埃塞俄比亞航空公司航班墜毀造成157人罹難

An Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday morning, killing all 157 people onboard.
埃塞俄比亞航空公司一架航班週日上午從首都亞的斯亞貝巴起飛後不久墜毀，機上157人全部罹難。

The state-run Ethiopia Broadcasting Corporation said the flight that went down near the city of Bishoftu carried passengers from at least 33 countries.
國營埃塞俄比亞廣播公司說，這架航班是在德佈雷塞特市附近墜毀，機上搭載了來自至少33個國家的旅客。

Thirty-two Kenyans, eighteen Canadians, nine Ethiopians, and eight Americans were among those killed. A number of United Nations staff were also among the victims.
他們包括32名肯尼亞人，18名加拿大人，9名埃塞俄比亞人、8名美國人。一些聯合國工作人員也在遇難者當中。

"The Secretary-General was deeply saddened at the tragic loss of lives in the airplane crash today near Addis Ababa," United Nations Secretary General spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
聯合國祕書長髮言人杜加里克在一份聲明中說，“聯合國祕書長對今天亞的斯亞貝巴附近飛機失事造成的慘痛生命損失深感悲痛”。

"He conveys his heartfelt sympathies and solidarity to the victims' families and loved ones, including those of United Nations staff members, as well as sincere condolences to the Government and people of Ethiopia," the statement read, adding that the U.N. is in contact with Ethiopian authorities to "establish the details" of its employees who perished in the crash.
聲明說，“他（祕書長）向包括聯合國僱員在內的罹難者家屬和親人深表同情與團結，並向埃塞俄比亞政府和人民表示誠摯的悼念”。聲明還說，聯合國正在與埃塞俄比亞政府聯繫，瞭解聯合國罹難僱員的詳細情況。

Ethiopian Airlines said the flight lost contact with Bole International Airport just six minutes after it took off Sunday morning at 8:38 am local time.
埃塞俄比亞航空公司說，這架航班當地時間星期天上午8時38分從波利國際機場起飛6分鐘後就與機場失去了聯繫。

The Boeing 737- MAX 8 was a new jet, delivered to the airline in November, according to the Planespotters civil aviation database.
根據Planespotters民用航空數據庫，這架波音737-MAX 8型客機是去年11月交付給該航空公司的新型噴氣式飛機。

"The aircraft is very the pilot was very experienced," Afrat Begashaw, spokesperson for the Ethiopian Airlines, told VOA, adding that any current explanation of why the plane crashed is "just speculation".
埃塞俄比亞航空公司發言人貝加肖對美國之音說，“這架飛機非常新，駕駛員也很有經驗”。他表示，目前任何對飛機墜毀原因的猜測都“僅僅是猜測”。

Boeing issued a one-line statement Sunday, saying "Boeing is aware of reports of an airplane accident and is closely monitoring the situation."
波音公司星期天就此發表了只有一行字的聲明說，“波音已經發現有關飛機事故的報道，目前正密切關注這一情況。”