VOA慢速英语：巴西足球运动员客机在哥伦比亚坠机

Plane Carrying Football Team From Brazil Crashes in Colombia

巴西足球运动员客机在哥伦比亚坠机

At least 76 people were killed when an airplane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed Monday night in Colombia.

本周一晚间，载有巴西足球运动员客机在哥伦比价坠机，造成至少76人死亡。

A Colombian police commander said five of the 81 people on the chartered plane survived. The aircraft was carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members.

哥伦比亚警方指挥官表示包机上的81人中，只有5人获救。该飞机携带乘客72人、9名机组人员。

The team was on its way to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana football competition at the time of the crash. The sport is called soccer in the United States.

该足球队在去往南美杯足球决赛的路上，坠机。该运动在美国叫做soccer。

The plane came down in a mountainous area near the city of Medellin. The flight had started in Bolivia.

该飞机在麦德林市附近的山区坠落。该飞机是从玻利维亚起飞。

The aircraft’s owner was identified as LaMia, a small Venezuelan airline company. Officials said the plane, a British Aerospace 146, was designed for short flights. The crew reported an electrical failure and declared an emergency at 2200 hours local time (0300 GMT).

该飞机隶属于拉米尔，一个小型委内瑞拉的航空公司。官方称：该飞机是一台BAe146，专为短航线设计。机组报告了电气故障并在当地时间22点(格林威治时间3点)宣布进入紧急状态。

Colombian officials are investigating what happened. The head of the country’s civil aviation agency said he cannot rule out the possibility that the plane used up all its fuel before the crash.

哥伦比亚官方正在调查原因。国家民航机构的领导表示：他将不排除一种可能性，飞机在坠机之前已用尽燃料。

The plane was carrying the Chapecoense football team, from the small city of Chapeco in southern Brazil. Chapecoense was to have played Wednesday in the first of a two-game Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional of Medellin.

该飞机携沙佩科恩斯足球队从南非的一个小城市沙佩科出发。。沙佩科恩斯队本应于周三参加南美杯决赛两回合比赛的首轮比赛，同麦德林国民竞技队进行较量

The mayor of Chapeco said he and other officials just missed joining the team and reporters on the flight to Colombia. They instead decided to take a commercialairline flight.

沙佩科市长表示，他和其他官员恰巧错过了同球员和记者一起飞往哥伦比亚。他们转而决定乘坐商业航班前往。

I’m Christopher Jones-Cruise.

克里斯托弗·琼斯克鲁斯报道。