VOA慢速英語：美國西南航飛機(jī)引擎故障緊急著陸 一名乘客遇難

One Dead After Airplane Loses Engine in Flight

美國西南航飛機(jī)引擎故障緊急著陸 一名乘客遇難

A Southwest Airlines airplane had to make an emergency landing Tuesday after an engine was damaged and a window broke. One passenger died.

周二，美國西南航空公司一架客機(jī)在引擎受損以及窗戶破裂后不得不緊急著陸。事故造成一名乘客死亡。

The plane was flying from New York City to Dallas, Texas. It made its emergency landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, just before 12 p.m. Passengers breathed through oxygen masks. They feared the plane would not make a safe landing.

這架飛機(jī)當(dāng)時(shí)是從紐約市飛往德克薩斯州達(dá)拉斯市。就在臨近午夜12點(diǎn)之前，這架飛機(jī)在賓夕法尼亞州費(fèi)城市緊急著陸。乘客們戴上了氧氣面罩，他們擔(dān)心飛機(jī)無法安全著陸。

Some of them were saying prayers, like Amanda Bourman of New York. She told the Associated Press, "I just remember holding my husband's hand and we just prayed and prayed and prayed."

有些人一直在祈禱，例如紐約市的阿曼達(dá)·布爾曼(Amanda Bourman)。她對美聯(lián)社表示：“我只記得自己緊緊抓住了老公的手，我們一直在祈禱。”

She added, "The thoughts that were going through my head of course were about my daughters, just wanting to see them again and give them a big hug so they wouldn't grow up without parents."

她補(bǔ)充說：“我腦中一直閃現(xiàn)的當(dāng)然是我的女兒們，只想再次見到她們，并給她們一個(gè)大大的擁抱。這樣她們就不會成了沒爹媽的孩子。

Passenger Marty Martinez had a different idea. He sent out a Facebook live video of himself and others on the plane putting on their oxygen masks. Martinez, who is from Texas, wrote on his Facebook page, "Something is wrong with our plane! It appears we are going down! Emergency landing!! Southwest flight from NYC to Dallas!!"

乘客馬丁·馬蒂內(nèi)斯(Marty Martinez)的想法就完全不同。他拍攝了自己和飛機(jī)上其他乘客戴著氧氣面罩的Facebook實(shí)況視頻。馬蒂內(nèi)斯來自德克薩斯州。他在Facebook上寫道，“我們的飛機(jī)出事啦!我們好像正在下降!正在緊急著陸!這是西南航空公司從紐約到達(dá)拉斯的航班。”

The answers were immediate.

很快就有人回應(yīng)。

Soon, thousands of people were watching the frightening event take place live. One Facebook user wrote, "I am praying for you." Another: "Jesus be the pilot!" Some gave suggestions for what to do: "Stay as compact as possible. Brace yourself."

不久就有數(shù)千人來觀看這起正在發(fā)生的可怕事件。一位Facebook用戶寫道：“我為你祈禱。”另一位用戶寫道：“上帝快來救救他們!”有些人提出了具體建議：“盡可能蜷緊，做好準(zhǔn)備!”

Bourman told the AP that everyone shouted to brace for impact when the plane started to land. They then praised the pilot after he set the aircraft down.

布爾曼對美聯(lián)社表示，當(dāng)飛機(jī)開始降落時(shí)，每個(gè)人都大叫著準(zhǔn)備迎接碰撞。在飛機(jī)成功降落后，他們稱贊了飛行員。

National Transportation Safety Board chairman Robert Sumwalt said one person was killed. He added that it was the first passenger death in a U.S. airline accident since 2009. Seven other people were treated for minor injuries.

美國國家運(yùn)輸安全委員會主席羅伯特·桑沃特(Robert Sumwalt)表示有一人遇難。他補(bǔ)充說，這是2009年以來美國航空事故中首例乘客遇難。還有七人受了輕傷。

Several news reports say that a woman sitting next to the window that broke was partly sucked out of the plane. Other passengers held onto her and pulled her back in.

一些新聞報(bào)道稱，坐在破損窗戶旁邊的一名婦女被部分吸出飛機(jī)。其他乘客抓住她并把她拉了回來。

Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said there was a fuel leak in one of the plane engines. He said it was quickly brought under control after the landing. He said the passengers did "some pretty amazing things under some pretty difficult circumstances."

費(fèi)城消防局局長亞當(dāng)·蒂爾(Adam Thiel)說，其中一個(gè)飛機(jī)引擎發(fā)生了燃油泄漏。飛機(jī)著陸后燃油泄漏很快得到了控制。他說，乘客們在相當(dāng)困難的情況下表現(xiàn)相當(dāng)棒。