一架载人客机在尼泊尔坠毁_时事要闻

一架载人客机在尼泊尔坠毁

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2010-08-24 07:04 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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A passenger plane has crashed into the hills outside Nepal's capital in heavy rain, officials say. Initial¹ reports suggest there are no survivors².

尼泊尔官员称，一架客机因暴雨在首都周边山区坠毁，初步调查显示暂无生还者。

The Dornier plane, carrying 14 people, crashed near Shikharpur village, 80km (50 miles) south of Kathmandu（加德满都） .

Officials said there were at least four Americans and one Japanese among six foreigners on board. Witnesses said the plane had broken into small pieces.

Rescuers are yet to reach the site where the Agni Air plane came down.

The US embassy³ in Kathmandu said it was still trying to confirm the nationality of the passengers.

Hampered⁴

The plane had been flying to Lukla, a popular trekking⁵（艰苦跋涉，徒步旅行） spot in the Mount⁶ Everest region of eastern Nepal.

It was returning to Kathmandu after failing to land in Lukla because of bad weather, officials said.

An airport official said an army helicopter was being sent in the search-and-rescue operation, which was being hampered（阻碍，限制） by the bad weather.

A witness said the plane broke into pieces upon impact.

"There are small pieces of the plane all over the field and you can see body parts. We are all so shocked," villager Pratap Lama told the Kantipur radio station.

Eighteen people, including 12 Germans, were killed when a small plane crashed in 2008 in Lukla.

The 550m-long (1,800ft) sloping（倾斜的，有坡度的） airstrip（飞机跑道） at Lukla perched on a hillside some 2,800m above sea level, with a steep 700m drop at one end, is considered one of the most difficult landings in the world.

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1 initial
adj.最初的，开始的，词首的；n.首字母，姓名的开头字母；vt.标注姓名的首字母于
参考例句：
After she'd overcome her initial shyness,she became very friendly.她克服了起初的羞怯之后，变得十分友善。 The experiments have given initial results eventually.那些试验总算初见成效了。

2 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

3 embassy
n.大使馆，大使及其随员
参考例句：
Large crowd demonstrated outside the British Embassy.很多群众在英国大使馆外面示威。 He's a U.S. diplomat assigned to the embassy in London.他是美国驻伦敦大使馆的一名外交官。

4 hampered
妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。 So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。

5 trekking
v.艰苦跋涉，徒步旅行( trek的现在分词 )；（尤指在山中）远足，徒步旅行，游山玩水
参考例句：
She can't come pony trekking after all because she's in a delicate condition. 她结果还是不能坐小马车旅行，因为她已怀孕。来自《简明英汉词典》 We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas. 我们整个夏天都在喜马拉雅山的山麓艰难跋涉。来自互联网

6 mount
n.山峰，乘用马，框，衬纸；vi.增长，骑上（马）；vt.提升，爬上，装备
参考例句：
Their debts continued to mount up.他们的债务不断增加。 She is the first woman who steps on the top of Mount Jolmo Lungma.她是第一个登上珠穆朗玛峰的女人。

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