俄罗斯承诺彻底调查坠机事件

 　　The Kogalymavia airline flight came down just 23 minutes after taking off from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh for the Russian city of St. Petersburg.

　　It's believed the plane had 224 people on board, 7 of whom were crew members. The Russian embassy is still to confirm the exact figures although 214 are believed to be Russian with three Ukrainian nationals, most were tourists.

　　The Egyptian Prime Minister said on Saturday there was "almost nil¹" chance of any survivors².

　　At the same time, Sherif Ismail also dismissed an IS claim that the plane was shot down by one of its affiliates³ operating in Sinai province.

　　俄罗斯承诺彻底调查坠机事件

　　"What will determine what happened is the analysis of the data in the black box and that of experts. However, up until this point, there are no indications that anything out of the ordinary happened on this aircraft. All we can say is that it happened due to technical problems and the team of experts are the ones who will be able to prove or deny this."

　　Russia's Transport Minister is also on record saying that the claim "can't be considered accurate".

　　According to the Egyptian civilian⁴ aviation ministry⁵, the plane was at an altitude of 9,450 metres when it disappeared from radar⁶.

　　Security experts believe such an altitude would be beyond the range of shoulder-launched missiles known to be possessed⁷ by militants⁸ in Sinai.

　　The wreckage⁹ was found in Hassana, a mountainous area 35 kilometres south of Arish city.

　　The plane's two black box recorders have also been found.

　　Initial media reports suggested that the charter flight may crash due to technical problems.

　　However Egypt's Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal said according to their records, there were no reports of any faults on the plane at any stage.

　　"If the pilot doesn't report any faults on the plane, all that will be carried out is routine maintenance checks on the plane before take-off. There were no reports that the airplane had faults, the checks done before take-off did not reveal anything. Up until the crash happened, we were never informed of any faults in the plane, nor did we receive any SOS calls."

　　An investigation¹⁰ commission was established under the order of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and includes Transport Minister Maxim¹¹ Sokolov, who had already headed to Egypt.

　　Meanwhile, a criminal case was opened into the incident by the Investigative Committee to check on the compliance¹² of laws on flight operating safety.

　　Aircraft manufacturer Airbus said in an online statement that the aircraft involved in the accident was produced in 1997 and operated by the Russia Metrojet Airline since 2012.

　　President Putin has declared today a national day of mourning because of the crash.

　　Egyptian authorities are currently preparing to receive the families of the victims.

　　As the cause of the incident is still being investigated, two major airlines, Lufthansa and Air France-KLM have decided¹³ to review their routes over the Sinai province.

1 nil   

n.无，全无，零

参考例句：

• My knowledge of the subject is practically nil.我在这方面的知识几乎等于零。
• Their legal rights are virtually nil.他们实际上毫无法律权利。

2 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

3 affiliates   

附属企业( affiliate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She affiliates with an academic society. 她是某学术团体的成员。
• For example, these security affiliates participated in the floating of 19,000,000,000 of issues in 1927. 例如，这些证券发行机构在1927年的流通证券中，就提供了一百九十亿美元的证券。

4 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

5 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。

6 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

7 possessed   

adj.疯狂的；拥有的，占有的

参考例句：

• He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
• He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。

8 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

9 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。

10 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

11 maxim   

n.格言，箴言

参考例句：

• Please lay the maxim to your heart.请把此格言记在心里。
• "Waste not,want not" is her favourite maxim.“不浪费则不匮乏”是她喜爱的格言。

12 compliance   

n.顺从；服从；附和；屈从

参考例句：

• I was surprised by his compliance with these terms.我对他竟然依从了这些条件而感到吃惊。
• She gave up the idea in compliance with his desire.她顺从他的愿望而放弃自己的主意。

13 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。