英语新闻| 民航局：将尽快搜寻黑匣子丨No survivors of crash found

No survivors have been found so far after a China Eastern Airlines plane crashed on Monday in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, local authorities said on Tuesday.

22日当地政府表示，自东航一架客机于21日在广西壮族自治区境内坠毁后，截至目前，未发现机上幸存人员。

Also on Tuesday, more than 2,000 search and rescue workers intensified efforts to recover the aircraft's two black boxes, or flight data recorders, to investigate the cause of the tragedy.

22日，2000多名搜救人员全力寻找飞机上的两个黑匣子或飞行数据记录器，以调查悲剧的原因。

Flight MU5735 left Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, at 1:11 pm on Monday and was scheduled to arrive in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, at 3:05 pm. Air traffic controllers lost track of the plane over Wuzhou, Guangxi, at 2:21 pm.

3月21日，东航MU5735航班于13时11分从云南省省会昆明市起飞，原定于15时05分到达广东省广州市。14时21分，该航班在广西梧州市上空失联。

The flight was carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members, all Chinese nationals.

机上共有旅客123名，机组人员9名，无外籍旅客。

As of 9 pm on Tuesday, no survivors had been found, said Sun Shiying, chairman of China Eastern Airlines, at a news conference held in Wuzhou on Tuesday night by the investigation team of the State Council, China's Cabinet.

22日晚，在国务院调查组于梧州举行的新闻发布会上，东航云南有限公司董事长孙世英表示，截至22日晚上9点，未发现幸存者。

Sun said the company had established contact with relatives of all the passengers within 24 hours. The airline will provide care based on their needs.

孙世英表示，东航已在24小时内与全部123名旅客的家属取得联系。东航将视他们的需要提供帮助。

Zhu Tao, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China's Aviation Safety Office, said at the news conference that the aircraft was severely damaged, which poses a huge challenge to the investigation of the cause of the crash.

中国民用航空局航空安全办公室主任朱涛通报，本次事故飞机损毁严重，调查难度很大。

"We are still at the preliminary stage of the investigation, so we cannot make any judgment. The key task now is to locate the two black boxes. We will immediately inform the public when the cause is confirmed," Zhu said.

朱涛表示，鉴于调查工作刚刚开始，以目前掌握的信息，还无法对于事故的原因有一个清晰的判断。下一步调查组将全力以赴搜集各方证据，重点在事发现场飞行记录器的搜寻。一旦调查工作取得进展，将在第一时间公布。

The administration called on Tuesday for all industry entities, including air traffic control, airlines, airports and pilot training institutes, to carry out a thorough, two-week safety inspection to eliminate safety hazards and ensure people's absolute safety.

民航局于22日下发通知，要求立即开展为期两周的行业安全大检查，以消除事故隐患，确保人民生命绝对安全。此次大检查的范围包括各地区空管局、各运输（通用）航空公司、各服务保障公司、各机场公司、各飞行训练机构。

Along with search and rescue workers, drones have been deployed to the crash site to search for more evidence over an area of nearly 680,000 square meters.

无人机已同搜救人员一起被派往坠机现场，将对近68万平方米的区域进行作业，采集证据信息。

Zhu Xiaodong, a rescuer with a drone rescue center in Guangzhou, said the drones' thermal imaging will help to locate the two black boxes, which record cockpit conversations and flight data.

广州市天河区成至无人机救援中心工作人员朱晓东说，无人机的热成像功能将有助于寻找两个记录驾驶舱对话和飞行数据的黑匣子。

According to video footage released on Tuesday by China Central Television, search and rescue workers who were marking debris also found charred wallets, train tickets, identification cards and bank cards at the crash site, which is in a forest near Tengxian county's Molang village.

中央电视台22日发布的视频显示，坠机地点位于藤县埌莫埌村附近的一处山林里，救援人员在在坠机搜救核心区域发现了飞机残骸及烧焦的钱包、火车票、身份证、银行卡等随身物品。

Much of the debris from the aircraft was in small pieces, said Li Chenbin, a technician with China Mobile's Guangxi branch who heard a loud bang echoing across the mountains at around 2:20 pm on Monday.

广西移动的网络技术人员李晨斌说，21日14时20分左右，他突然听到山中巨响。整个飞机全部已经散掉了，全是碎片。

Li, who was working nearby on the mobile communication network, said, "I then rushed to the site with my colleagues and saw the aircraft debris, much of which was in small pieces. It was scattered all over the mountains. The biggest piece I saw was part of a wing with China Eastern's logo."

李晨斌当时正在事故附近的山上作业，他说，“我和同事以最快的速度到达现场，看到飞机残骸。整个飞机全部已经散掉了，全是碎片，散落在山里。我看到的最大的一块碎片是机翼，上面有东航的标志。”

Because the crash site is hemmed in by mountains on three sides, with only a narrow road leading there, it has been difficult to carry out search and rescue work. Villagers have been using motorbikes to carry supplies to the crash site.

由于事故地点三面环山，只有一条小路可以到达，搜救工作难以开展。村民们用摩托车为救援队运送物资。

Vice-Premier Liu He and State Councilor Wang Yong arrived in Wuzhou in the early hours of Tuesday to guide the rescue efforts, the aftermath and the investigation into the cause of the crash. They inspected the crash site in the morning and held a meeting to discuss the search and rescue plan.

国务院副总理刘鹤和国务委员王勇于3月22日凌晨抵达广西梧州，指导现场救援、善后处置及事故原因调查工作。22日上午，他们来到现场勘查，召开专题会议讨论搜救计划。

According to the meeting, search and rescue teams must race against time to search for survivors and leave no blind spot. In addition, one-on-one care must be provided to relatives of the passengers, and the cause of the crash must be determined as soon as possible.

会议强调，要争分夺秒做好人员搜救工作，不留死角、不留盲区。要深入细致做好家属安抚，组织人员一对一进行心理抚慰和情绪疏导，并尽快查明事故原因。

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his sorrow for families of those aboard and to the Chinese government, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN chief.

联合国秘书长发言人杜加里克在新闻发布会上表示，联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯对中国东方航空MU5735航班失事的消息感到非常难过，我们向遇难者家属以及中国政府和人民表示哀悼。

preliminary

英[prɪˈlɪmɪnəri];美[prɪˈlɪmɪneri]

adj.初步的，预备的

n.初步行动，准备工作；预赛，预试

cockpit

英 [ˈkɒkpɪt]; 美 [ˈkɑːkpɪt]

n.（飞机的）驾驶舱，（赛车的）驾驶座；战场，格斗场所

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英语新闻| 民航局：将尽快搜寻黑匣子丨No survivors of crash found