英语悠选脱口秀 第167期:3秒拯救四百多人生命 机长获奖300万

 讲解

今天我们要讲的是一位飞机机长的故事。

A Chinese airline rewarded one of its pilots with three million yuan for preventing a collision(碰撞) between two planes that could have killed 439 people.

在东方航空公司召开的上海虹桥机场10.11事件何超机组表彰大会上。A320机组机长何超被评为先进党员，并奖励人民币300万元。

同时，该客机机组也获得表彰以及人民币60万元奖励。怎么回事儿呢？

He Chao's Airbus A320 was about to take off from an airport in Shanghai last month when it encountered another airplane in its path along the runway.

10月11日深夜，何超及其机组成员驾驶的A320客机载着147名乘客接到塔台指令开车滑出，12时03分，塔台指挥飞机进入36L跑道，机组在执行完起飞前检查单确认跑道无障碍的情况下，执行起飞动作。

The flight was about to take off when another flight had just landed and was taxiing nearby.

According to the simulation video, the other flight was speeding up on the runway when Mr. He spotted¹ the A330 entering its runway just feet away. 

另一架客机正载着266名旅客穿越36L跑道准备停靠航站楼。眼看两架飞机就要呈“T”字型相撞了。

At that moment, He Chao chose to accelerate and fly over the other aircraft avoiding a head-on crash by just 19 metres.

And his aircraft narrowly missed the other plane.

最终A320从A330上方掠过，未造成撞击。而实际上，两架客机垂直距离最短仅19米。3秒！ 如果再晚3秒，恐怕就要导致机毁人亡的后果。400多人的生命也会受到严重的威胁。事后调查相关机构进行了事故调查。

An investigation² launched by China's aviation authority, CAAC, found that air traffic control were at fault for the incident.

CAAC suggested that the control centre and the crew members of the A330 failed to maintain proper communication with the controller.

一起特大事故有幸避免，有网友留言说，奖励300万一点都不多。人的生命是无法用金钱衡量的，何超机长当时的迅速反应真是太帅了。霸气！

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1 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

2 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。