2007年VOA标准英语-Indonesian President Orders Investigation of Fi

By Nancy-Amelia Collins
Jakarta
07 March 2007

Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered an investigation² after an Indonesian plane carrying 140 people crash-landed in the central Java city of Yogyakarta, killing³ more than 20 people. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has more.

 
Air force personnel stands guard near wreckage⁴ of Garuda Indonesia Airways⁵ jetliner, 7 Mar¹. 2007
The Garuda Boeing 737-400 passenger jet was carrying 133 passengers and seven crew members when it burst into flames after landing at Indonesia's Yogyakarta airport early Wednesday morning. The burning plane overshot the runway and ended in a rice field.

Presidential spokesman Dino Djalil says President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered an immediate⁶ investigation into the crash, the second airline disaster in the country in just over two months.

"He has ordered an investigation into why the incident happened, and this is an investigation that should look into the possibility of all factors," explained the spokesman. "It could be either technical fault, it can be human error, or it could be other reasons."

Among those on board were at least 10 Australians, including foreign diplomats⁷ and journalists who were covering the visit of Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer to Indonesia. Downer himself was not on the plane.

 
Rescue crews carry body from wreckage, 7 Mar. 2007

Dozens of survivors⁸ are being treated at local hospitals, with some people still unaccounted for.

Mulyiadi, administrator⁹ for Yogyakarta's Panti Rini Hospital, says dozens of survivors were brought there for treatment.

He says many of those injured were burn victims, with just a few suffering only cuts and scrapes.

A man named Suarjono who survived the crash told local Metro¹⁰ TV the weather was fine during the flight. But when the plane descended¹¹, he says, it started to shake.

He says the plane bounced along the tarmac, then caught fire as he quickly jumped out a nearby exit.

Other survivors have been quoted as saying they smelled smoke before the plane landed.

Australia lost 88 citizens in the 2002 terrorist bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali. Australian Prime Minister John Howard says several more Australians may be among Wednesday's dead.

"It's clear from reports and from statements made by the individual agencies that quite a number of those [Australians] have survived, but given the severity of the crash and the following fire, we should be prepared for bad news in relation to at least some of the Australians on board the aircraft," Howard said.

Indonesia has suffered a string of transportation accidents and disasters in recent months, including the January 1 crash into the sea of an Adam Air flight that killed 102 people. Two ship accidents over the last 3 months have claimed the lives of more than 400 people, and a second Adam Air flight broke apart on landing last month, although no one on that flight was killed.

1 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

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。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

5 AIRWAYS   

航空公司

参考例句：

• The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
• At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。

6 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。

7 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 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

9 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

10 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

11 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。