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VOA常速英语:189 People Feared Dead After a Plane Crash in Indonesia

2018-11-01来源:和谐英语

A lion Air passenger plane crashed into the sea near Indonesia on Monday with 189 people on board.Debris thought to be from the plane was found close to a refinery in the Java Sea.Officials say Lion Air Flight JT 610 is believed to have sunk after it went down, not long after leaving the capital, Jakarta.They also say the plane requested to return to base before it lost contact, 13 minutes after takeoff.
周一,一架载有189人的狮子航空客机在印度尼西亚附近海域坠毁。在爪哇海的炼油厂附近发现了飞机残骸。有关官员说,据信狮子航空公司的JT 610航班在离开首都雅加达后不久就沉没了。他们还说,飞机在起飞13分钟后与地面失去联系之前要求返回基地。

Officials say rescuers have retrieved the body parts from the crash site but they have not yet located the body of the plane.Family members arrived at Jakarta’s Airport Monday looking for answers racked with fear and grief but officials say they can’t confirm the cause until they find the plane’s black box.The cockpit recorder that captures a voice and flight data.
有关官员说,救援人员已经从坠机地点找到了遇难者的遗体,但是他们还没有找到飞机的遗体。家属们星期一抵达雅加达机场来讨个说法,他们因恐惧和悲伤而痛苦不堪。但是有关官员说,在找到飞机的黑匣子之前,他们无法确认原因。驾驶舱记录器,捕捉到了声音和飞行数据。

We will use a ping finder because the Box emits a ping noise at the frequency of 390 kilohertz.There’s also a sonar scanner, after that we’ll send in divers to find its position.According to tracking service, Flightradar 24, the plane was a Boeing 737, Max 8.Lion Air CEO says the plane had a technical issue in a previous flight but it had been resolved.
我们将使用乒网(声脉冲)探测器,因为盒子发出的乒信号频率是390千赫兹。还有一个声纳扫描仪。然后我们派潜水员去寻找它的位置。根据追踪服务机构Flightradar 24的数据,这架飞机是一架波音737 MAX 8。狮航首席执行官表示,这架飞机在之前的一次飞行中存在技术问题,但已经得到解决。

He also declined to say what that might have been, Lion Air says the plane had only been operated by the company since August.It also says the pilot had 11 thousand hours of flight time between them.Lion Air has 10 other planes of the same model but says the others haven’t had the same technical issues and there were no plans to ground the rest of its fleet.
他还拒绝透露这问题可能是什么。雄狮航空公司表示,这架飞机自去年8月以来才由该公司接手运营。它还说,飞行员已累计有11000小时的飞行时间。雄狮航空公司有10架同样型号的飞机,但表示其他飞机没有同样的技术问题,也没有计划停飞其他飞机。