雙語閱讀：神奇小軟件 一查便知你的航班是否飛過交戰(zhàn)區(qū)

雙語閱讀：神奇小軟件 一查便知你的航班是否飛過交戰(zhàn)區(qū)

Travelers, corporate travel departments and security consultants are trying to figure out ways to avoid flights that pass over war zones after the revelation that some airlines were avoiding eastern Ukraine while others, including Malaysia Airlines, were flying over areas of conflict.

　　旅客、商務差旅部門以及安全顧問眼下都想要知道航班的飛行路線，以避開那些途徑交戰(zhàn)區(qū)的航班。此前據(jù)披露，一些航空公司正在避開烏克蘭東部飛行，而包括馬來西亞航空公司(Malaysia Airlines)在內(nèi)的其他一些航空公司則經(jīng)由沖突地區(qū)上空飛行。

　　With a little research, you can build confidence that your airline is avoiding trouble spots -- or discover if it isn't. While you won't know for sure the exact path your flight will take on a given day, you can figure out whether your airline routinely skirts certain countries, and the most likely route you'll fly.

你只要稍加研究，便可對你的航班是否避開問題區(qū)域做到心中有數(shù)。雖然你不能保證了解你所乘航班的當日確切路線，但你可以知道該航班一般是否會繞開某些國家，以及該航班最有可能執(zhí)飛的路線。

Every day hundreds of passenger airliners fly over trouble spots. Passenger jets regularly pass over Baghdad, for example. There are 41 'kinetic conflicts' -- situations where people are shooting at each other -- around the world, according to security intelligence firm iJet International Inc., which advises corporate travel departments and airlines.

每天飛過問題地區(qū)的客機有數(shù)百架。例如巴格達上空一般都會有客機經(jīng)過。據(jù)安全情報機構(gòu)iJet International Inc.表示，全世界目前有41個區(qū)域處于“動態(tài)沖突”（指人們互相開火的狀態(tài)）狀態(tài)。這家機構(gòu)主要為商務差旅部門和航空公司提供咨詢。

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'This is not an isolated incident' of flying over conflict areas, said iJet chief executive Bruce McIndoe, who has already had conversations with clients -- traveler managers and airlines -- about supplying more information about potential trouble areas. Even though most of the 41 are small, localized conflicts without high-powered surface-to-air missiles involved, 'it's a whole new world as of a couple of days ago,' he said.

iJet的首席執(zhí)行長麥金杜(Bruce McIndoe)表示，飛躍沖突區(qū)并不是一件孤立的事。麥金杜已經(jīng)與旅客經(jīng)理以及航空公司這些客戶就提供更多關于潛在問題區(qū)信息的問題進行了交流。盡管在上述41處沖突中多數(shù)屬于小規(guī)模的局部沖突，沒有強大的地對空導彈的參與，但麥金杜表示，在數(shù)天前，這方面還是一個全新的領域。

There's also the remote possibility of having to make an emergency landing at an airport in the middle of a conflict.

而在沖突中緊急迫降在機場則是一件可能性很小的事。

Airlines make decisions for every flight about the planned route, usually based mostly on weather forecasts and winds. Airlines want the most economical route, but often fly around severe weather or take a longer route with more favorable winds. And some are more cautious about flying over conflicts than others.

每次飛行中，航空公司都要圍繞規(guī)劃的路線作出種種決定，通常主要依據(jù)天氣預報和風力情況。航空公司希望走最經(jīng)濟的那條路線，但這樣的話往往會經(jīng)過天氣惡劣的地方或者是選取風向有利、但需要更長時間的路線。一些航空公司則比其他公司對于飛經(jīng)沖突區(qū)更為謹慎。

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In the days leading up to the July 17 downing of Malaysia Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine, several airlines, including Australia's Qantas Airways and Dubai-based Emirates, regularly flew longer routes around the area of fighting between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces. Other carriers continued to fly routes over the territory that had been deemed safe by local governments and air-traffic control agencies.

在7月17日MH17航班在烏克蘭東部上空被擊落之前，包括澳洲航空公司(Qantas Airways Ltd.)和總部位于迪拜的阿聯(lián)酋航空(Emirates Airline)在內(nèi)的幾家航空公司的長途航線經(jīng)常會飛過俄羅斯支持的分裂分子與烏克蘭軍隊的交戰(zhàn)區(qū)附近。其他航空公司繼續(xù)在被當?shù)卣�府和空管機構(gòu)認定為安全的區(qū)域飛行。

'I think this is a wake-up call,' said Michael McCormick, executive director of the Global Business Travel Association, which represents corporate travel executives. He says companies and individual travelers assumed airlines could be trusted to fly in safe skies, but now some will start evaluating flight-path risk on their own. Travel managers already use security firms to evaluate risks on the ground, such as riots, strikes, crime and storms.

全球商務旅行協(xié)會(Global Business Travel Association)執(zhí)行董事麥考密克(Michael McCormick)稱，他認為這起事故給人們敲響了警鐘。他說，公司和個人旅行者認為可以相信航空公司會在安全空域飛行，但現(xiàn)在一些人將自行評估飛行路徑的風險。旅行經(jīng)理已經(jīng)在藉助安全公司評估地面風險，如暴動、罷工、犯罪和風暴等。

'The reality is companies send travelers to every corner of the world and we can't make that assumption anymore that airlines are looking after this part of security,' Mr. McCormick said.

麥考密克表示，現(xiàn)實情況是，企業(yè)派員工到世界各地出差，不能再想當然地認為航空公司會對飛行路徑方面的安全負責。

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Savvy travelers can check up on airlines with flight-tracking services like FlightAware and Flightradar24. Both collect data from air-traffic control agencies and in some cases use automatic position broadcasts from airplanes themselves. They are considered accurate and reliable, with extensive use by airlines and corporate jet services.

明智的出行者會通過FlightAware和Flightradar24等航班追蹤服務機構(gòu)來查詢航班情況。兩家網(wǎng)站均從空管機構(gòu)收集資料，在某些情況下使用飛機自身的自動定位廣播。這些網(wǎng)站提供的信息被認為是精確可靠的，被航空公司和商務飛機服務機構(gòu)廣泛采用。

FlightAware and Flightradar24 let users enter an airline flight number and then see the path of the latest trip. Both have flight histories available, so you can check the path over several days. On FlightAware, you can also search for flights by departure and destination, which can give you more flights to compare on roughly the same long-distance path.

FlightAware和Flightradar24允許用戶輸入航班號，然后就可以看到最近一次飛行的路徑。兩家網(wǎng)站都提供航班歷史記錄查詢，因此用戶可以查看幾天內(nèi)的飛行路徑。在FlightAware上，用戶還可以通過出發(fā)地和目的地來查詢航班，從而對距離基本一致的路徑上的不同航班進行比較。

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