Runway Incursions

Runway Incursions :

Runway Incursions Listen, read about and learn the language needed to discuss the topic of runway incursions.

Chicago O’hare Airport facts:

Chicago O’hare Airport facts The second largest hub for United Airlines. It is the third busiest airport in the world in terms of passengers passing through it. O'Hare has 182 aircraft gates throughout four Terminals There are 7 primary air carrier runways, arranged tangentially in 3 parallel sets. Originally , all runways at O'Hare intersected each other There have been several aircraft near-collisions at O'Hare in recent years. The ongoing redevelopment is intended to alleviate collision hazards and delays at O'Hare.

Aerial shot of Chicago O’hare International Airport :

Aerial shot of Chicago O’hare International Airport

Video comprehension Pay attention to the details and what is said by the controller and pilot. You will be asked questions following the video. :

Video comprehension Pay attention to the details and what is said by the controller and pilot. You will be asked questions following the video. Runway incursion Chicago O’hare airport July 23 rd 2006

Questions:

Questions Listen to the questions and write your answers down on paper. You will see the answers on the next slide. 1. 2 . 3 . 4 .

Answers to questions :

Answers to questions 1. United was cleared to take off on runway 27L. 2 . The pilot said, “Don’t worry we got him.” 3 . It overflew the Atlas Air aircraft. 4. Atlas Air was a Boeing 747.

National Transportation Safety Board Washington, DC 20594 Brief of Incident Adopted 12/14/2007 :

National Transportation Safety Board Washington, DC 20594 Brief of Incident Adopted 12/14/2007 a bort encroaching Accelerating clear it Prior dragging the tail Rotate delaying right steer Listen to the Captain’s statement of what happened. Listen out for the following words and phrases and see if you know what they mean.

National Transportation Safety Board Washington, DC 20594 Brief of Incident Adopted 12/14/2007 :

National Transportation Safety Board Washington, DC 20594 Brief of Incident Adopted 12/14/2007 Captain’s statement

Listen again and follow the text.:

Listen again and follow the text. "The take off was completely normal until approximately 110 knots, when I noticed the Atlas Air Boeing 747 approaching our runway on what appeared to be runway 14 Right or taxiway Tango. I commented that it didn't look like he was going to stop. I would estimate the 747 was traveling 15-20 knots. At that point, I did not feel that we would be able to abort and stop prior to those intersections (around 110-120 knots), so I decided to continue accelerating towards Atlas Air and if needed, attempt to rotate over him. The other option was an abort and a right steer behind the 747 to the north of runway 27 Left. Knowing there are substantial obstacles right of runway 27L, I felt that option would guarantee significant airframe damage and probably passenger injury. The 747 continued encroaching on our runway, and it became clear that I would have to rotate early to clear it. By the time I rotated, the 747 was fully on our runway. Rotation speed at our weight was 143 knots, and I estimate I began the rotation 10 knots prior to rotation speed. The First Officer called V1 shortly after I started rotating. I flew a smooth rotation until we were airborne for fear of dragging the tail and delaying further rotation."

Now, after listening to, and reading the statement you should have a clearer understanding of the vocabulary. :

Now, after listening to, and reading the statement you should have a clearer understanding of the vocabulary. Abort - cancel Please take your time and study the vocabulary and its meaning. Accelerating – gaining speed Prior - before Rotate - right steer – move the aircraft to the right

Slide 11:

clear it – able to safely fly over another plane dragging the tail

Slide 12:

Encroaching – moving closer than the limitations allow Delaying – putting off to a later time

Present Perfect tense of regular verbs.:

Present Perfect tense of regular verbs. Unspecified Time Before Now We CAN use the Present Perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc. We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important. You CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions such as: yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I was a child, when I worked for Qantas, at that moment, that day, one day, etc.

Present Perfect tense of regular verbs.:

Present Perfect tense of regular verbs. Unspecified Time Before Now subject Auxilliary verb Main verb + safety has improved + serious incidents have decreased - aviation phraseology hasn’t changed - salaries haven’t increased ? How many aircraft have landed ? Which pilots haven’t passed

Watch the FAA runway incursion safety video :

Watch the FAA runway incursion safety video What has happened to the total number of runway incursions? Listen out for present perfect being used by the presenters and answer the following questions. Has the number of SERIOUS runway incursions increased or decreased over the last 6-7 years?

Present perfect answers :

Present perfect answers Note: The reason we use ‘has’ and not ‘have’ is because the subject is ‘the number’ and this is singular. 1. The number of serious runway incursions over the last 6-7 years has decreased. 2. The total number of incursions has increased.

Now watch the video again and answer the audio questions that follow.:

Now watch the video again and answer the audio questions that follow.

Questions :

Questions Listen to the questions and write your answers down on paper. You will see the answers on the next slide. 1. 2 . 3 . 4 .

Answers :

Answers 1. He doesn’t want to wait for the accident to happen before doing something different. 2. Enhanced runway markings have helped to increase the level of runway safety. 3. Simple solutions are sometimes the best. 4. T he effect of the safety chain is to eliminate the accidents and reduce the risk.

Message from your instructor :

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