西非失事飞机残骸被发现

时间：2010-06-22 05:57:13

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The wreckage1 of a plane carrying a group of Australian mining executives in West Africa has been found, Cameroon's information minister said.

喀麦隆新闻部长称，一架载有一队澳大利亚采矿高管、在西非失事的飞机，其残骸已被发现。

Nine or 10 bodies had been found, he said, as hopes faded for survivors2.

The plane, carrying 11 passengers, disappeared on Saturday while flying from Cameroon to Republic of Congo.

One of Australia's richest men, Ken3 Talbot, was on board, with five other Australians, and one US, two British and two French nationals.

The group left the Cameroonian capital Yaounde to visit iron ore（铁矿石） projects in Yangadou, a remote area of Congo.

Aviation officials say they lost contact with the aircraft one hour after it left Yaounde.

The plane was chartered by Australian mining company Sundance Resources.

"For the moment（目前，暂且） , between nine and 10 corpses4（尸体） have been retrieved5（恢复，补偿） ," Information Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary told a news conference in Yaounde on Monday.

The area they were visiting includes the Mbalam project which straddles（跨坐，跨立） Cameroon and Congo - where Sundance Resources is hoping to extract 35m tonnes of iron ore a year.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had promised to leave "no stone unturned" to help with the search.

Mr Talbot is a non-executive director of Sundance, with an estimated wealth of $840m (£567m), according to BRW business magazine's latest rich list.


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1 wreckage nMhzF     
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
参考例句：
  • They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
  • New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
2 survivors 02ddbdca4c6dba0b46d9d823ed2b4b62     
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
3 ken k3WxV     
n.视野，知识领域
参考例句：
  • Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
  • Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.
4 corpses 2e7a6f2b001045a825912208632941b2     
n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
5 retrieved 1f81ff822b0877397035890c32e35843     
v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）
参考例句：
  • Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句

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