2015年CRI 长江倾覆客轮遇难者水下搜搜寻工作结束

Local authorities say the underwater search has been completed at the site where the Eastern Star came to a rest in the Yangtze River, but none of the bodies of the eight people who remain missing have been found.

Divers¹ entered the water after the capsized passenger ship was righted and moved upstream.

CRI's Huang Shan has more.

On Tuesday, 13 divers re-entered the water after the ship was moved, following an extensive room-by-room search of the passenger vessel² that confirmed no victims remained onboard.

Director of Diving Operations Huang Chenglong explains the focus of the underwater search.a

"We mainly searched the space between rocks and underneath³ debris⁴, because we fear that some people could have grabbed something heavy and fallen into the water during the capsizing. In that way their body could be trapped under the object. So we need to search those places."

Onshore rescuers have also applied⁵ a 3-dimensional imaging sonar system in order to identify objects that were suspected to be the remains⁶ of missing passengers.

Engineer Wu Zhenlei explains.

"When the object underwater reflects the sound wave, we can clearly see its shape in the form of a 3-dimensional image. Through the image we can determine whether the object is what we are looking for. There are many big rocks underwater, some of them measuring two or three meters in diameter. So we have to measure every suspected object that we find, and if the object is in the shape of what we are looking for, we will send the divers to find out."

Searching along the river continues.

Meanwhile, a local hospital says the first rescued passenger from the ship wreck⁷ has recovered and has been released.

1 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

2 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

3 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

4 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

5 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。