Vocabulary Skill - Travel

Complete each sentence below with a phrase from the box. You might have to change the form of the word.

1 If you take a(n) to New York from Japan,you won't have to change planes in San Francisco. 2 The company has a(n) for its managers to use. 3 The flight from Paris to Beijing leaves from a(n) airport. 4 Sarah bought a(n) for her trip to Berlin and back. 5 I'm sorry. You bought a(n) , so I can't give your money back. 6 You don't need your passport if you take a(n) 7 The 737 is the world's most popular . People all around the world have been using it since 1965. 8 To fly from one city to another in the same country, you need to go to a(n) .

Into the Night Sky

On November 24, 1971, a very curious thing happened. A man using the name Dan Cooper bought a plane ticket for a short flight across the state of Washington. Nobody knew it at the time, but Dan Cooper was not his real name.

After the plane took off, Cooper told a flight attendant that he was carrying a bomb.¹ He demanded $200,000 and parachutes.² The pilot³ sent a message to the airport, and they called the police. When the plane landed, cooper allowed au of the passengers to get off safely. once the money and parachutes were delivered, the plane took off again.

Only the pilot, copilot, and one flight attendant were on the plane with Cooper. He told the pilot to fly to Mexico City. He gave instructions to fly low to the ground and slowly.

cooper then put the whole crew in the cockpit⁴ at the front of the plane. He tied the money to his body. He opened a door at the back of the plane. The night was cold, rainy, and pitch black.⁵ It must not have worried him, as he jumped into the darkness.

No one ever saw Cooper or the money again. The police have talked to hundreds of people about the case, but it still is unsolved.