福岡空港、操縦室に小さい動物　飛行機が欠航

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is October twentieth. A small animal sneaked into the cockpit of a plane in Fukuoka, and the flight was cancelled. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down.

On the nineteenth, at Fukuoka Airport, a small animal had gotten into the cockpit of a plane.

It means airport.

It means airplane.

It means animal.

The plane was going to fly from Fukuoka to Kagoshima, and about forty people were going to board it.

It means a plan or schedule. Here it shows something was scheduled to happen.

It means to ride, or to get on.

While they were getting ready to leave, a pilot found the small animal.

It means departure.

It means preparation, or getting ready.

It means to find something.

But the animal quickly ran away, and nobody knew where it was.

It means to run away, or to escape.

If the animal bites the electric wires inside the plane, it is dangerous.

It means electricity.

It means a line, or here, a wire.

It means to bite.

It means dangerous.

So the company cancelled the flight.

It means a cancelled flight, used for planes and ships.

Even at four in the afternoon, the animal still had not been found.

It means to be found. It is the partner of the verb to find.

Nobody knows yet what kind of animal it was.

It means still, or not yet.

The company said it is rare for a flight to be cancelled because of a small animal.

It means rare, or unusual.

Now listen to the full story again.

Quiz time. Listen and answer.

From Fukuoka to Kagoshima.

A pilot.

No, it was still not found.

Because the animal could bite the electric wires, and that is dangerous.

That's all for this morning. Thanks for listening. See you next time.