2015年CRI 巴布亚偏远地区发现印尼客机残骸

 

Indonesian Aviation officials say the Trigana Air flight lost contact with ground control at 2:55 PM local time on Sunday as it flew from the regional capital Jayapura to the town of Oksibil in Papua, in the easterm part of Indonesia.

Director General of Indonesia's Aviation Authority, Suprasetyo, says parts of the aircraft have been found not far from its intended landing site at the Oksibil airport.

"According to the information, the Trigana Air aircraft that lost contact was found at Camp 3, Ok Bape District in the Bintang Mountains regency. The information provided by the local residents said that the flight crashed into Tangok mountain. The detail on this finding is still under investigation¹."

The wreckage² has been discovered by villagers, who then alerted officials.

The twin turboprop was carrying 44 adult passengers, five children and five crew.

Bad weather is being pointed³ to as one of the possible reasons for the crash.

A second plane, which had been sent out to look for the missing one, was forced to turn back because of dangerous flying conditions.

Indonesian transport minister Ignasius Jonan says troops have been sent to the remote mountainous region near Oksibil to continue the search.

"The search will continue today. The officials of the National Search and Rescue Agency will go there with the Air Transportation Director General to facilitate the evacuation work and clarify things to the families of passengers on board."

Trigana Air has had 14 serious incidents since it began operations in 1991, and has lost 10 aircraft.

It has been on a European Union blacklist of banned carriers since 2007.

All but four of Indonesia's certified⁴ airlines are on that list.

One of the major concerns is the age of the air fleets in Indonesia.

All aircraft owned by Trigana Air, including the small plane that crashed on Sunday, have been in-use for over 26 years.

Sunday's incident is the latest in a string of aviation disasters in Indonesia over the past year.

In December an AirAsia plane crashed in the Java Sea, killing⁵ all 192 people on board.

In July a military transport plane crashed in a residential⁶ area of Medan, Sumatra, claiming 140 lives.

The Indonesian government has introduced several new regulations hoping to improve the country's patchy aviation safety record.

For Cri I'm Poornima Weerasekara.

1 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。

2 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。

3 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

4 certified   

a.经证明合格的；具有证明文件的

参考例句：

• Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
• The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。