A China Eastern Airlines plane has had to turn back to Sydney airport after a technical failure which left a hole in an engine casing.
日前,中国东方航空一航班出现技术故障,发动机外壳出现一个大洞,被迫返回悉尼机场。
Flight MU736 was heading from Sydney, Australia to Shanghai, but the pilot reported problems with the engine about one hour after taking off.
MU736次航班从澳大利亚悉尼飞往上海,但起飞一小时之后,机组人员发现发动机出现了异常。
Passengers, who had to spend the night in Sydney, told media they smelt something burning inside the aircraft.
据报道,有乘客在飞机上闻到了烧焦的味道,飞机安全着陆后乘客不得不在悉尼过夜。
Images circulating on social media showed a large hole in the engine casing.
从社交媒体上的图片中可以看到,客机发动机的外壳上出现了一个很大的洞。
Several passengers said they had heard a loud sound coming from the left engine shortly after take-off.
几名乘客表示,在飞机起飞后不久,他们就听到了左发动机发出了巨大的声音。
One passenger told Australia's network: "All of a sudden we heard this noise... it kind of smelt like burning. I was really scared. Our group was terrified."
一位乘客向澳大利亚网站透露:“我们突然听到了巨响……闻起来像是有东西在燃烧。当时真的吓坏了,所有人都非常害怕。”
One woman on the flight told news agency Reuters: "The cabin crew went out and told us to fasten our seatbelts and tried to calm us down, but we were actually very panicked because we had no idea what was happening."
飞机上的一位女乘客向路透社透露:“机组人员出来告诉我们系好安全带,并试图让大家平静下来,但完全不知道发生了什么的我们仍然恐慌万分。”
China Eastern Airlines said in a statement to the media that the crew had "observed the abnormal situation of the left engine and decided to return to Sydney airport immediately". Aviation safety authorities are now investigating.
东方航空告知媒体,该机组发现左发动机故障后,立即决定返回悉尼机场。目前航空安全部门正在调查这一事件。