阿富汗一民航飞机坠毁 机上43人生死不明

Commercial Airline Crashes In Afghanistan

A commercial plane carrying 43 people crashed Monday morning while passing through bad weather over a high mountain range north of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
一架载有43人的民航飞机周一早间在飞越阿富汗首都喀布尔北部高山时坠毁。当时的天气条件极其恶劣。

There was no immediate word on casualties, and heavy cloud cover was hindering a joint Afghan and NATO search effort.
目前尚没有伤亡的报导。厚重的云层令阿富汗与北约(NATO)的联合搜救行动受阻。

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The Pamir Airways flight took off at 8:30 a.m. from the northern provincial capital of Kunduz and crashed somewhere near the 12,700-foot Salang Pass, a major thoroughfare connecting Kabul with Afghanistan's north.
这架帕米尔航空公司(Pamir Airways)的航班于早上8点30分从阿富汗北部省份昆都兹(Kunduz)的首府起飞，在海拔12,700英尺的萨朗隘口(Salang Pass)附近坠毁。萨朗隘口是连接喀布尔和阿富汗北部地区的主要通道。

The crash appears to be the worst in Afghanistan since 2005, when another domestic carrier, Kam Air, crashed in the mountains east of Kabul, killing all 104 passengers and crew on board. Bad weather contributed to that crash, and aviation officials said the crew may have been trying to save on fuel by flying through a blinding snowstorm.
此次坠机可能是2005年以来阿富汗发生的最严重的一起飞机失事。2005年，另外一个国内航空公司卡姆航空(Kam Air)的一架飞机在喀布尔以东群山中坠毁，机上104名乘客和机组人员无一人生还。那次坠机事件是由恶劣的天气造成的，航空管理官员说，机组人员可能曾试图穿过暴风雪以节省燃油。

Six or seven foreigners were among the 38 passengers on the flight that crashed Monday, along with five crew members, according to Nangialai Qalatwal, spokesman for the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Transport.
据阿富汗民航和交通部(Ministry of Civil Aviation and Transport)发言人夸拉特瓦(Nangialai Qalatwa)说，周一坠毁的飞机上有38名乘客，其中有六或七名外国人，另有五名机组人员。

'It seems that bad weather was the cause of the crash,' Qalatwal said but rescuers had not yet reached the wreckage.
夸拉特瓦说，看起来恶劣的天气是造成飞机失事的原因。不过救援人员尚未到达飞机失事地点。

Foreign aid workers and U.N. staff have been advised to avoid Pamir Airways due to doubts about its safety record.
鉴于对帕米尔航空公司安全纪录的怀疑，外国救援人员和联合国工作人员被建议不要乘坐该航空公司的航班。

Based in Kabul, Pamir started operations in 1995. It has daily flights to major Afghan cities and also operates flights to Dubai and to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage. -By Alan Cullison, The Wall Street Journal; 709 5234 0805; alan.cullison@wsj.com
帕米尔航空公司位于喀布尔，于1995年开始运营。该公司有飞往阿富汗主要城市的每日航班，还运营飞往迪拜和沙特阿拉伯的航班以方便伊斯兰朝圣。