英伦广角 2010-04-21 英飞机场重新运行

After 6 long and unprecedented¹ days, Britain's airports have reopened. There remain no-fly zones, but safe flight paths around lingering ash cloud will be identified on a daily basis. And the body that regulates airlines has put in place special rules.

 

The CAA's revised airspace guidance requires airlines first to conduct their own risk assessments² and develop operational procedures to address any remaining risks. Secondly³, put in place an intensive maintenance ash damage inspection⁴ before and after each flight. And thirdly, report any ash-related incidents to reporting scheme run by the CAA.

 

British Airways⁵, which called the flight ban unnecessary after staging its own test 2 days ago with Willey Wash on board, has been losing 20 million pounds a day and is delighted by this new development.

 

I don't believe that it was necessary to impose a blanket ban on all UK airspace last Thursday. My personal belief there is that we could have safely continued operation for a period of time. I think there were occasions when the decision to close airspace could have been justified⁶. But as I said, you know, that's a personal view. We'll sit down in due course somebody share the data that we have. And we'll share the learnings that we have had over this period. And I'm sure there would be others who would put forward a different view to me.

 

Meanwhile, a transport secretary was keen to stress that caution is not being thrown to the wind, that constant monitoring of the ash cloud and its potential for danger will continue.

 

"There will still be no-fly zones. The Met Office and the Civil Aviation Authority advised me that on the basis of the current presence of the ash cloud, those no-fly zones would not affect any UK airports. But day by day, announcements will be made in respects of those no-fly zones."

 

It was the day Britain was supposed to fly again better late than never. Only a lucky few like those aboard this flight from Edinburgh to Stornoway managed to get into the air.

 

"But we're nervous flying anyway. But up there,it's only 45 minutes late from here to Stornoway. I think I should survive."

 

These students have flown back into Edinburgh from Iceland and their geography field trip has turned out in the shadow of an erupting volcano.

 

"We're back home on peace. We're now going 10-hour coach journey down south to just local London, So we're not at home yet, but we are on the way."

 

"It's flying 10 kilometers from the volcano in poor planes. And yet... you know, all the way back in England, people won't even know we escape from across France and thinks of that as mad. "

 

It's clear that those in the package holiday industry would have liked to action more quickly.

 

"We would've liked governments from around Europe to get around the table a little bit more quickly. We would certainly say that. But at the moment, we're happy that things have changed. So far so good. We know we're getting the process to fly people home."

 

Europe's busiest airport Heathrow as well as those right across the UK are back in business tonight. But safely dealing⁷ with the backlog⁸ built through 6 flightless days presents the next challenge.

1 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

2 assessments   

n.评估( assessment的名词复数 )；评价；（应偿付金额的）估定；（为征税对财产所作的）估价

参考例句：

• He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句

3 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

4 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

5 AIRWAYS   

航空公司

参考例句：

• The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
• At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。

6 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

7 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

8 backlog   

n.积压未办之事

参考例句：

• It will take a month to clear the backlog of work.要花一个月的时间才能清理完积压的工作。
• Investment is needed to reduce the backlog of repairs.需要投资来減轻积压的维修工作。