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A、Bad weather. B、Human error. C、Breakdown of the engines. D、Failure of the communications system. DWhat was the cause of the tra
A、Bad weather. B、Human error. C、Breakdown of the engines. D、Failure of the communications system. DWhat was the cause of the tra
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2008-12-10
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问题
M: Did you hear about the air crash that occurred in South America recently? It was quite a tragic accident!
W: No, I didn’t see anything in the news about it. What happened?
M: A foreign airliner was attempting to land at night in a mountainous area of Argentina and flew into a hill!
W: That sounds really terrible! Did anyone survive?
M: No, everyone aboard, including the crew, was killed instantly.
W: What were the circumstances? Was there had weather, a fire, or engine failure?
M: Apparently, there was some low clouds in the area, but mostly it was just miscommunication between the pilots and the air traffic controllers.
W: Weren’t they both speaking in English, the official international aviation language?
M: Yes they were, but the transmission from poor quality radios was slightly distorted and the accents of the Spanish speaking controllers was so strong that the pilots misunderstood a vital instruction.
W: How could a misunderstanding like that cause such a serious accident?
M: The pilots were told "descend to 2 -2,000 feet". The instruction actually meant 22,000 feet, but they thought they heard descend to 2,000 feet. That’s a huge difference, and it should have been confirmed, but it was not. Unfortunately, the terrain of the mountains in that region extends up to 20,000 feet.
W: So the pilots did descend to the wrong altitude then, thinking they were following the air controllers instructions.
M: Sadly enough, yes they did. It was a very bad mistake. Many people died as a result of this simple understanding.
W: Wow, that’s a powerful lesson in how important it can be to accurately communicate with each other.
选项
A、Bad weather.
B、Human error.
C、Breakdown of the engines.
D、Failure of the communications system.
答案
D
解析
What was the cause of the tragedy?
本题问“悲剧的起因是什么”。文中提到女士问飞机失事时是什么样的情况,是恶劣的天气、失火还是机械故障。男士说当时该地区云层很低,很可能是由于飞行员和航空调度员之间的交流上的失误引起的。故D项“交流系统的故障”正确。
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