補充與修正幾處 ※ 引述《sigur (Bull Black Nova)》之銘言： : Brazilian officials said the plane disappeared over the Atlantic somewhere : between a point 186 miles northeast of their coastal city Natal and the Cape : Verde islands off Africa. The area is known as the “horse latitudes,” where : the tropics of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres mix, sometimes creating : violent and unpredictable thunderstorms that can rise to 55,000 feet, higher : than commercial jetliners can go. : 巴西官方表示，飛機消失的地點約於Natal北方186哩與the Cape Verde islands off : Africa之間的某處。這個南北半球交界的熱帶區塊以「horse latitudes」聞名，有時候 這就是氣象學上著名的的「馬緯度」 : Pilots are trained to go over or around thunderstorms rather than through : them. Brigitte Barrand, an Air France spokeswoman, said the highly : experienced pilot, a 58-year-old Frenchman, had clocked 11,000 flying hours, : including 1,100 hours on Airbus 330 jets. : Brigitte Barrand，一名經驗老道的機長表示，機長們都被訓練要繞過雷雨雲而不是穿越 : 它。 Barrand 是法航發言人，不是「經驗老道的機長」， 後面的飛時指的是失蹤班機機長的經驗。 : By some estimates, jetliners are typically hit by lightning at least once a : year. But the strike normally travels across the plane’s aluminum skin and : out the tail or a wingtip. Passengers are insulated in the nonconductive, : largely plastic interior, and vital equipment is shielded. : 根據估計，客機每年至少會被雷打到一次，但正常來說，電流會通過飛機鋁製的外殼，之 : 後從機尾或機翼導出。絕緣的塑膠內層會將乘客隔離，並且同時啟動必要的裝置。 非也，此處乃指重要設備有雷擊 的防護。 : Large hailstones created by some thunderstorms have been known to break : windshields or turbine blades, though pilots would be likely to rapidly : report something like that. : 雷雲帶來的大型冰雹，可能會造成機體損壞，縱使機長可能會盡快反應報告 這段是指，如果冰雹擊碎駕艙玻璃或是損壞發動機葉片， 飛行員應會立即報告。 言外之意也就是，不太可能是這些原因導致失事。 : On both Qantas flights, the planes’ inertia sensors sent faulty information : into the flight computers, making them take emergency measures to correct : problems that did not exist, sending the planes into sudden dives. : 先前失事的Qantas flights就是這種機型，飛機內部的感應器接收到錯誤的訊息，自動 : 更改飛行狀態採取必要措施應對「不存在的錯誤」，會造成飛機突然的下降 那兩班 Qantas 只是 severe loss of alititude， 應該沒有失事啦。 : If the inertia sensor told a computer that a plane was stalling, forcing it : to drop the nose and dive to pick up airspeed, and there was simultaneously a : severe downdraft in the storm turbulence, “that would be hard to recover : from,” Mr. Weber said. : 內部的感應器告知電腦飛機熄火，強迫飛機的機頭下潛以回復速度，假如同時機尾有強 : 烈的亂流，「就沒救了」，Mr. Weber表示 stall 是失速，不是熄火。 電腦誤判飛機失速，所以壓機頭加速。 同時又遇上雷雨中的下沉氣流 (downdraft)， 結果就是飛機向下急速俯衝，無法拉回。 --

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