All Passengers Survive Plane Crash in Mexico

 

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All 103 passengers and crew members have survived a plane crash in Mexico.

The Aeromexico-operated jet had just taken off Tuesday in the Mexican state of Durango when it smashed into the ground near the runway. All the people on board survived the crash and were able to escape before the plane fully¹ caught fire.

Nearly everyone suffered some injuries, Mexican officials say. Most of the injuries were minor². But the pilot and one young passenger remain in critical condition.

Some of the survivors⁴ have posted pictures and videos on social media. Twitter user Ashley Garcia posted a video she took right before and during the crash. People can be heard shouting in fear. The video also shows the passengers walking away from the fiery⁵ plane after they escaped.

Another survivor³ tweeted that it was the “scariest moment of my life... never thought this would happen to me.”

Alberto Herrera of Chicago, Illinois, was on the plane. He told the Associated Press that a strong burst of wind and hail hit the plane and pushed it back to the ground.

“The higher up we went into the storm the heavier the hail got and more wind got to us,” he said. “Then all of a sudden the plane starts rocking and it starts seriously, seriously moving around and then hitting the ground.”

Herrera and other survivors said the plane burst into flames right after it hit the ground.

“We felt the flames coming quickly...there was a lot of smoke,” Jaquelin Flores told the newspaper El Sol.

Romulo Campuzano, the head of a political party in Durango state, told Foro TV that both wings were on fire as he and other passengers escaped from the plane.

Officials say it is too early to say what caused the crash, but investigators⁶ are expected to look into wind shear⁷ as a possibility. That is when there is a difference in the speed or direction of wind over a short distance in the atmosphere.

Aeromexico chief Andres Conesa described the day as “very difficult” and credited the timely reaction of crew and passengers for their survival.

Conesa said the passengers included 88 adults, nine children and two babies. The crew consisted of two flight attendants and two pilots.

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Words in This Story

jet - n. a fast airplane that has one or more jet engines

runway - n. ?a long strip of ground where airplanes take off and land?

scariest - adj. ?causing fear?

hail - n. ?pieces of ice that fall from clouds like rain?

flames - n. ?the hot, glowing gas that can be seen when a fire is burning

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

3 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。

4 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

5 fiery   

adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的

参考例句：

• She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
• His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。

6 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》

7 shear   

n.修剪，剪下的东西，羊的一岁；vt.剪掉，割，剥夺；vi.修剪，切割，剥夺，穿越

参考例句：

• Every spring they shear off the sheep's wool and sell it.每年春天他们都要剪下羊毛去卖。
• In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than anywhere else.在赫伯里兹，剪羊毛的时间比其他任何地方都要晚。