Surveillance blimp goes down – level 2

15-10-2015 07:00

This news is from Kabul, Afghanistan. There is an incident which involves a NATO aircraft. During the incident, something cut a surveillance blimp from its mooring. Later, it fell to the ground. People are investigating the incident.

This is the second incident in the same area of Kabul. In the first incident, a British military helicopter crashed. Five people on the helicopter died, and five more people were injured.

Difficult words: surveillance (“security”; for watching people), blimp (a small airship), mooring (the ropes which connect something to the ground or something else).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

Are you watched by a blimp where you live?

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