在非洲发生航空事故的可能性更大

AS IT IS 2015-10-13 Air Accidents More Likely in Africa 在非洲发生航空事故的可能性更大

Africa has about 5 percent of global air traffic but 20 percent of accidents and deaths in 2014.

Siddi Kone is an air navigation safety expert. He says many small airline companies that operate south of the Sahara Desert fail to follow international air navigation rules. He says they sometimes do not know where their planes are located.

He says air traffic coordination¹ and communication must improve. He says planes cannot travel on the same routes as they fly over the continent.

Osei Bonsu is an expert on aviation in Africa. He says countries must work together to locate plane crashes and rescue survivors². He says training is needed to manage air traffic as flights in and out of Africa increase.

Air traffic controllers in Africa say they do not have enough workers, and they lack good communication equipment. Air traffic safety experts who gathered in Cameroon this week said some air traffic controllers use mobile phones to communicate with pilots.

Some of their other concerns include the loss of power at airports and animals on runways.

Air traffic safety and security experts say they need more investment and training to improve the safety of air travel in Africa.  

Words in This Story

coordinate³ – adj. to make arrangements so that two or more people or groups of people can work together properly and well

navigation – n. the act, activity or process of finding the way to get to a place when you are traveling in a ship, airplane or car; the act of piloting a plane or ship

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

1 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

2 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

3 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。