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Someone in the cockpit of a TransAsia Airways flight apparently made a mayday call because of an engine problem shortly before the plane crashed Wednesday into a river in Taiwan, killing at least 31 people.
cockpit cn. 駕駛座艙
make a mayday call phr. (飛機或船)求救
A male voice on a recording of radio conversations between air traffic control and TransAsia Airways Flight GE235 says, "GE235. Mayday, mayday. Engine flameout." The recording was verified by LiveATC.net, which records air traffic control feeds around the world.
flameout un. 引擎熄火
verify vt. 證實
*feed cn. 動態訊息
A dash-cam video captured the moment the plane hurtled out of control above the city's Nanhu Bridge before crashing into the Keelung River, just after 11 a.m. local time.
dash-cam video 行車紀錄器影片
hurtle vi. (巨大物體)快速落下
CNA reported that the pilot appeared to try to control the plane as it descended, but the aircraft's wing grazed the overpass, clipping a passing taxi.
descend vi. 下沉
graze the overpass 擦過高架橋
clip a pssing taxi 削擊到一台通過的計程車
The airline had sent the passenger manifest to authorities, and families were confirming the identities of the deceased, he said.
manifest cn. 乘客名單
the deceased 死者
再來是New Telegraph的報導
A TransAsia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board careered into a river shortly after taking off from a downtown Taipei airport yesterday, killing 31 people and leaving 20 missing, officials said.
career vi. 失控地猛撞
Television footage showed survivors wearing life jackets wading and swimming clear of wreckage. Others, including a young child, were taken to shore in inflatable boats.
television footage 電視畫面
life jacket 救生衣
wade vi. 涉水
swim clear of wreckage 游離殘骸邊
inflatable boat 充氣艇
Emergency rescue officials crowded around the partially submerged fuselage of flight GE235, lying on its side in the river, trying to help those on board.
partially submerged 部分淹沒的
fuselage un. 機身
Footage showed a van skidding to a halt on the damaged overpass after barely missing the plane’s wing, with small pieces of the aircraft scattered along the road.
skid to a halt 打滑停下來
最後是China Post的報導
Barely six months clear of its last aviation accident that claimed over 40 lives in Penghu, Taiwan-based TransAsia Airways (復興航空) suffered another tragedy yesterday as one of its planes crashed into the Keelung River in New Taipei yesterday, with 31 people having lost their lives as of press time.
aviation un. 飛行
claim ~ lives phr. 奪去性命
Taiwan-based adj. 總部在台灣的；台灣設立的
as of press time phr. 從報導以來
Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping voiced his concern for the Chinese tourists, and instructed officials to actively contribute to the rescue mission, while also extending his condolences to the families of the victims.
voice one's concern for sb./ sth. 對~表達關注
extend one's condolences to sb. 表達致哀慰問之意
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