An Amazon cargo plane ran off the runway while landing at Miami International Airport and hit a minibus carrying aircraft cleaners, killing five people.
一架亚马逊货运飞机在迈阿密国际机场降落时冲出跑道,撞上一辆接送飞机清洁工的小巴,造成5人死亡。
All the dead were cleaning company workers, aged between 47 and 75.
死者均为清洁公司员工,年龄在47岁至75岁之间。
Five others were injured. The captain and co-pilot have left the hospital, and one of them is in stable condition.
另有5人受伤,机长和副驾驶已出院,其中一人情况稳定。
The accident happened on Sunday. The plane flew from Puerto Rico to Miami, and there was a storm near the airport when it landed.
事故发生在周日,飞机从波多黎各飞抵迈阿密,降落时机场附近有风暴。
The plane went about 396 meters past the end of the runway. It hit the minibus, then went through a fence, and then hit an SUV.
飞机冲出跑道末端约396米,撞上小巴后冲过围栏,又撞上一辆SUV。
Photos from the scene show the front of the minibus was crushed. The plane's nose pointed down, and the body had large smoke stains.
现场照片显示小巴前端被压毁,飞机机头朝下,机身有大片烟熏痕迹。
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the accident.
美国国家运输安全委员会正在调查事故原因。
One focus of the investigation is that the airport lacks a runway-end deceleration system.
调查重点之一是机场缺乏跑道末端减速系统。
Miami airport is not one of the 120 U.S. airports with light crushable material. The Federal Aviation Administration says that material has saved about 500 lives.
迈阿密机场并非美国120个配备轻型可压碎材料的机场之一,联邦航空管理局称该材料已挽救约500条生命。
Experts say that even without that system, Miami airport seems to meet federal rules. It has a 305-meter safety buffer at the end of the runway.
专家表示,即使没有该系统,迈阿密机场似乎也符合联邦规定,因为跑道末端有305米的安全缓冲区。
Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said the board had previously recommended installing these systems, but runway overruns still kept happening.
国家运输安全委员会主席詹妮弗·霍曼迪表示,委员会过去曾建议安装这些系统,但跑道冲出事件仍继续发生。
She said, "Our recommendations must be put into action, or we will keep facing such incidents."
她说:“我们的建议必须得到落实,否则我们还将面临此类事件。”
Investigators have found the flight data recorder and are arranging interviews with the pilots, air traffic controllers, and others.
调查人员已找到飞行数据记录器,正在安排与飞行员、空中交通管制员等人面谈。
Amazon said it is cooperating with the investigation and expressed deep sympathy for the families of the victims.
亚马逊表示正在配合调查,并对遇难者家属致以深切同情。