《中英對照讀新聞》Passenger Jets Help To Rescue Missing Sailor 噴射客機協助救援失蹤水手
◎張沛元
Passengers and crew on two commercial jets helped locate a missing yachtsman off Australia by looking through the windows with binoculars.
兩架民航噴射機上的乘客與機組人員藉由拿望遠鏡透過機窗向外看,來協助確定一名在澳洲外海失蹤的遊艇駕駛的所在位置。
An Air Canada jet and an Air New Zealand aircraft swooped down to 4,000ft to assist rescuers in the search for the solo yachtsman who had activated his emergency beacon.
一架加拿大航空客機與一架紐西蘭航空客機將飛行高度驟降到4000呎,以協助搜救人員尋找一名已啟動應急救援無線電信標的單人遊艇駕駛。
His remote location was out of helicopter range so rescuers asked the planes’ pilots to get involved as they were flying over the yacht’s GPS position.
該遊艇駕駛位於超出直昇機搜救範圍的偏遠地區,因此搜救人員要求這兩架正飛越該遊艇全球衛星定位系統位置上空的客機的機長,參與救援。
According to Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, one passenger wrote on Facebook: "15 hour flight ends up being 17 hours as we descended to 4,000ft to locate a capsized yacht for search and rescue."
根據雪梨每日電訊報,一名乘客在臉書上寫道:「隨著我們下降到4000呎以便確定一艘翻覆的遊艇的所在位置,15小時的飛行以17小時作收。」