VOA常速英语2007-Indonesia Crash Report Blames Pilot
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
Jakarta
22 October 2007
The Indonesian government says the pilot in a fiery 1 plane crash earlier this year ignored repeated warnings to abandon his landing attempt. The March 7th accident in Central Java claimed 21 lives. Trish Anderton reports from Jakarta.
The report from Indonesia's National Transport Safety Committee, issued Monday, says the pilot of the Garuda plane tried to land, despite 15 warning alarms and his copilot's calls to abort 2 the attempt.
It also finds the plane was traveling faster and descending 3 more sharply than normal. The plane skidded 4 across the Yogyakarta runway into a rice field and burst into flames.
Peter Gibson of Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority says pulling out of a landing if you are having problems is one of the essential rules every pilot learns.
"You must have a stabilized 5 approach and that means, literally 6, the aircraft is configured for landing, and everything is proceeding 7 smoothly 8, and if anything is giving the pilot concern, the training says go around and do it again," said Gibson.
The report also called the airport's emergency plan less than effective, and said delays in putting out the fire may have contributed to the death toll 9.
Transport officials say the report is designed to help prevent future accidents.
But Danang Parikesit of the Indonesian Transportation Society says it should have made detailed 10 recommendations on how to improve elements such as communications and emergency response.
"The report does not address specific intervention 11 or specific measures that need to be carried out by those three most responsible organizations in airline safety: first, the government, second, the airport authority and the third is the airline company," said Parikesit.
The pilot and copilot survived the crash, and remain suspended from duty. The government says, by law, the report may not be used as part of any possible criminal case against the men.
The accident was the second major air crash in Indonesia this year. On New Year's Day, an Adam Air jetliner plunged 12 into the sea off the island of Sulawesi, killing 13 everyone aboard.
The United States has declared that Indonesia does not comply with international air safety standards. In June, the European Union banned all Indonesian airlines from its airspace.
- 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。
- The captain instructed them to abort the mission.上尉指示他们中止执行任务。
- With this button the user can abort the audio sequence.用户可以用该按钮终止音频序列。
- The car skidded and hit a lamp post. 那辆汽车打滑撞上了路灯杆。
- The car skidded and overturned. 汽车打滑翻倒了。
- The patient's condition stabilized. 患者的病情稳定下来。
- His blood pressure has stabilized. 他的血压已经稳定下来了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
- Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。
- This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
- The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。
- The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
- Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
- A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
- The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
- Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。
- The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
- She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。