A plane in a Russian airline's fleet was forced to turn back to its departure airport after one of its wheels fell off after it had taken to the air.
近日,俄罗斯航空公司的一架飞机在起飞后,发现一只轮子掉了,不得不返回起飞机场。
Yamal Airlines flight B734 had already flown 115 miles from Tyumen, central Russia, when the crew were informed of the missing part. The plane was able to safely land in Tyumen again 50 minutes after departure but the incident caused five and half hours' of delay.
俄罗斯亚马尔半岛航空公司一架B734型号的飞机,从俄罗斯中部城市秋明市起飞,在飞行了115英里之后,机组人员接到通知,他们的飞机掉了一个轮子。在起飞50分钟之后,该飞机安全返回并在秋明成功着陆,但是这起事故也导致飞机延误了五个半小时。
According to The Aviation Herald, 148 passengers and seven members of crew were on board the flight to Novy Urengoy on Wednesday. A wheel from the outboard right side had fallen off some time during or shortly after take off and was discovered at Tyumen Airport after the Boeing 737-400 was already in the air.
根据《航空先驱报》报道,周三这驾飞往新乌连戈伊的飞机,共载有148名乘客以及7名机组人员。这架飞机外侧右边的轮子在起飞时丢失,而在这架波音737-400飞机已经升空飞行后,机场工作人员在秋明机场发现了这枚轮子。
The loss of the part has been attributed to a bearing failure and Ural's Transport Investigation Committee is now investigating the incident. After the delay the passengers were finally able to reach their destination on a replacement Airbus A320-200.
据调查,丢失轮子应该是由于轴承的损坏。乌拉尔交通调查委员会现在正在调查该起事故。飞机延误后,所有乘客换乘了一架空客A320-200飞机,到达目的地。
This is not the first time that a plane's wheel has fallen off during take off.
这并不是第一次飞机起飞时丢轮子的事情发生了。
Last year, a Delta Airlines planelost a wheel as well as part of the brake system while taking off from Ben Gurion Airport in Israel according to AOL.
根据《美国在线》报道,去年达美航空的一架飞机在以色列本·古里安机场起飞时,掉了一只轮子,这只轮子同时也是刹车系统的一部分。
Back in 2011, Daily Mail reported that passengers on board a Flybe aircraft actually witnessed the moment that the wheels on their plane fell off.
而在2011年,《每日邮报》曾报道过,一位搭乘Flybe航空飞机的乘客,在飞机上亲眼目睹了飞机起飞后,他所搭乘飞机的轮子掉了。
In both cases, the pilots were able to successfully land the plane safely.
所幸这两起事件中,飞行员最终都成功地使飞机安全落地。