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Fill the gaps by using the following verbs into the correct form:

blow over operate Injure suffer be - worse
lookconduct offload be

Pilot sent tumbling by Qantas jumbo’s engine thrust
A VIRGIN AUSTRALIA pilot _____was____ badly __injure____after he was blown from stairs at the rear of a passengerjet by the engine thrust from a Qantas 747 jumbo, which was taxiing close to his plane.
Safety experts ____________ into how the Qantas jumbo came close enough to the Boeing 737, which ___wasoperate_______by Virgin subsidiary Pacific Blue, to blow over the stairs on which the first officer was standing.
The pilot __________made the________ pre-flight checks on the 737 passenger jet, which wasparked at Brisbane Airport’s international terminal; shortly before it was due to take off to Bali on Friday.
The first officer ______________a fractured arm and leg when the aluminium stairs wereblown over by the force of the Qantas jumbo’s engine blast. The 747 ___________________ to a runway and was awaiting clearance from air traffic controllers to take off when the incident occurred.
TheQantas jumbo – QF8 – had stopped over in Brisbane ___________ passengers while on its way to its final destination of Sydney.
A Virgin spokeswoman said the aluminium stairs to the 737 were blown overseveral times by the blast of the Qantas engines and the pilot’s injuries ______________.
“Our plane was in the right place at the right time,” she said. “The one dynamic which was different was thethrust level of the Qantas plane, which caused the stairs to ___________.”
But Qantas said its plane was “operating normally” under instructions from air traffic control and “at no stage” wasexcessive thrust used. The airline has reported the incident to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
Brisbane Airport said the Virgin aircraft was in its normal parking bay when the incident occurred...