get a sighting
A controller asks to be told the moment anyone gets a sighting of the aircraft.
It's an American 767. Let me know if you get a visual on him.United 93 · 2006 — 第 3 / 17 章 · 2'23" · B2
A Controller Reports a Possible Hijack, Explained：take over the cockpit
An air traffic controller hears a strange voice in the background of a transmission and reports what he makes of it: "I think we have a hijack situation here." His colleagues are cautious — it is only preliminary — while the command center quietly starts treating a routine day as something else.
あらすじ
A controller reports that he heard foreign voices in the background of a transmission, including talk of taking over the cockpit. He concludes it's a hijack and asks to have it checked. The command center is told, but calls it a preliminary report; for now, the day is still a normal shift, with coffee runs and airport delays.
注目の表現
verbiagetake over the cockpitpreliminary reportget a visual
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このシーンの表現
take over the cockpit
seize control of the flight deck
The controller repeats what he heard about seizing the cockpit and staying calm.
The intruders tried to take over the cockpit.
このシーンの他の表現
- verbiage
wording, often wordy
- preliminary report
an early, unconfirmed report
- get a visual
get a sighting
- check it out
look into it
- out of delays
free of delays
このシーンのメモ一覧
48 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ
Link visual on and blend on with him.
It's an American 767. Let me know if you get a visual on him.seize control of the flight deck
The controller repeats what he heard about seizing the cockpit and staying calm.
They said something about taking over the cockpit, "Stay calm, we're going back to the airport."Link taking and over so they sound joined.
They said something about taking over the cockpit, "Stay calm, we're going back to the airport."a hijacking
I have no idea who it was. I think we have a hijack situation here.make someone do: Make someone do something; what makes you think asks what caused the belief.
What makes you think that's a hijacker?Run the guy and in together as one sound.
I heard the guy in my ear, okay?look into it
A veteran controller tells his colleague to go and verify the report himself.
You need to check it out.a trip to get coffee
Hey, Ben, we're doing a coffee run. You want some coffee?free of delays
Word comes back that La Guardia is finally clear of delays.
Tell them they got them reduced. So La Guardia, in fact, is now out of delays.keep watching it
Rich, you need to monitor this.wait a moment
Hey, Ben! Ben, hang on.hold on — Casual and spoken; say one moment in formal settings.
Hey, Ben! Ben, hang on.an early, unconfirmed report
A call from Boston Center is flagged as a preliminary report, not yet confirmed.
Listen, we're just getting a preliminary report from Boston Center.a suspicious broadcast
They heard some kind of suspicious transmission, so they're checking on it... All right.confirmed facts
When you get some hard information, let me know and I'll brief the staff.time clause: The when-clause sets the moment, and the main clause gives the instruction.
When you get some hard information, let me know and I'll brief the staff.the previous occasion
Yeah, I know. When was the last time we had a hijack?going to — Casual speech; use going to in formal writing.
Yeah, they're on it and they're gonna keep me informed.「A Controller Reports a Possible Hijack」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene's subject is how slowly the unthinkable arrives, and how carefully people refuse to name it. A controller is certain: 'I think we have a hijack situation here,' and when challenged — 'What makes you think that's a hijacker?' — he can only say, 'Just trust me. I heard the guy in my ear.' Around him, the machinery of air traffic runs on routine: coffee runs, delays out of New York, La Guardia back to normal. The word 'hijack' passes through the command center and is softened immediately into 'a preliminary report' and 'suspicious transmission.' Even the reaction is small: someone half-remembers that these used to happen, 'Haven't seen that in years.' The chapter is about the gap between what one person plainly hears and what an institution is ready to believe.
Theme
DutyControllers and officials carry out a routine shift while one of them tries to get a hijacking taken seriously.
TrustOne controller's certainty — 'Just trust me' — is set against an institution that will only call it a preliminary report.
このチャプターで学べること
- Doubt is itself a kind of safety check here.
- A preliminary report leaves room for the facts to change.
- Heard-it-myself is the only proof the controller has.
- The word hijack sounds dated, which is the point.
発音のポイント
- visual on — Link visual on and blend on with him.
- taking over — Link taking and over so they sound joined.
- the guy in — Run the guy and in together as one sound.
I have no idea who it was. I think we have a hijack situation here.The first report: the controller can't identify the voice but is sure enough of what he heard to call it a hijacking.
What makes you think that's a hijacker?The skeptical challenge to the report: a colleague wants a reason before accepting such an extraordinary claim.
I heard the guy in my ear, okay?His answer to the doubt: he has no proof to offer beyond having heard the voice himself in his headset.
Anybody remember... Haven't seen that in years.A line that shows how rare this is: hijackings are something the room knows about only from memory, not recent experience.
Yeah, I know. When was the last time we had a hijack?The conversation turning to history: they can't recall the last hijacking, which is exactly the point — it doesn't feel like something that happens now.
このシーンについての質問
What did the controller hear?
He heard foreign voices in the background of a transmission, including someone talking about taking over the cockpit and saying they were going back to the airport. He calls it a hijack situation.
Why are the officials skeptical?
Because the report is thin — one controller heard voices he can't identify, and there's no confirmation yet. So they treat it as a preliminary report rather than a confirmed hijacking.
What does 'preliminary report' mean?
It means the information is early and unverified. The command center uses the phrase to avoid treating the transmission as a confirmed hijacking before there's hard information.
Why does the scene mention coffee and airport delays?
To show how ordinary the moment is. Around the hijack report, the command center is handling coffee runs and congestion at La Guardia and Newark — normal work on a day that is about to change.
What do the officials remember about hijackings?
Almost nothing recent. Someone says, 'Haven't seen that in years,' and the others can't recall the last one — which is why the news feels unreal to them.
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