埃及一架客机遭劫持 被迫降落塞浦路斯

 An Egyptian passenger plane, EgyptAir MS181, has made an emergency landing on Cyprus after being hijacked¹ by a man wearing a suicide vest.

近日，在被一个身穿自杀式炸弹背心的男人劫持之后，埃及航空公司一家航班号为MS181的埃及客机紧急迫降在塞浦路斯。

The hijacking² of the flight which was en-route from Alexandria to Cairo and carrying 82 passengers and a crew of 7, was confirmed by EgyptAir on Twitter at 7.40am GMT.

埃及航空公司于当地时间7点40分在Twitter上证实，这架被劫持的飞机的航线是从亚历山大港飞往首都开罗，飞机上共搭载82名乘客及7名机组成员。

A Cypriot government official said that there are suspicions of a bomb on board.

一名塞浦路斯政府官员称飞机上疑似有炸弹。

埃及一架客机遭劫持 被迫降落塞浦路斯

Former European Commissioner³ for Education, Androulla Vassiliou, tweeted that hijackers have demanded that authorities leave runway 'in order to release women and children passengers'.

前欧洲教育署委员安德鲁拉·瓦西利乌发布推文称，劫机者要求当地政府人员离开飞机跑道，这样他才会释放机上的妇女和儿童乘客。

As of 4 pm Tuesday, most passengers were released and only crew members and four foreigners remain on the plane.

截至北京时间29日下午4点，除机组成员和4名非埃及旅客外的乘客均已被释放。

1 hijacked   

劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 )； 绑架； 拦路抢劫； 操纵（会议等，以推销自己的意图）

参考例句：

• The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
• The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。

2 hijacking   

n. 劫持, 抢劫 动词hijack的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• I have been told about the hijacking . 我已听说了那次劫机事件。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语
• They are taking measures to guarantee against the occurrence of hijacking. 他们正采取措施防止劫机事件的发生。

3 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。