419 | Short Story: Twelve Minutes to Landing (Intermediate English Story)

Title: Twelve Minutes to Landing

Level: Intermediate (B1-B2)

Description

Flight attendant Sofia Navarro has seen storms, crying babies, and one passenger who tried to open the emergency door by mistake. But nothing prepares her for the evening both pilots of Flight 214 become suddenly, seriously ill, forty minutes after takeoff, with a hundred and sixty-eight passengers still sitting calmly behind her.

With the autopilot flying and thick fog covering the airport, Sofia has only a radio, two calm voices on the ground, and twelve minutes to learn how to land an airplane. Every minute brings a new problem, and the last one is the worst.

Twelve Minutes to Landing is a fast, suspenseful, and surprisingly warm story written in clear, natural English for intermediate learners. It follows one ordinary person through one extraordinary night, and ends with a complete, satisfying resolution that shows what happens to everyone aboard.

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