Pakistan Plane Crash Apparently Kills All 127 People

 　　A passenger plane crash near the Pakistani capital on Friday, apparently¹ killing² all 127 people onboard.

　　Aviation authorities and witnesses say the deadly crash occurred in a small village a few kilometers from Islamabad International Airport.

　　The Boeing 737 jetliner was coming from the southern port city of Karachi and went down as it was preparing to land in bad weather.

　　Civilian³ and military rescue teams rushed to the scene. A Pakistan army officer spoke⁴ with reporters and said rescue workers had recovered 110 bodies so far.

　　Airline officials blame bad weather for the accident, dismissing allegations that the aircraft experienced a technical malfunction⁵.

　　Witness Rizwan Abbas said he saw the passenger plane in flames as it emerged from the clouds.

　　He said there was a massive blaze and that he could not understand what was happening.  "We came out," he said, "and saw smoldering⁶ wreckage⁷ on roofs and bodies lying in the neighbor’s house."

　　Another local resident said it was raining hard and that before the crash, the rear portion of the plane was in flames.

　　The jetliner was operated by local carrier Bhoja Air. It was on its maiden⁸ flight to the Pakistani capital from Karachi.

　　Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has ordered an investigation⁹ into the accident.

　　In July 2010, a passenger plane belonging to Airblue airline crashed in the mountains near Islamabad, killing all 152 people onboard. It was the deadliest plane crash in Pakistan history.

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 malfunction   

vi.发生功能故障，发生故障，显示机能失常

参考例句：

• There must have been a computer malfunction.一定是出了电脑故障。
• Results have been delayed owing to a malfunction in the computer.由于电脑发生故障，计算结果推迟了。

6 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

7 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。

8 maiden   

n.少女，处女；adj.未婚的，纯洁的，无经验的

参考例句：

• The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
• The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。

9 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。