VOA慢速英语2014 美国官员称人为错误导致韩亚航空飞机坠毁

 

AS IT IS 2014-06-27 US Officials Blame Crew, Auto¹ Systems in Asiana Crash 美国官员称人为错误导致韩亚航空飞机坠毁

The United States National Transportation Safety Board has released a report on the crash of an Asiana Airlines plane last year.  Three people were killed in the accident at San Francisco International Airport in California.  Nearly 200 others were injured.  The U.S. investigators² say Asiana Flight 214 was flying too low and too slowly as it attempted to land at the airport. 

The National Transportation Safety Board released its report on the crash during a meeting on Tuesday.  Investigators explained how the flight crew canceled an automatic speed control and failed to watch the speed of the Boeing 777 aircraft.  The plane hit a seawall as it flew toward the San Francisco runway.

“Mismanagement” and “inadequacies” are two words repeatedly used in the report.  The National Transportation Safety Board blamed the crash on poor pilot training, non-standard communication and the lack of manual flight training.  It also noted³ complex automation systems on the aircraft.

NTSB officials say the crash resulted from a series of mistakes that the crew never corrected.  Investigator Roger Cox spoke⁴ about the captain of Asiana Flight 214.

“Although he was an experienced pilot, he lacked critical, manual flying skills.  Pilot skills degrade if not practiced.”

In the right seat next to the captain was an instructor⁵ pilot on his first training flight on the Boeing 777.  And a third pilot’s call to delay the landing came too late.

Bill Bramble also investigated the crash.

“Inconsistencies in company manuals and the fact both pilots were captains and the pilot monitoring was an instructor led to confusion as to who was responsible for issuing a go-around.”

All sides involved now have a chance to appeal the report’s findings.  And they may do so. 

Boeing is rejecting criticism of the design of its 777.  The company noted the plane’s safety record since it flew for the first time 20 years ago.  And it says the automated⁶ flight system has been used for more than 55 million safe landings.

Asiana officials have accused Boeing of doing a bad job of explaining its auto throttle⁷ and autopilot systems in training materials.  The company said it has taken action on some training proposals.

Christopher Hart is the acting⁸ chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.

“We had a pilot who was new in this airplane, we had an instructor who was new as an instructor, we had fatigue⁹, we had issues regarding understanding the automation, a lot of issues lined up the wrong way as it turned out to produce this result.”

He added that, in the end, the pilot must have command over the plane.  I’m Anna Matteo.

1 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

2 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

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 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

6 automated   

a.自动化的

参考例句：

• The entire manufacturing process has been automated. 整个生产过程已自动化。
• Automated Highway System (AHS) is recently regarded as one subsystem of Intelligent Transport System (ITS). 近年来自动公路系统(Automated Highway System,AHS)，作为智能运输系统的子系统之一越来越受到重视。

7 throttle   

n.节流阀，节气阀，喉咙；v.扼喉咙，使窒息，压

参考例句：

• These government restrictions are going to throttle our trade.这些政府的限制将要扼杀我们的贸易。
• High tariffs throttle trade between countries.高的关税抑制了国与国之间的贸易。

8 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

9 fatigue   

n.疲劳，劳累

参考例句：

• The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
• I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。