⬛ TEXTO 2 (clique para abrir / fechar)
⬛ TEXTO 2
Read the text and answer questions 27, 28, 29 and 30.
Tenerife Airport disaster
The Tenerife Airport disaster occurred on March 27, 1977, when two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport, on the Spanish Island of Tenerife. The collision occurred when KLM flight 4805 initiated its takeoff run while Pan Am Flight 1736 was still on the runway.
The impact and resulting fire killed everyone on board KLM 4805 and most of the occupants of Pan Am 1736, with only 61 survivors in the front section of the aircraft. Resulting in 583 fatalities, the disaster is the deadliest accident in aviation history.
A terrorist incident at Gran Canaria Airport had caused many flights to be diverted to Los Rodeos, including the two aircraft involved in the accident. The airport quickly became congested with parked airplanes blocking the only taxiway and forcing departing aircraft to taxi on the runway instead.
Patches of thick fog were drifting across the airfield; hence visibility was greatly reduced for pilots and the control tower.
The subsequent investigation by Spanish Authorities concluded that the primary cause of the accident was the KLM captain’s decision to take off in the mistaken belief that a takeoff clearance from air traffic control had been issued.
🔗 Adapted from: Wikipedia
🟨 QUESTÃO 29
“... A terrorist incident at Gran Canaria Airport had caused many flights to be diverted to Los Rodeos ...”
According to this sentence from the text, we can affirm that many aircraft ___________________.
🄰 followed to their prior destiny.
🄱 landed on Gran Canaria runway.
🄲 couldn’t land on Los Rodeos Airport.
🄳 changed their directions to Los Rodeos airport.
🔐 Gabarito trancado (clique para revelar)
🧭 1️⃣ Leitura orientada
O verbo “to divert” indica mudança de rota. A frase mostra que, devido a um incidente terrorista em Gran Canaria, diversos voos que seguiriam outro destino foram redirecionados para Los Rodeos.
📝 2️⃣ Análise técnica das alternativas
(A) ❌ followed to their prior destiny
“Diverted” indica exatamente o oposto: mudança de destino.
🚩 Pegadinha: tradução intuitiva, mas semanticamente contrária ao verbo-chave.
(B) ❌ landed on Gran Canaria runway
O incidente ocorreu em Gran Canaria, impedindo pousos lá.
🚩 Pegadinha: confundir local do problema com local de pouso.
(C) ❌ couldn’t land on Los Rodeos Airport
Pelo contrário: os aviões foram enviados justamente para Los Rodeos.
🚩 Pegadinha: inversão lógica da consequência do desvio.
(D) ✅ changed their directions to Los Rodeos airport
Parafraseia corretamente o sentido de “were diverted to Los Rodeos”.
🚩 Pegadinha: exige domínio semântico do verbo “divert”, e não leitura literal.
🧠 Resumo Final
✔ “Diverted” = mudar rota / redirecionar
✔ Voos que iam para outros destinos foram enviados a Los Rodeos
✔ Questão de vocabulário contextualizado
🎯 Gabarito confirmado: (D)