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1. Air India Plane Crash | English Listening, Vocabulary, Pronunciation

1. Air India Plane Crash | English Listening, Vocabulary, Pronunciation

Update: 2025-06-18
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Improve your English with real news stories with me, Karen.

This week, we cover the tragic crash of Air India Flight 171, which happened just after take-off and caused many deaths.

I’ll introduce five useful words from the story, explain their meanings, and help you with pronunciation.


VOCABULARY

1. flicker (v)

2. glide (v)

3. slam into (phr v)

4. air traffic controller (n)

5. plunge to the ground (phr)


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NEWS ARTICLE on this story

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyzepxnd41o

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