NPR讲解失联.docx

第 3 页：划红精讲IthasbeentwodaysandstillnosignoftheAirAsiajetlinerthatdisappearedovertheJavaSea.Theresbeennoconfirmationofwhytheplanewentdowneither.TheAirbusA320had155passengersand7crewmembersonboardandwasonroutefromIndonesiatoSingapore.JoiningusnowisJohnCox,anaviationsafetyconsult,accidentinvestigatorandaformercommercialpilot.HesmonitoringtheAirAsiastoryfromTampa,Florida.Theresalotwedontknowaboutthedisappearanceofthisplane.Whatdoweknowatthispoint?JOHNCOX:Weknowthattheairplanewasoperatinginareaswheretherewerelargegroupsofthunderstorms.Weknowthattheyrequestedadeviationaroundthethunderstormsandtheyrequestedachangeinaltitude.Somethingoccurredafterthoserequeststhatrequiredtheattentionofthecrew.Airtrafficcontrolrealizedthattheairplanewasnolongeronradarveryquicklyandnotifiedtheappropriateauthorities.Andrightnow,thatsaboutallweknow.GARCIA-NAVARRO:Asyoujustmentioned,theyweretryingtoavoidastormcloudwhentheylostcommunicationwithairtrafficcontrol.Isittoosoontospeculatethatbadweatherwasthereasonfortheirdisappearance?COX:Professionalpilotsdealwiththunderstormsonaveryregularbasis,andwegoaroundthem.Wecircumnavigatethem.Youdontflythroughthunderstorms.Sothefactthattherewerethunderstormsintheareadoesnotmeanthatthatisacausalfactor.Thatsgoingtobeoneofthequestionsthattheinvestigatorsaregoingtohavetolookatandanswer.GARCIA-NAVARRO:Well,youtalkabouttheseinvestigators.Peoplehavebeensearchingforthisplanefortwodaysnow.Areyousurprised,atthisstage,thatnosignofithasbeenfound?COX:Well,thefirstdayafteranaccidentisusuallyconsumed,forthemostpart,aboutmovingtheassetsthatyouneedtoconductthesearchandrescue.Sotheresverylittleactualsearchingthatcangoon.Itstheseconddayandbeyondwhereyouhavetheassetsinplacethecrews,theairplanes,allofthosethings.Soitsreallydaytwowhenthesearchinfullbeginstotakeplace.Iwasveryhopefulthattheywouldfindtheairplanetoday.Theydidnot.Soatfirstlightinthemorning,theywillresumethesearch.Imprettyconfidentbasedonhistorythatwellfinditprettyquickly.GARCIA-NAVARRO:AirAsiaisbasedinMalaysia,andthisisthesecondtimethisyearthataplanefromthatcountryhasliterallydisappearedfromtheradar.AndofcoursetherewasthatterribletragedywhenoneoftheirplaneswasshotoutoftheskyoverUkraine.Istheresomethingthatconnectstheseincidents?COX:Overthelasttwodays,Ivebeenlookingextensively,tryingtoseeifthereareanycommonlinksbetweenthesethreetragedies,andIcannotfindone.TheMalaysianFlight017overUkrainewasshotdown,deliberately,byincompetence,bewhatitwill.Butthe777ofMalaysiaAirlinesthatdisappearedisunprecedented.Wedonotknowwhathappenedtothatairplaneyet.AirAsiaisamuchmoretypicalaccident.Itwasonradar.Itwasnoticedquicklythattherewasaproblem,thatitwasdown.Thesearchandrescuestarted.Andatthispoint,Icannotfindanycommonfactorsbetweenthesethreetragedies.GARCIA-NAVARRO:JohnCoxisanaviationsafetyconsultantandformercommercialpilot.Thankyousomuchforjoiningus.COX:Mypleasure.Thankyouforhavingme.现在距离亚航航班在爪哇海域失联已经过去两天的时间，失联飞机仍没有找到。而飞机坠毁的原因也没有得到证实。失联客机型号为空客A320，原定从印度尼西亚飞往新加坡，机上载有155名乘客和7名乘务员。今天我们请到了航空安全顾问、事故调查员、前商业飞行员约翰考克斯。他一直在佛罗里达州坦帕市跟进亚航事故的进展。有关这架失联飞机我们有很多不知道的事情。那我们现在知道什么信息？约翰考克斯：我们知道这架飞机航行的路线曾遭遇强雷暴天气。我们知道飞行员曾要求偏离航线以躲避雷暴并要求改变飞行高度。而在机组要求关注他们飞机的情况之后发生了一些事情。随后空中交通管制塔便发现这架飞机从雷达上消失了，他们立即通知了有关部门。目前这就是我们知道的所有情况。加西亚纳瓦罗：你刚刚提到他们与空中交通控制塔失去联系时正在试图躲避暴雨。那这架飞机消失与恶劣天气有关的这种猜测会不会为时尚早？考克斯：职业飞行员经常会遇到暴雨，我们可以绕过暴雨区。我们可以绕开暴雨继续飞行。你不能飞过暴雨区。事实上那个地区出现暴雨天气并不能说明这就是事发原因。这是调查人员要调查并回答的其中一个问题。加西亚纳瓦罗：你说到了这些调查人员。现在救援人员已经搜寻了这架飞机两天的时间。但是现在仍没有找到飞机，你会不会感到惊讶？考克斯：事故发生后的第一天通常不会进行太多工作，因为那天大部分时间用来调配那些用来执行搜救工作的物资。所以实际上第一天不会进行太多的搜救工作。从第二天开始所有需要的力量都已经到位，比如救援人员和救援飞机等。所以可以说第二天才是搜救工作全面开始的时间。我本来对他们今天找到这架飞机抱有很大的希望。但是他们并没有找到。早晨天一亮他们就会重启搜救工作。以历史经验来看，我确信我们很快就会找到飞机的。加西亚纳瓦罗：亚洲航空公司的总部位于马来西亚，这是今年第二架从雷达上消失的马来西亚飞机。当然还有一场可怕的悲剧，他们的一架飞机在乌克兰上空被击落。这些事故中有没有什么联系？考克斯：过去两天来我一直在仔细研究，试图找出这三起悲剧中的共同联系，不过我并没有找到。马来西亚航空