時事新聞:伊朗客機墜毀 168人罹難

【英文原文】

Iranian Jetliner Crashes, Killing All 168 On Board

摘要：據伊朗官方媒體報導，週三上午，伊朗一架由德黑蘭飛往亞美尼亞埃裏溫的圖式客機在起飛16分鐘後墜毀，機上168人全部罹難。

An Iranian Tupolev passenger plane bound from Tehran to Yerevan, Armenia, crashed Wednesday morning 16 minutes after takeoff, killing all 168 people on board, according to state media reports.

Iran's Civil Aviation Organization spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh told Iranian state media that the airplane, owned by Caspian Airlines, crashed near Janat-Abad village at 11:45 a.m. (3:15 a.m. Eastern), 16 minutes after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport.

Members of Iran's Junior Judo squad, including eight athletes and two coaches, were among those killed in the crash, the state-run, English-language news service Press TV reported. State media said Leon Davidian, a member of Iran's Sixth Parliament during Mohammad Khatami's presidency, was on the flight as well. Based on a list of passengers provided to state media, the crash victims appeared to be mostly Armenians and Iranians.

It was unclear what caused the crash. The Deputy Governor of Qazvin province, Sirous Saberi, told state press that the military was searching for the plane's black box. The managing director of Iran's airport authority was quoted saying conversations between the pilot and the ground appeared normal and didn't indicate any technical glitch.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered a probe into the crash.

A witness, quoted by the semi-official ISNA news agency, said the plane's tail burst into flames in the air. The plane circled in the air before crashing. The impact gouged a deep trench in a dirt field, which was shown littered with smoking wreckage in photos published by state media.

According to its Web site, Caspian Airlines was established in 1992 as an Iranian company. The airline operates dozens of regular and charter flights per week between Iranian cities and to international destinations like Hungary, the United Arab Emirates and Syria. Caspian airlines operates a fleet of five, Russian-made Tupolev 154M medium range aircraft, according to CH-Aviation, an aviation Web site.

Caspian Airlines is headquartered in Tehran and has representative offices in Kiev and Budapest, according to the airline website. Representatives of the airline in these offices weren't reachable Wednesday.

【中文譯文】

據伊朗官方媒體報導，週三上午，伊朗一架由德黑蘭飛往亞美尼亞埃裏溫的圖式客機在起飛16分鐘後墜毀，機上168人全部罹難。

伊朗民航組織(Civil Aviation Organization)發言人Reza Jafarzadeh對伊朗官方媒體表示，隸屬卡斯皮安航空公司(Caspian Airlines)的這架飛機從德黑蘭霍梅尼機場起飛16分鐘後，於當地時間上午11點45分在賈納德阿巴德鄉附近墜毀。

伊朗國有的英語新聞電視臺Press TV報導稱，伊朗國家柔道青年隊成員在墜機事件中遇難，其中有8名運動員、2名教練。官方媒體稱，曾在伊朗前總統哈塔米(Mohammad Khatami)任內擔任第六屆議會議員的Leon Davidian也在飛機上。據官方媒體獲得的乘客名單，墜機遇難者似乎大多爲亞美尼亞人和伊朗人。

墜機原因還不清楚。加茲溫省副省長Sirous Saberi對官方媒體說，軍隊正在搜索飛機的黑匣子。報導援引了伊朗機場當局一位主管的話，他說，飛行員和地面之間的對話顯得很正常，沒有跡象表明有技術故障。

伊朗總統內賈德(Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)下令對墜機事件進行調查。

半官方的伊朗新聞機構ISNA引述了一名目擊者的話，他說飛機尾部在空中起火。飛機墜毀前在空中盤旋。飛機墜地的衝力在一片泥地造成一條深溝，官方媒體發佈的照片顯示，地上散落着冒煙的殘骸。

卡斯皮安航空公司網站的信息顯示，該公司建立於1992年。這家航空公司每週有數十個固定和包機航班，在伊朗城市之間運營，也有飛往匈牙利、阿聯酋和敘利亞等國的國際航線。據民航網站CH-Aviation的信息，卡斯皮安航空公司擁有5架俄羅斯產Tupolev 154M中程飛機。

卡斯皮安航空公司網站顯示，該公司總部位於德黑蘭，在基輔和布達佩斯設有代表處。記者週三無法聯絡到這些代表處的人員。

【詞彙學習】

1. coach 教練, 指導

He is a football coach.
他是一位足球教練。

2. glitch n. 小過失; 差錯

3. trench n. 深溝, 地溝

The farmer dug several trenches to irrigate the rice fields.
這個農民挖了好幾條溝以灌溉稻田。

4. aviation n. 航空, 航空學

Pilots of large aircraft are masters of aviation.
大型飛行器的駕駛員是航空學方面的專家。

【詞組學習】

1. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered a probe into the crash.
伊朗總統內賈德(Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)下令對墜機事件進行調查。

probe into 表示“細查，深究”，例如：

They will probe deeply into the matter.
他們將深入調查這件事。

2. The plane circled in the air before crashing. The impact gouged a deep trench in a dirt field, which was shown littered with smoking wreckage in photos published by state media.
飛機墜地的衝力在一片泥地造成一條深溝，官方媒體發佈的照片顯示，地上散落着冒煙的殘骸。

litter with 表示“使雜亂，使凌亂”

He littered the yard with bottles and cans.
他扔得滿地都是瓶子和罐頭。