Varela got a standby ticket and boarded just before take-off.

维蕾拉拿到一张待机票并赶在飞机起飞前登了机。

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"I am a bit nervous about the first night," Fossett said before take-off.

在气球起飞之前，福塞说："想到今天晚上，我还是有一点紧张的。

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We strongly recommend that you now take a moment to read this safety card before take-off.

我们强烈建议您花几分钟时间在起飞前阅读安全卡片。

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He was seen wiping the helicopter's windows with a cloth shortly before take-off and complained by radio that he was having problems with visibility.

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It said before take-off, the pilots had also listened to an automatic terminal information service broadcast about the runway, "but it was reportedly in heavily-accented English".

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Shortly before take-off last April, Ms Ankour, a 30-year-old nursing student, was asked by an Air France employee whether she had an Israeli passport or was Jewish.

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