2009/10/07

Pilots fight crew in mid-air brawl on Indian flight:report 報導︰機師與空服員在印度班機上空中互毆

◎魏國金

Air India said on Sunday it was investigating allegations of a mid-air brawl in which pilots and cabin crew were reported to have exchanged blows in front of startled passengers.

印度航空週日指出,已對一起據報機師與座艙人員在受到驚嚇的乘客前相互揮拳的事件展開調查。

The Times of India reported that crew members threw punches and hurled abuse at each other on the flight from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates to Delhi after a female attendant accused the pilots of sexually harassing her.

印度時報報導,在一名女空服員指控機師對她性騷擾後,這架從阿拉伯聯合大公國沙加飛往德里的班機上的機組人員,便出拳打架、破口互罵。

The fight spilled out into the galley of the plane as about 100 passengers looked on, the paper said under the headline "Pilots, crew slug it out at 30,000 feet".

在約100名乘客眾目睽睽下,這場架一路打進飛機的備餐區,報紙在標題為「機師、空服員在3萬英尺高空一決高下」的報導上說。

The cockpit of the Airbus A-320 was left unmanned at one point, and one of the pilots threatened to divert the plane to Pakistan, the Times alleged.

印度時報指稱,這架A-320型空中巴士的駕駛艙一度無人駕駛,其中一名機師揚言將飛機轉往巴基斯坦。

The 24-year-old female crew member and a co-pilot both suffered bruises in the incident and police have registered a case against the pilots for "outraging the modesty of a woman," it said.

報導說,24歲的女空服員與一名副駕駛在該事件中掛彩,警方以機師觸犯「對婦女施暴」罪嫌受理本案。

新聞辭典

brawl︰名詞,爭吵、打架。例句︰The platform discussion would turn into a brawl.(施政綱領的討論將變成一場爭吵。)

hurl abuse( at sb)︰片語,破口大罵。例句︰They were hurling abuse at each other.(他們互相叫罵。)

look on︰片語,觀看、旁觀。例句︰He just stood looking on while an old woman was robbed.(當一名老婦遇搶時,他只是站在一旁觀望。)

slug it out︰片語,決一雌雄、比出高下。例句︰Unable to negotiate, they began to slug it out in the media.(談判不成,他們開始透過媒體一決勝負。)

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