A Boeing 737 airliner crashed on landing at a Caribbean island belonging to Colombia on Monday. The plane broke into three pieces, killing one passenger of the 131 people aboard, authorities said.
周一，一架波音737飞机在加勒比海一个隶属哥伦比亚的岛屿上着陆时坠毁。有关部门说，飞机断成三截，机上131人中有一名乘客死亡。
The flight, operated by Colombia's Aires airline, ran into a storm as it approached San Andres island, a Colombian resort island about 120 miles east of Nicaragua. Pictures showed the plane's fuselage split into three pieces on the runway, with the front third of the plane coming to rest behind the last half of the aircraft.
飞机由艾尔斯哥伦比亚航空公司(Aires Colombia)运营，它在飞抵尼加拉瓜以东约120英里处哥伦比亚度假岛屿圣安德烈斯岛时遇上暴雨。有照片显示，飞机的机身在跑道上断成了三截，前面三分之一部分停留在了后半截的后面。
Despite the dramatic scenes, the only fatality was listed as Amar Fernandez de Barreto, a 68-year-old woman whom officials say may have died of a heart attack from the incident. Colombian newspaper El Tiempo said three newborns survived the crash.
虽然景象吓人，但官员说，唯一身亡的人员、登记姓名为Amar Fernandez de Barreto的那位68岁妇女可能是因为受事故惊吓、心脏病突发而死亡的。哥伦比亚报纸《时代报》(El Tiempo)说，事故幸存者当中有三名新生儿。
'We lament this tragedy...but at the same time we give thanks to God because the accident could have been much worse,' San Andres Gov. Pedro Gallardo was quoted as saying by El Tiempo.
《时代报》援引圣安德烈斯长官加拉多(Pedro Gallardo)的话说，我们为这次悲剧而痛心，但同时我们感谢上帝，因为事故本可能严重得多。
The pilot, which local television identified as Wilson Gutierrez, reported that the plane was struck by lighting just 80 meters or so from the runway, according to Gen. Orlando Paez, of the National Police. He said the strike may have somehow jarred loose one or both of the engines.
据当地电视台的报道，飞行员名为古铁雷斯(Wilson Gutierrez)。哥伦比亚国家警察部门的派斯(Orlando Paez)说，据飞行员报告，飞机在离跑道约80米左右的地方遭到了雷击。他说，雷击可能或多或少地震松了飞机上的一个或两个发动机。
Transportation Minister German Cardona said 'weather conditions were very difficult' at the time of landing, and that the first reports indicated the accident was caused by the lighting strike.
哥伦比亚交通部长卡尔多纳(German Cardona)说，飞机着陆时天气条件非常恶劣，初步报告显示事故是由雷击引发的。
Lightning frequently strikes airplanes but rarely causes a crash.
飞机经常遭到雷击，但由此发生坠机事故却是很少的。
The low-cost airline, Aerovias de Integracion Regional SA (AIRES-BO), is Colombia's second largest after flagship carrier Avianca. On its Twitter account, it said it was 'working and investigating with the aeronautical authorities to determine the causes of what happened.'
艾尔斯航空公司全称"Aerovias de Integracion Regional SA"，是一家廉价航空公司，在哥伦比亚仅次于第一大航空公司哥伦比亚国家航空公司(Avianca)。该公司在Twitter上说，它正在与航空部门合作展开调查，以确定事故的起因。
Gen. Paez praised the pilot for preventing a greater tragedy. 'It was because of the pilot's ability that the plane didn't skid off the landing strip,' he told a local radio station.
派斯赞扬飞行员防止了更大悲剧的发生。他对当地一家电台说，飞机没有滑离跑道，得益于飞行员的能力。
Some people suffered light burns as they were sprayed by the jet's fuel in the crash, he added. One of the plane's engines caught fire but the airports' firefighters were able to quickly put it out, Gen. Paez said.
派斯还说，一些人身上溅到了发动机燃油，造成轻度烧伤。他说，飞机的一个发动机着火，但很快被机场消防员扑灭。
Colombia's civil aviation authority reported that 125 people were taken to local hospitals, with four of them suffering serious injuries.
哥伦比亚民用航空管理部门报告说，有125人被送往当地医院，其中四人重伤。
Darcy Crowe
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