2006年VOA标准英语-Russia Suffers Second Deadly Plane Crash in as

By Lisa McAdams
Moscow
22 August 2006

A Russian passenger plane carrying at least 170 people has crashed in eastern Ukraine and Russian officials said all aboard are feared dead . The aircraft, registered to St. Petersburg-based Pulkovo airlines, was flying from the Black Sea Resort of Anapa to St. Petersburg when it disappeared from radar¹ screens over Ukraine.

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		Firemen work at the crash site of the Russian Tupolev-154 plane, east of Kiev, August 22,2006

Rescuers have already reached the burning crash site 40 kilometers northwest of Ukraine's eastern industrial city of Donetsk, where the plane went down Tuesday in severe weather.

A Russian emergency spokesperson, Irina Andriyanova, says first reports indicate lightning may be to to blame.

In comments broadcast on Russian television, Andriyanova also says the emergency ministry² plans to send investigators³ to the crash site, as well as psychologists and medical help to deal with the aftermath.

Pulkovo airline officials have said there were around 40 children on board the plane, six of them two years old or younger.

Russia's evening news broadcast photos of the charred⁴, smoldering⁵ wreckage⁶ strewn across a wide expanse of open field and advised viewers of emergency hot-line numbers for those seeking information about family members.

The crew reportedly issued an emergency signal seconds before disappearing from radar contact. Ukraine's emergency ministry spokesman, Igor Krol, says the crew then attempted to make an emergency landing, but the landing gear failed.

This is the second major crash of a Russian aircraft in as many months. In July, 122 people were killed when a Sibir airliner⁷ crashed after veering⁸ off the runway in Irkutsk.

President Vladimir Putin, who has been working from the Black Sea Resort of Sochi the past week, was notified immediately. Mr. Putin instructed Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov to set up a state commission to look into the incident.

Tuesday's crash involved a Tupolev-154, which is considered the workhorse of the Russian regional fleet.

1 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 charred   

v.把…烧成炭( char的过去式)；烧焦

参考例句：

• the charred remains of a burnt-out car 被烧焦的轿车残骸
• The intensity of the explosion is recorded on the charred tree trunks. 那些烧焦的树干表明爆炸的强烈。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 smoldering   

v.用文火焖烧，熏烧，慢燃( smolder的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The mat was smoldering where the burning log had fallen. 燃烧的木棒落下的地方垫子慢慢燃烧起来。 来自辞典例句
• The wood was smoldering in the fireplace. 木柴在壁炉中闷烧。 来自辞典例句

6 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

7 airliner   

n.客机，班机

参考例句：

• The pilot landed the airliner safely.驾驶员使客机安全着陆。
• The passengers were shepherded across the tarmac to the airliner.旅客们被引导走过跑道去上飞机。

8 veering   

n.改变的；犹豫的；顺时针方向转向；特指使船尾转向上风来改变航向v.（尤指交通工具）改变方向或路线( veer的现在分词 )；（指谈话内容、人的行为或观点）突然改变；（指风） （在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向）逐渐转向；风向顺时针转

参考例句：

• Anyone veering too close to the convoys risks being shot. 任何人改变方向，过于接近车队就有遭枪击的风险。 来自互联网
• The little boat kept veering from its course in such a turbulent river. 小船在这湍急的河中总是改变方向。 来自互联网