CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Paris was 150 kilometres behind him when he saw the storm clouds. They were huge.

Detailed explanation-2: -(a) The pilot saw storm clouds when he was about 150 kilometres away from Paris.

Detailed explanation-3: -While flying his Dakota aeroplane the narrator saw that the sky was full of dark clouds and he could not see anything. There was not enough fuel to go back to Paris and his compass and radio stopped working.

Detailed explanation-4: -Explanation: The pilot tells that the black clouds stood in front of the old Dakota like mountains. He could not go over it or from beside it.

Detailed explanation-5: -He called the Paris Control Room to enquire about the location of the plane and the route to be followed. He thought he would be in time for breakfast and a good big English breakfast would be ready for him. At this point, he thought that everything was going well and that it was an easy flight.