一架小型飞机在罗马坠毁，一名乘客失踪

一架小型飞机在罗马坠毁，一名乘客失踪

A small airplane crashed into the Tiber River in Rome shortly after takeoff on Monday.

周一，一架小型飞机起飞后不久坠入罗马台伯河。

Hours after the crash landing, police were still searching for one of the two passengers who was officially listed as "missing," though a police officer told Xinhua the passenger was "feared dead."

在飞机坠毁的几个小时后，警方仍在寻找两名被官方列为“失踪”的乘客之一，不过一名警官告诉新华社，这名乘客“恐怕已经死亡”。

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According to the police, the small aircraft carried a flight instructor and a flight student from the small Roma Urbe Airport in the northern part of the Italian capital. The instructor was able to disengage from the aircraft and was easily rescued and taken to the hospital with minor injuries. But the student was unable to escape.

据警方称，这架小型飞机载有一名飞行指导员和一名飞行学员，他们来自意大利首都北部的罗马乌尔贝机场。这名教官得以脱离飞机，并被轻松地救起并送往医院，只受了轻伤。但这名学生无法逃脱。

Police said the plane left the airport at around 3:30 p.m. local time Monday. Police did not say which of the two passengers was piloting the plane or why it went off course and into the river.

警方说，飞机于当地时间周一下午3点30分左右离开机场。警方没有说明这两名乘客中是谁在驾驶飞机，也没有说明飞机为何偏离航线坠入河中。

The identities of the two passengers have not been released.

两名乘客的身份尚未公布。

As of 7 p.m. local time, a police officer said a team of police and firefighters continued to search for the missing student.

当地时间下午7点，一名警官说，一队警察和消防员仍在继续寻找失踪的学生。

The Roma Urbe Airport is the smallest of Rome's three airports and the only one within the city limits. It is dedicated to small civilian aircraft.

罗马乌尔比机场是罗马三个机场中最小的，也是罗马市内唯一的机场。它专门用于小型民用飞机。