2008年失踪的委内瑞拉飞机被发现

2008年失踪的委内瑞拉飞机被发现 　　

CARACAS, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan authorities announced Wednesday the undersea wreckage¹ of a small plane that disappeared in 2008 with 14 people on board has been found.

　　Foreign Ministry² press chief Jorge Galindo said the wreckage of the missing plane was found six miles (nine kilometers) off Los Roques archipelago at a depth of around 3,000 feet (900 meters).

　　According to the Twitter posted by Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz, the ID code of the wrecked³ aircraft is YV2081.

　　The plane, which disappeared on Jan 4, 2008, carried five Venezuelans including the pilot and copilot, eight Italians and one Swiss citizen. The body of the copilot was found days later.

　　The search was carried out by the U.S. search boat SeaScout under an agreement between Venezuela and Italy, said a statement released Wednesday by the Public Ministry.

1 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 wrecked   

adj.失事的，遇难的

参考例句：

• the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
• the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞