防“失联”焦虑 空难预估app诞生

 　　Nervous about flying? There's an app for that.

　　乘飞机感到焦虑？现在有帮你克服焦虑的手机应用诞生啦。

　　A new app, called 'Am I Going Down?', calculates a plane's chances of crashing in an effort to put apprehensive¹ passengers at ease.

　　一款名叫“我会坠落吗”的新型手机应用能够计算一架飞机坠机的几率，从而让感到恐惧的乘客心情平复下来。

　　Created by London-based Vanilla² Pixel, the app uses real flight statistics to analyse flight safety.

　　这款应用是由伦敦一家名为Vanilla Pixel的公司生产的，能够通过飞行数据分析行程安全指数。

　　空难预估app诞生

　　If you're flying on a Boeing 777 Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, there's a one in 4,068,434 chance that your flight will go down en route.And even the most avid³ flyers have little to fear.

　　如果你乘坐的是从香港飞往洛杉矶的香港国泰航空公司波音777航班，这趟飞机在途中坠毁的可能性为 1/4068434。即使是最容易紧张的乘客也没什么好怕的。

　　According to the app, if you take a flight every day for the next 11,146 years, you are unlikely to experience even one incident.

　　根据该应用数据显示，即使你在未来的11146天里每天都去乘飞机，你也不可能遇上哪怕一起空难事故。

　　Developer Nic Johns spoke⁴ to MailOnline Travel about the app, explaining that it's meant to calm the fears of those who are uneasy when it comes to air travel.

　　该应用的设计者尼克·琼斯对《每日邮报》旅游专栏记者介绍这款应用时说道，它的设计宗旨是让那些在空中旅行时感到紧张的乘客能够心情平静下来。

　　More than 10 million routes have been assessed, using data from such sources as the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives, the United States National Transportation Safety Board and the Civil Aviation Organisation⁵.

　　制作商对超过1000万条航空线路进行了测评，参考数据来自日内瓦的飞机事故档案局、美国国家运输安全委员会和国际民航空组织等机构。

　　'For my analysis, I only include crashes where there was at least one passenger fatality⁶ - which is the relevant stat for those with a fear of flying,' Johns explained to CNN.

　　“在我的分析中，我只将那些至少有一名乘客丧生的空难事故考虑在内——正是这类有关联性的事故让乘客对飞行感到恐惧。”约翰对CNN电视台解释说。

　　'I then incorporate the volume of flights, weighted to the most recent, to provide the final "one in a million" statistics.'

　　“接着我将飞机的乘客容量加入考虑范围，将数据范围扩展到最新的数据，最后得出‘百万分之一’的概率数字。”

　　The release of the app, however, did come at a rather awkward time - just days after AirAsia flight QZ8501 went down.

　　不过这款应用发布的时间确实有些尴尬，正好在印尼亚洲航空公司8501号班机坠毁后不久。

　　'Admittedly, the timing⁷ of the release was unfortunate. I originally developed the app in February 2014, shortly before the first Air Malaysia crash,' he told MailOnline Travel.

　　“必须承认，我们在发布这款应用的时间选择上有点失策，我是在2014年2月开始从事这款应用的相关研究的，恰好在最初的马来西亚航班坠毁之前。”

1 apprehensive   

adj.担心的，恐惧的，善于领会的

参考例句：

• She was deeply apprehensive about her future.她对未来感到非常担心。
• He was rather apprehensive of failure.他相当害怕失败。

2 vanilla   

n.香子兰，香草

参考例句：

• He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。
• I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。

3 avid   

adj.热心的；贪婪的；渴望的；劲头十足的

参考例句：

• He is rich,but he is still avid of more money.他很富有,但他还想贪图更多的钱。
• She was avid for praise from her coach.那女孩渴望得到教练的称赞。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

6 fatality   

n.不幸，灾祸，天命

参考例句：

• She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
• He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。

7 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。