Lesson #50
PeopleChinese pilot hailed as a hero after windshield blows out mid-air
Captain Liu Chuanjian landed a Sichuan Airlines flight safely after its windshield blew out mid-air, 32,000 feet above ground. The co-pilot was sucked halfway out of the plane and the temperature and air pressure in the cockpit plummeted. Captain Liu is being praised on social media for his efforts to save the plane. In the second half of the program, learn how to use "hailed as a hero" in English.