Word List. 1. Where has corrosion been identified?

actuator	[7XktSE6eitE]	силовой привод, цилиндр привода
accumulate	[E7kju:mjuleit]	накапливать, складывать
airworthiness	[7BE6wE:9inis]	пригодность ВС к полету
assembly	[E7sembli]	собрание частей (механизма); установка; блок установка
case	[keis]	доводы, доказательства; факты; судебное дело
cavity	[7kXviti]	впадина; полость
collapse	[kE7lXps]	разрушение; поломка
concerned	[kEn7sE:nd]	озабоченный; обеспокоенный
corrosion	[kE7rou3en]	коррозия; ржавчина
deploy	[di7ploi]	приводить в действие, разворачиваться
destine	[7destin]	предназначать
disclose	[dis7klouz]	обнаруживать, раскрывать
gear deployment	[7giE6di7plOimEnt]	выпуск шасси
ground	[graund]	отстранять от полетов, запрещать полеты
fleet	[fli:t]	парк ВС, флот
in question		обсуждаемый; рассматриваемый вопрос
in the wake of		по следам, по пятам
landing gear	[7lXndinN6giE]	шасси
part	[pa:t]	сторона
pending,	[7pendiN]	незаконченный; неминуемый
piston	[7pistEn]	поршень
piston rod	[7pistEn7rOd]	шток поршня
preliminary	[pri7liminEri]	предварительный
prosecutor	[7prOsikju:tE]	обвинитель; прокурор
rearwards	[7riE6wEdz]	назад
reject	[ri:7d3ekt]	отвергать
retract	[ri7trXkt]	убирать шасси
sister operator	[6sistE7OpEreitE]	филиал
starboard	[7sta:bO:d]	правый борт (ВС)
starboard main-gear piston		приводной поршень правой основной стойки
thread	[Qred]	резьба, нарезка
withdraw	[wi97drO:]	отзывать; брать назад
within the space of time		в течение определенного промежутка времени

Exercise 7.2. Answer the questions.

1. Where has corrosion been identified?

2. When did a gear collapse?

3. What aircraft was involved into an accident?

4. What was another aircraft involved into the similar accident?

5. What was the reason for SAS Group’s fleet withdrawing and grounding?

6. What have inspection of SAS Group’s grounded Bombardier Q400 turboprop fleet revealed?

7. How many aircraft were grounded?

8. What did Transport Canada issue in the wake of the gear collapses?

9. What have Lithuanian investigators found?

10. Why are they to travel to Copenhagen?

Exercise 7.3 Match English and Russian (Ukrainian) equivalents.

A	B
1. Landing gear	a.шток поршня
2. Internal thread	b. агенство по расследованию авиационных происшествий
3. Piston rod	c. поломка стойки шасси
4. Starboard main-gear actuator piston	d. филиал
5. Pending inspection	e. шасси
6. Gear deployment	f. по следам
7. In the wake of	g. директива о пригодности к полету
8. Accident investigation agency	h. внутренняя резьба
9. Gear collapse	i. незаконченная проверка
10. Airworthiness directive	j. приводной поршень правой основной стойки
11. Sister operator	k. выпуск шасси

Exercise 7.4 Give Ukrainian equivalents for the following word combinations.

Main landing-gear collapse; emergency landing; detached from the piston; piston’s rod end; cause to deploy too quickly; a cavity behind the engines; instances of corrosion; to ground turboprop fleet; conduct immediate inspections; extremely concerned; a short space of time; a source in the agency; the parts in question; preliminary investigation; reject the claim; public prosecutor’s suspicions.

Exercise 7.5 Match the synonyms.

A	B
1. Disclose	a. conduct
2. Collapse	b. affect
3. Undercarriage	c. reveal
4. Examine	d. instance
5. Control	e. lead to
6. Occur	f. damage
7. Perform	g. check
8. Example	h. inspect
9. Cause gear	i. landing
10. Influence	j. happen

Exercise 7.6. Find in the text noun+ noun word combinations and translate them into Ukrainian.

Exercise 7.7 Are these sentences true or false? Correct the false ones.

1. Irish engineers have identified corrosion on the main landing-gear

assembly on the British Airlines Bombardier Dash 8 Q345.

2. Airlines Bombardier Dash Q845 suffered a gear collapse during its

Take-off at Dublin on 9 October.

3. According to the Irish incident investigation agency, “the separation

contributed to the actuator piston collapse”.

4. The agency says that the damage to one of the engines can cause

the landing-gear to deploy too quickly.

5. SAS and Norwegian sister operator Wide roe have withdrawn their

Q400 fleets pending inspection.

6. SAS Group has revealed the number of aircraft affected.

7. The airworthiness directive by Transport Denmark calls for the 8 Q400

operators worldwide to conduct immediate landing-gear inspections.

8. Bombardier says that the circumstances where two incidents have

occurred within such a short space of time are common.

9. The inspection of the Vilnius Q400 has shown the evidence of the same

landing-gear actuator failure that affected the Q400 in Scotland.

10. Laboratory examination for the parts in question is going to be performed in Vilnius.

11. There were no victims in either event.

Exercise 7.8 Transfer the sentences from Active into Passive.

e.g. Transport Canada issued an airworthiness directive- (active)

An airworthiness directive was issued by Transport Canada - (passive)

1. Danish investigators have identified corrosion in the main landing-gear

assembly.

2. The starboard main-gear actuator piston controls gear deployment.

3. Other operators have examined older aircraft.

4. SAS Group has not disclosed how many aircraft are affected.

5. It grounded all 27 aircraft in the Scandinavian Airlines and Wideroe fleets.

6. The carriers have found corrosion in other aircraft.

7. We are doing all the controls and checks required.

8. Lithuanian investigators have found evidence of the same landing-gear actuator failure.

9. Stockholm’s prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into SAS Group following the two accidents.

10. We reject the claim that there are grounds for the public prosecutor’s suspicions.

Exercise 7.9 Find the words which are used as verbs and nouns. Make up sentences with them.

Exercise7.10 Put questions to the underlined words and word combinations in the text.

Exercise7.11 Complete the sentences.

1. Danish investigators have identified ______.

2. Corrosion on the internal threads led to ______.

3. The main landing-gear on the Q400 retracts ______.

4. The damage to the actuator piston can cause ______.

5. Canadian regulators have issued ______.

6. Inspections of SAS Group’s grounded ______.

7. The Scandinavian Airlines are doing ______

8. Bombardier is “extremely concerned” by the gear collapses because ______.

9. Stockholm’s prosecutor has opened ______.

10. SAS Group will cooperate with ______.

Exercise 11. Make up a short summary of the text.

Exercise 12. Retell the text.

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