莫桑比克飛機殘骸幾乎肯定來自MH370

Debris found in Mozambique is “highly likely” to come from MH370, Australian authorities said on Thursday, providing further evidence of the fate of the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared two years ago with 239 people on board.

澳大利亞官方週四表示，在莫桑比克發現的殘骸“極有可能”來自MH370，爲這架兩年前失蹤、機上載有239人的馬來西亞航空公司(Malaysia Airlines)飛機的下落提供了進一步證據。

An investigation team from Malaysia has found that two pieces of debris are consistent with panels from a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, according to Darren Chester, Australia’s transport minister.

澳大利亞交通部長達倫•切斯特(Darren Chester)透露，來自馬來西亞的一個調查小組發現，兩塊殘骸與馬航一架波音777(Boeing 777)客機的壁板一致。

“The analysis has concluded the debris is almost certainly from MH370,” Mr Chester said.

“分析得出結論，這些殘骸幾乎肯定來自MH370，”切斯特表示。

Liow Tiong Lai, Malaysian transport minister, said in a statement that paint and stencilling on the parts matched those used by Malaysia Airlines, while the dimensions, materials and construction of the parts match those of a Boeing 777.

馬來西亞交通部長廖中萊(Liow Tiong Lai)在一份聲明中表示，殘骸上的油漆和標誌與馬航所用的油漆和標誌相符，而其尺寸、材料和構造與波音777客機相符。

One of the pieces of debris was discovered by an American lawyer and amateur investigator Blaine Gibson in February while the other was found by a South African teenager Liam Lotter, who was on holiday in Mozambique in December.

其中一塊殘骸是美國律師及業餘調查者布萊恩•吉布森(Blaine Gibson)在2月份發現的，而另一塊殘骸是由南非少年利亞姆•洛特(Liam Lotter)去年12月在莫桑比克度假時找到的。

Only four other 777s have been written off due to accidents since the aircraft type entered service in 1994. None of those were lost over the sea and all are accounted for.

自波音777飛機在1994年投入商用以來，迄今只有另外四架此型飛機因意外事故墜毀。這些事故沒有一起發生在海上，而且均已找到殘骸。

The Australian minister said the discovery on the east coast of Africa was consistent with drift modelling, which maps how ocean currents and wind would have dispersed floating debris from the search area in the southern Indian Ocean.

澳大利亞交通部長稱，在非洲東海岸發現殘骸，與漂移模型的預測是相符的，該模型繪製出洋流和風將使南印度洋搜索區域的漂浮物如何漂移。

A piece of the aircraft’s wing, called a flaperon, was found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion last July. It was discovered by an islander, Johnny Bègue, who was in charge of a beach cleaning team.

去年7月在印度洋上的留尼汪島(Reunion)發現了一塊襟副翼殘骸，那是飛機機翼的一個部件，它是被負責一個海灘清潔團隊的本地人約翰尼•貝格(Johnny Bègue)發現的。

A further piece of debris, suspected to be an engine cowling, has been found in South Africa, and Malaysian authorities are working to arrange examination of the object.

還有一塊疑似發動機罩的殘骸已在南非被發現，馬來西亞有關部門正安排對其進行檢查。

Air traffic controllers lost contact with MH370 less than an hour after take-off from Kuala Lumpur on March 8 2014. The passenger jet, bound for Beijing, changed course to the west. Analysis of satellite signals showed it then turned south and headed out over the Indian Ocean.

2014年3月8日，馬航MH370航班從吉隆坡起飛不到一小時後就與空中交通管制失聯。這架本應飛往北京的噴氣客機改變航向，向西飛行。對衛星信號的分析表明，它隨後掉頭向南，飛向浩瀚的印度洋。