
What was the flight number?
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Crossair 3595
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Crossair 3597
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Crossair 3957
What was its altitude?
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7 000 feet
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17.000 feet
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27.000 feet
What country was it flying above?
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Spain
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Switzerland
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Germany
The pilots were starting to
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take off
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land
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divert
The plane was traveling from ___ to ____.
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Zürich - Berlin
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Berlin - Zürich
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Bonn - Zürich
The distance of the flight was
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660 kilometres.
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600 kilometres.
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660 miles.
The flight lasted
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half an hour
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2 hours
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one and a half hour
21 passengers are mentionned.
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It's the number of passengers in the plane.
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It's the number of passengers who didn't show up.
The first passenger we meet is
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Paul Hogenkamp
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Peter Hogenkamp
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George Hogenkamp
Who else was in the plane?
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The Spice Girls
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The band Passion Fruit
What kind of aircraft was it?
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An Avro 1.46
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An Avro 146
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An Avro 46
It is a ___ plane.
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German
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European
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British
The captain has been with Crossair for
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22 years.
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23 years.
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more than 22 years.
Which functions has he had within the airline?
pilot
instructor
chief-instructor
Head of the simulator
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The first officer
has had his licence for one year and a half.
was being tested during the flight.
is a newcomer at Crossair.
worked for Swissair before being hired by Crossair.
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Peter Hogenkamp and his secretary decide to change seats
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because theirs are not comfortable
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because of the noise of the other passengers
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because they'd rather sit at the back of the plane for landing.
The pilots want to use runway ___ with an ILS approach.
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14
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12
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28
During an ILS approach,
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the plane is guided by radio signals beamed from the airport.
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the plane uses its radar to locate the airport.
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the pilots land without any instruments.
Decision height is
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1600 meters.
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1602 meters.
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1602 feet.
What was the weather at Zürich airport ?
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Rain and low visibility.
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Fog and gusts of wind
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Snow and low visibility.
What information did air traffic control send to the pilots ?
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They warn the pilots about the poor visibility.
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The planes have to divert to Germany.
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Runway 14 cannot be used.
Why can't runway 14 be used?
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It's on maintanance.
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It's dangerous.
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Because of noise issues.
The pilots will have to use runway
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28
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25
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18
The captain knew that runway 14 could not be used.
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Right
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Wrong
What does it change for the pilots ?
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This will
delay
landing.
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Runway 28 is not equipped for an ILS approach.
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They don't know how to land on runway 28.
What's the name of runway 28 approach?
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VOR-DME
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DME-VOR
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ILS-DME
What are the inconvenients of the VOR-DME approach?
It increases the pilots' workload.
It does not give any information on the
glide path
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It doesn't work in bad weather.
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The captain decided to land
in spite of
the poor visibility warning from the plane in front of him because
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he's running low on fuel.
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he knows the approach to Zurich airport very well.
At 2500 feet, they can see
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the runway.
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the ground.
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the tower.
At decision height (2400 feet), the pilots must decide
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if they continue their final.
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what kind of approach they are going to use.
The captain first decides to
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abort the final.
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to continue.
Finally, the pilots agree to
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call Air Traffic Control to request guidance.
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go around
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