NBC晚间新闻 Passenger evacuation delayed during Asiana flight

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 good evening. shortly before we came on the air tonight, members of the crew of that asiana airlines wide bodied 777 talked about what happened and what they did in the moments after the crash in san francisco where the tail hit the seawall and the jet spudded and skidded² to a halt. the flight deck to the crusade not to evacuate³ immediately. we know the imminent⁵ danger called for an immediate⁴ evacuation. tom costello covers for us tonight from san francisco . good evening.

reporter: hi, brian. good evening. i'll take you right to 28 left out there at sfo. and we've just been told by the ntsb, they hope to release the runway tonight, although it will take some time, of course, to clear the debris⁶ from the runway. we also learned this afternoon as you mentioned , first the pilots did not order that an evacuation would be ordered. it took 90 seconds. at fist, the pilot did not realize how bad the crash was. 12 flight attendants on board flight 214 . rescuers credit their quick action with helping⁷ to save 307 lives.

as the evacuation went on, the fire did continue and the flight attendants and flight crew were involved in trying to fight the fire on the inside.

reporter: three flight attendants were ejected. one sustained massive head injuries, the other a broken leg. the first officer on a 747 on the same runway waiting to take off, survived the crash, two survivors⁹ were stumbling but moving. i saw one survivor⁸ stand up, walk a few feet, then appear to squat¹⁰ down. the other appeared to be a woman who was walking and then fell off to the side and remained there.

asiana airlines and all the flight attendants and personnel are working as hard as possible to recover from this accident.

reporter: meanwhile, three cockpits in the cockpit told investigators¹¹ they struggled to line up properly for visual landing and realized too late auto¹² throttle¹³ had not maintained minimum speed. investigators have not found any evidence of the auto throttle malfunctions¹⁴. tom casey says auto throttle isn't designed to kick in when a plane is already set up for a lanning.

 if the airplane think it's landing, it will not come in. it just says, well, captain is landing the airplane.

 we have to go, there is automation to support the pilots, but the pilots also have to fly the airplane. they have to monitor and fly.

 reporter: back on runway 28 left, a haunting image as asiana flight 214 again arrived, passing the burned out remains¹⁵ of flight 214 . the pilot reports at 1,400 feet he had a flash of blinding light. they aren't sure what that was or if it contributed to the crash.

 another bit of aviation news. this goes back to the crash of a commuter¹⁶ airliner¹⁷ in buffalo¹⁸ in bad weather a few years back.

 reporter: the faa is raising requirements for pilots. captains have to have 1,000 hours as a copilot. copilots have to have 1,500 hours. at the time, many people believed and the investigation¹⁹ showed the crew didn't have sufficient experience.

 tom costello, starting us off from san francisco . tom, thanks.

1 captioning   

v.给（图片、照片等）加说明文字( caption的现在分词 )

参考例句：

2 skidded   

v.（通常指车辆） 侧滑( skid的过去式和过去分词 )；打滑；滑行；（住在）贫民区

参考例句：

• The car skidded and hit a lamp post. 那辆汽车打滑撞上了路灯杆。
• The car skidded and overturned. 汽车打滑翻倒了。

3 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

4 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

5 imminent   

adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

参考例句：

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

6 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

7 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

8 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

9 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

10 squat   

v.蹲坐，蹲下；n.蹲下；adj.矮胖的，粗矮的

参考例句：

• For this exercise you need to get into a squat.在这次练习中你需要蹲下来。
• He is a squat man.他是一个矮胖的男人。

11 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》

12 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

13 throttle   

n.节流阀，节气阀，喉咙；v.扼喉咙，使窒息，压

参考例句：

• These government restrictions are going to throttle our trade.这些政府的限制将要扼杀我们的贸易。
• High tariffs throttle trade between countries.高的关税抑制了国与国之间的贸易。

14 malfunctions   

n.故障，功能障碍（malfunction的复数形式）vi.失灵（malfunction的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• The mood of defeat was as pervasive as the odor of malfunctions and decay. 失败的情绪就象损坏腐烂的臭味一样弥漫全艇。 来自辞典例句
• Possibility of engine malfunctions due to moisture, are lessened. 发动机故障的可能性，由于水分，也将减少。 来自互联网

15 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

16 commuter   

n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者

参考例句：

• Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
• She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。

17 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。

18 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

19 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。