VOA慢速英語(yǔ)：在非洲發(fā)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.

在全球空中交通中，非洲約占5%，但在2014年，其空中交通事故與死亡率為20%。

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.

Siddi Kone是一位空中導(dǎo)航安全專(zhuān)家。他表示，在撒哈拉沙漠以南運(yùn)營(yíng)的許多小型航空公未能遵循國(guó)際航空導(dǎo)航規(guī)則。他說(shuō)，它們有時(shí)并不知道自己飛機(jī)的位置。

An investigator (back) works near the wreckage of a military plane which crashed near the village of Ouled Gacem in eastern Algeria, about 500km (311 miles) from the capital Algiers on February 12, 2014. The military transport plane carrying members of the Algerian armed forces and their relatives crashed into a mountain, killing 77 people, the worst air disaster in the North African country in a decade. (REUTERS/Louafi Larbi)

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

他聲稱(chēng)必須改善空中交通的協(xié)調(diào)與溝通。他說(shuō)，當(dāng)他們飛過(guò)大陸時(shí)，飛機(jī)不能在同一路線飛行。

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

Osei Bonsu是非洲民航業(yè)的一位專(zhuān)家。他表示各國(guó)必須共同努力，定位飛機(jī)失事地點(diǎn)并對(duì)幸存者進(jìn)行救援。他還表示，由于飛往非洲的往返航班不斷增加，對(duì)于管理空中交通，進(jìn)行培訓(xùn)是非常有必要的。

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. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

非洲的空中交通管制員表示，他們沒(méi)有足夠的工作人員，并且缺乏良好的通訊設(shè)備。本周，空中交通安全專(zhuān)家們聚集在喀麥隆，他們表示一些空中交通管制員使用手機(jī)與飛行員進(jìn)行溝通。

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

他們的一些其他問(wèn)題包括在機(jī)場(chǎng)電的損耗及跑道上的動(dòng)物。

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

空中交通安全和保障專(zhuān)家表示他們需要更多的投資與培訓(xùn)，以提高非洲航空旅行的安全性。

I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.

我是克里斯托弗·瓊斯- 克魯斯。

Do you fly in and out of Africa? How was your experience? Please tell us in the comments below oron our Facebook page.

Correspondent Moki Edwin Kindzeka reported this story from New Delhi. Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted it for Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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Words in This Story

coordinate – 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