时事新闻:伊朗客机坠毁 168人罹难

【英文原文】

Iranian Jetliner Crashes, Killing All 168 On Board

摘要：据伊朗官方媒体报导，周三上午，伊朗一架由德黑兰飞往亚美尼亚埃里温的图式客机在起飞16分钟后坠毁，机上168人全部罹难。

An Iranian Tupolev passenger plane bound from Tehran to Yerevan, Armenia, crashed Wednesday morning 16 minutes after takeoff, killing all 168 people on board, according to state media reports.

Iran's Civil Aviation Organization spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh told Iranian state media that the airplane, owned by Caspian Airlines, crashed near Janat-Abad village at 11:45 a.m. (3:15 a.m. Eastern), 16 minutes after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport.

Members of Iran's Junior Judo squad, including eight athletes and two coaches, were among those killed in the crash, the state-run, English-language news service Press TV reported. State media said Leon Davidian, a member of Iran's Sixth Parliament during Mohammad Khatami's presidency, was on the flight as well. Based on a list of passengers provided to state media, the crash victims appeared to be mostly Armenians and Iranians.

It was unclear what caused the crash. The Deputy Governor of Qazvin province, Sirous Saberi, told state press that the military was searching for the plane's black box. The managing director of Iran's airport authority was quoted saying conversations between the pilot and the ground appeared normal and didn't indicate any technical glitch.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered a probe into the crash.

A witness, quoted by the semi-official ISNA news agency, said the plane's tail burst into flames in the air. The plane circled in the air before crashing. The impact gouged a deep trench in a dirt field, which was shown littered with smoking wreckage in photos published by state media.

According to its Web site, Caspian Airlines was established in 1992 as an Iranian company. The airline operates dozens of regular and charter flights per week between Iranian cities and to international destinations like Hungary, the United Arab Emirates and Syria. Caspian airlines operates a fleet of five, Russian-made Tupolev 154M medium range aircraft, according to CH-Aviation, an aviation Web site.

Caspian Airlines is headquartered in Tehran and has representative offices in Kiev and Budapest, according to the airline website. Representatives of the airline in these offices weren't reachable Wednesday.

【中文译文】

据伊朗官方媒体报导，周三上午，伊朗一架由德黑兰飞往亚美尼亚埃里温的图式客机在起飞16分钟后坠毁，机上168人全部罹难。

伊朗民航组织(Civil Aviation Organization)发言人Reza Jafarzadeh对伊朗官方媒体表示，隶属卡斯皮安航空公司(Caspian Airlines)的这架飞机从德黑兰霍梅尼机场起飞16分钟后，于当地时间上午11点45分在贾纳德阿巴德乡附近坠毁。

伊朗国有的英语新闻电视台Press TV报导称，伊朗国家柔道青年队成员在坠机事件中遇难，其中有8名运动员、2名教练。官方媒体称，曾在伊朗前总统哈塔米(Mohammad Khatami)任内担任第六届议会议员的Leon Davidian也在飞机上。据官方媒体获得的乘客名单，坠机遇难者似乎大多为亚美尼亚人和伊朗人。

坠机原因还不清楚。加兹温省副省长Sirous Saberi对官方媒体说，军队正在搜索飞机的黑匣子。报导援引了伊朗机场当局一位主管的话，他说，飞行员和地面之间的对话显得很正常，没有迹象表明有技术故障。

伊朗总统内贾德(Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)下令对坠机事件进行调查。

半官方的伊朗新闻机构ISNA引述了一名目击者的话，他说飞机尾部在空中起火。飞机坠毁前在空中盘旋。飞机坠地的冲力在一片泥地造成一条深沟，官方媒体发布的照片显示，地上散落着冒烟的残骸。

卡斯皮安航空公司网站的信息显示，该公司建立于1992年。这家航空公司每周有数十个固定和包机航班，在伊朗城市之间运营，也有飞往匈牙利、阿联酋和叙利亚等国的国际航线。据民航网站CH-Aviation的信息，卡斯皮安航空公司拥有5架俄罗斯产Tupolev 154M中程飞机。

卡斯皮安航空公司网站显示，该公司总部位于德黑兰，在基辅和布达佩斯设有代表处。记者周三无法联络到这些代表处的人员。

【词汇学习】

1. coach 教练, 指导

He is a football coach.
他是一位足球教练。

2. glitch n. 小过失; 差错

3. trench n. 深沟, 地沟

The farmer dug several trenches to irrigate the rice fields.
这个农民挖了好几条沟以灌溉稻田。

4. aviation n. 航空, 航空学

Pilots of large aircraft are masters of aviation.
大型飞行器的驾驶员是航空学方面的专家。

【词组学习】

1. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered a probe into the crash.
伊朗总统内贾德(Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)下令对坠机事件进行调查。

probe into 表示“细查，深究”，例如：

They will probe deeply into the matter.
他们将深入调查这件事。

2. The plane circled in the air before crashing. The impact gouged a deep trench in a dirt field, which was shown littered with smoking wreckage in photos published by state media.
飞机坠地的冲力在一片泥地造成一条深沟，官方媒体发布的照片显示，地上散落着冒烟的残骸。

litter with 表示“使杂乱，使凌乱”

He littered the yard with bottles and cans.
他扔得满地都是瓶子和罐头。