A Plane Crash in Kyrgyzstan – level 1

19-01-2017 07:00

There is a plane crash near the main airport in Kyrgyzstan. About 40 people die.

The Turkish Boeing 747 crashes in a residential area near the airport. Many people in the residential area die. People on the plane die.

The plane crash destroys 15 buildings. Many people are in hospital now. Some of these people are children.

The plane flies to Turkey. It wants to stop at the airport in Kyrgyzstan. State TV says that it is probably a pilot’s error.

Difficult words: residential area (a place where people live), error (a mistake).

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