失踪潜艇搜寻工作惨淡收场

The US Coast Guard reports five people aboard a missing submersible died in a catastrophic implosion Thursday, bringing a grim end to the international search for the vessel that was lost during a deep sea voyage to the wreck of the Titanic.

美国海岸警卫队报告说，失踪的一艘潜水器在星期四一次灾难性的内爆中丧生，对这艘在深海观光旅途中失踪潜艇的国际搜寻工作随之黯然结束。

Reuters correspondent Jillian Kitchener reports.

路透社记者吉莉安·基奇纳报道。

Massive international search for five people aboard a missing submersible in the North Atlantic came to a grim end on Thursday after an unmanned deep sea robot discovered debris confirmed to be from the lost vessel near the century-old wreck of the Titanic.

周四，一个无人驾驶深海机器人在有百年历史的“泰坦尼克号”沉船附近发现了经证实属于失踪潜艇的残骸，对北大西洋失踪潜水器上5人的大规模国际搜索惨淡收场。

Here's US Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger.

美国海岸警卫队海军少将约翰·莫格报道。

"In consultation with experts from within the unified command, the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber."

“在与统一指挥部的专家商讨后，这些碎片的确与极其不幸失踪的压力舱一致。”

Those who perished include British billionaire and explorer Hamish Harding, Pakistani-born business magnate Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, French oceanographer Paul-Henry Nargeolet and Stockton Rush, the American founder and chief executive of OceanGate Expeditions, the company behind the sub.

遇难者包括英国亿万富翁和探险家哈米什·哈丁，巴基斯坦出生的商业巨头沙哈扎达·达伍德和他19岁的儿子苏莱曼，法国海洋学家保罗-亨利·纳格奥尔特，以及潜艇所属公司，海洋之门探险公司的美国创始人兼首席执行官斯托克顿·拉什。

Marine Technology Society manned submersibles expert Will Kohnen told the Reuters news service the location of the debris field and sudden loss of communication with the Titans submersible suggest it imploded early in the dive.

海洋技术协会载人潜水器专家威尔·科宁告诉路透社，残骸区域的位置以及与观光泰坦号潜水器突然失去联系这两点表明，它在潜水初期就发生了内爆。

He also said the implosion of the Titan would have happened instantly.

他还说该潜艇的内爆可能是瞬间发生的。

"The implosion, it's a negative explosion but it's the same pattern.

“内爆，是爆炸的负面情况，但它是相同的模式。

It exploded inwards in a matter of a thousandth of a second.

它会在千分之一秒内向内爆炸。

It's probably a mercy because that was probably a kinder end than the unbelievably difficult situation of being four days in a cold dark confined space.

这可能是一种仁慈，因为这可能算是一个更温和的结局，而不是在一个寒冷黑暗的密闭空间里艰难度过四天，这种情况更为困难。

So this would have happened very quickly, I don't think anybody even had the time to realize what happened."

所以如果这一切发生得很快，我认为没人会反应过来发生了什么。”

I'm Jeff Caster, This is VOA News.

我是杰夫·卡斯特，这里是美国之音新闻。