An Amazon cargo plane went off the runway while landing at Miami International Airport. It hit a van carrying cabin cleaners, killing five people.
一架亞馬遜貨機在邁阿密國際機場降落時衝出跑道,撞上一輛載運機艙清潔人員的廂型車,造成五人罹難。
All five victims worked for Professional Ocean Service Corp. They were a cleaning company. They were all inside the van at the time.
五名死者都是Professional Ocean Service Corp.清潔公司的員工,事發時他們都在廂型車內。
Five other people were hurt. The captain and co-pilot have left the hospital. Two others are in serious condition, and one is stable.
另外有五人受傷,機長和副機長已經出院,還有兩人情況危急,一人情況穩定。
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the accident. One focus is that the airport runway end lacks a deceleration system.
國家運輸安全委員會正在調查事故原因,其中一個重點是機場跑道末端缺少減速系統。
Miami airport is not one of the 120 US airports with light crushable material. But experts say its runway end has a 1000-foot safety buffer. It seems to meet federal rules.
邁阿密機場不是美國120個設有輕質可壓碎材料的機場之一,但專家表示,它的跑道末端有1000英尺的安全緩衝區,看起來符合聯邦規定。
The committee chair, Jennifer Homendy, said that these systems were suggested earlier. Planes still run off runways. She stressed that these suggestions must be followed.
委員會主席珍妮弗·霍門迪說,即使過去曾建議安裝這些系統,飛機衝出跑道的事件還是持續發生,她強調這些建議必須被執行。
This Boeing 767 cargo plane, run by 21 Air, landed after a two-hour flight from Puerto Rico. There was a storm near the airport at that time.
這架由21 Air營運的波音767貨機,從波多黎各飛了兩小時後降落,當時機場附近有暴風雨。
Strong winds over 25 knots were reported during landing. After watching the video, experts said the strong tailwind may have pushed the plane off the runway.
降落時據報有超過25節的強風,專家看過影片後表示,強勁的順風可能把飛機推離跑道。
The plane stayed in the air without performing a flare. It is still unclear why the pilots did not stop the landing.
飛機在沒有進行拉平操作的情況下仍維持在空中,目前還不清楚機師為什麼沒有中止降落。
Investigators have found the flight data recorder. They have set up interviews with the captain, the co-pilot, and air traffic controllers.
調查人員已經找到飛行資料紀錄器,並安排與機長、副機長及航管人員訪談。
Amazon says it is helping with the investigation and has expressed sympathy for the people who died.
亞馬遜表示正在配合調查,並對罹難者表達慰問。
The cleaning company says its workers are like family. It will not comment on this to respect the families.
清潔公司則說,員工就像家人一樣,為了尊重家屬不會評論這件事。
Two of the four runways at Miami airport are still closed. More than 225 flights have been canceled on Sunday and Monday.
邁阿密機場四條跑道中的兩條仍然關閉,週日及週一已經有超過225個航班取消。