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二 马航客机事件
以下为英国每日邮报英文报道：
A major search has been launched for a Malaysian Airlines jet with 239
people on board after it lost contact flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Airline officials admitted they were gravely concerned for the safety of
the aircraft.
It was not immediately known which nationalities were on board the jet
which was flying on a popular route.
An unconfirmed report on a flight tracking website said the aircraft had
plunged 200m and changed course shortly before all contact was lost.
The route would have taken flight MH370, a B777-200 aircraft, across the
Malaysian mainland in a north easterly direction and then across the Gulf of
Thailand.
Those on board included two infants and 12 crew members, Malaysian Airlines
said in a statement, adding it was working with all authorities in the region
and search and rescue teams had been mobilised.
The aircraft had been due to land in Beijing at 6.30am local time but at
7.54am the airline issued a statement saying it had not landed and was
officially missing.
Aviation experts said that if the report of the aircraft suddenly plunging
was correct it could be due to a number of factors.
These include a catastrophic engine failure, the pilots taking evasive
action to avoid another aircraft, or an explosion.
The airline has not said whether the pilots were able to issue a distress
call - but if they did not, experts said this could indicate a catastrophy that
had occurred without warning.
Malaysian Airlines said it would issue updates as soon as more information
became available.
The aircraft had enough fuel on board for a seven hour flight and and the
airline said that given the time it has been missing it would have already run
out of fuel.
Fearing the worst, the airline has begun contacting relatives of the
passengers warning them that the flight has not arrived and they should prepare
themselves for bad news.
The Boeing jet lost contact with Malaysian air traffic controllers a little
over two hours into its flight.
Reports from China's Xinhua news agency said later that the aircraft was
lost in air space controlled by
Vietnam and did not enter Chinese airspace or make any contact with Chinese
controllers. Vietnam is heavily shrouded in forest and there were no immediate
reports coming from that country of an aircraft crashing.Vietnamese authorites
said they were investigating the aircraft's disappearance.
Malaysian Airlines said the passengers on board were of 13
nationalities.
'Our team is currently calling the next of kin of passengers and crew,'
said the airline's chief executive, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, as the airline issued a
statement saying its 'thoughts and prayers' were with all those on board as well
as their families.
Unconfirmed reports said it was believed the missing aircraft was involved
in a crash in August 2012 when it damaged the tail of a China Eastern Airlines
plane at Shanghai Pudong Airport.
The reports said that in that incident the tip of the wing of the Malaysian
Airlines Boeing 777 broke off.
Crying relatives of Chinese passengers on board the plane wept at Beijing
airport as it became clear the jet had probably crashed.
Retired American Airlines captain Jim Tilmon told CNN today (Sat) that 'it
doesn't sound very good,' as the search continued for the missing jet.
'The route is mostly overland, which means there would be plenty of radars
and radios to contact the plane. But if nothing has been heard...
'I've been trying to come up with every scenario that I could just to
explain this away, but I haven't been very successful.'
Mr Tilmon said the jet was 'about as sophisticated as any commercial
airplane could possibly be.'
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发表于 2016-7-11 17:13:56