失联马航最新调查报告：坠机前机上人员已窒息

 　　Passengers and crew of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight most likely died from suffocation¹ as the plane coasted into the ocean on autopilot, Australian officials have said.

　　澳大利亚官员称，马航失踪航班MH370上的乘客和机组人员很有可能在飞机坠落前就已死于窒息，而飞机随后在自动驾驶模式下坠入印度洋。

　　In a new 55-page report, the Australian Transport Safety Board said investigators² arrived at the conclusion after comparing conditions on the flight with previous disasters.

　　在这份长达55页的报告中，澳大利亚运输安全局表示，调查人员将MH370的状况与此前失事的飞机相比较，虽然在飞机本身方面没有新发现，但得出了上述结论。

　　The report narrowed down the possible final resting place from thousands of possible routes, while noting the absence of communications, the steady flight path and a number of other key abnormalities in the course of the ill-fated flight.

　　该报告从上千条预估路线中锁定了MH370可能坠落的位置。另外，该报告还列出了航班失联、航线确定等一系列失常状况。

　　'Given these observations, the final stages of the unresponsive crew/hypoxia event type appeared to best fit the available evidence for the final period of MH370's flight when it was heading in a generally southerly direction,' the ATSB report said.

　　澳大利亚运输安全局的报告这样写道：“据观测，现有证据与失联机组人员最后阶段处于缺氧状态的猜测十分吻合，当时飞机正向南航行。”

　　The new analysis comes more than 100 days after the plane disappeared on March 8 shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing.

　　此份分析报告距航班失踪已超过100天。3月8日，这架从吉隆坡飞往北京波音777型号飞机起飞不久便失去联系。

　　Investigators say what little evidence they have to work with suggests the plane was deliberately³ diverted thousands of kilometres from its scheduled route before eventually plunging⁴ into the Indian Ocean.

　　调查人员表示，目前他们还未掌握证据证明飞机最终坠落于印度洋前曾被人为转向，离开既定航线几千千米，最终坠入印度洋海域。

　　The next phase of the search is expected to start in August and take a year, covering some 60,000 sq km at a cost of A$60 million ($56 million) or more. The search is already the most expensive in aviation history.

　　下阶段搜索预计将于8月展开，为期一年，覆盖约6万平方千米，花费至少6千万澳币（5千600万美元）。

　　The new priority search area is around 2,000km west of Perth, a stretch of isolated⁵ ocean frequently lashed⁶ by storm force winds and massive swells⁷.

　　此次搜索已经成为航空史上花费最多的一次。最新优先搜索区域在珀斯以西约2000千米处，此片海域常有大风大浪。

　　Two vessels⁸, one Chinese and one from Dutch engineering company Fugro, are currently mapping the sea floor along the arc, where depths exceed 5,000 metres in parts.

　　分别来自中国和荷兰工程公司辉固的两艘船目前正沿第七弧线搜寻海底，部分区域水深超过5000米。而30日，招募公司承保海底搜寻工作的投标会就将结束。

1 suffocation   

n.窒息

参考例句：

• The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation. 火成碎屑崩落的最大危害可能是炽热和窒息作用。 来自辞典例句
• The room was hot to suffocation. 房间热得闷人。 来自辞典例句

2 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》

3 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

4 plunging   

adj.跳进的，突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发，生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

6 lashed   

adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
• The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 swells   

增强( swell的第三人称单数 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）

参考例句：

• The waters were heaving up in great swells. 河水正在急剧上升。
• A barrel swells in the middle. 水桶中部隆起。

8 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》