机长忘带护照 航班延误6小时
LearnAndRecord约 12 分钟近日，美联航洛杉矶飞往上海航班，飞机起飞两小时后，折返备降旧金山机场，原因竟是：机长忘记带护照。
🤔️小作业：
1. What can be inferred about the root cause of such flight diversions from the passage?
A. Current boarding procedures may fail to verify crew passports systematically.
B. Airlines ignore crew documentation checks to save time.
C. Pilots prioritize personal convenience over professional responsibilities.
D. International flight regulations do not require crew to carry passports.
无注释原文：
The 'embarrassing' reason for this flight diversion - the pilot forgot their passport
From: Stuff
Planes can get diverted for a host of reasons, whether its mechanical problems, bad weather, or passengers acting up.
But United Airlines flight UA198 from Los Angeles to Shanghai had a very unusual reason for turning back over the Pacific - one of the pilots reportedly left their passport at home.
The plane had been in the air for nearly two hours when it turned back to the US, landing in San Francisco.
The airline messaged passengers: “Your flight diverted to San Francisco due to an unexpected crew-related issue requiring a new crew. Once they arrive, we'll get you back on your way to Shanghai as soon as possible. We sincerely apologize for this disruption and appreciate your patience.”
It was reported later the crew-related issue was a missing passport.
Passengers were given US$15 meal vouchers and a new crew had to be found. Eventually the plane took off again, landing nearly six hours behind schedule.
Aviation site A View From The Wing said it was the second similar incident in just a week: “When you board an international flight, gate agents check your passport along with your boarding pass before letting you on the plane. Clearly they should be doing this to crew, too.”
Ben Schlappig, who runs One Mile At A Time, called it an “embarrassing mistake”: “This incident caused at least three hours of extra fuel burn and United needed to pay for two full crews (since the entire crew had to be swapped), not to mention the inconvenience for passengers travelling in both directions, since the return flight had to be delayed as well.”
A similar incident happened last year on a Delta flight.
In a post on Reddit, a passenger wrote: “Yesterday, they board a quarter of the plane, halt boarding as the pilot dashes out of the cockpit and we're sitting in the plane wondering why the flight just got a one-hour delay posted … then they announce the pilot forgot to pack his passport and is driving home to get it … can't make this stuff up.”
In the end, the flight only had a 40-minute delay: “The pilot to his credit made an announcement taking complete responsibility for his mistake.”
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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考
含注释全文：
The 'embarrassing' reason for this flight diversion - the pilot forgot their passport
From: Stuff
Planes can get diverted for a host of reasons, whether its mechanical problems, bad weather, or passengers acting up.
飞机改道通常由机械故障、恶劣天气或乘客扰乱等多种原因引发。
divert
divert /daɪˈvɜːt/ 1）表示“使改变方向，使转向”，英文解释为“to cause something or someone to change direction”举个🌰：Traffic will be diverted through the side streets while the main road is resurfaced. 这条主干道重铺路面时，车辆行人将被分流到侧路通行。
2）表示“将…用于其他目的；改变…的用途”，英文解释为“to use something for a different purpose”举个🌰：Should more funds/money/resources be diverted from roads into railways? 是否应该将更多的资金/资源从公路转投到铁路上？
mechanical
mechanical /məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl/ 表示“机械的；机械部件的”，英文解释为“operated by a machine, or connected with machines or their parts”如：a mechanical device 机械设备。
act up
1）表示“（尤指孩子）捣乱，表现不好”，英文解释为“If a person, especially a child, acts up, they behave badly.”举个🌰：He got bored and started acting up. 他感到没意思，就开始调皮捣蛋起来。
2）表示“（机器）运转不正常；（身体部位）出毛病”，英文解释为“If a machine or part of the body acts up, it does not perform as well as it should.”举个🌰：My car always acts up in cold weather. 天冷时，我的车老出故障。
But United Airlines flight UA198 from Los Angeles to Shanghai had a very unusual reason for turning back over the Pacific - one of the pilots reportedly left their passport at home.
但美联航（United Airlines）从洛杉矶飞往上海的UA198航班在太平洋上空返航有个非常不寻常的原因——据披露，执飞机组中竟有飞行员将护照遗落家中。
The plane had been in the air for nearly two hours when it turned back to the US, landing in San Francisco.
该飞机在返航美国前已在空中飞行近两小时，最终折返降落在旧金山机场。
The airline messaged passengers: “Your flight diverted to San Francisco due to an unexpected crew-related issue requiring a new crew. Once they arrive, we'll get you back on your way to Shanghai as soon as possible. We sincerely apologize for this disruption and appreciate your patience.”
航空公司通知乘客称：“因突发性机组人员相关问题需临时更换机组人员，您的航班改道至旧金山。待新机组抵达后，我们将第一时间安排继续飞往上海。对此次意外造成的不便我们深表歉意，感谢您的理解。”
crew
crew /kruː/ 1）作名词，表示“全体船员；全体机务人员”，英文解释为“The crew of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft is the people who work on and operate it.”举个🌰：The mission for the crew of the space shuttle is essentially over. 航天飞机全体机务人员的使命基本完成。
2）作名词，表示“一组工作人员”，英文解释为“A crew is a group of people with special technical skills who work together on a task or project.”如：a two-man film crew making a documentary 一个制作纪录片的两人摄制组。
3）作动词，表示“当船员；充当…的船员；当（尤指船上的）工作人员；当空乘人员”，英文解释为“If you crew a boat, you work on it as part of the crew.”举个🌰：This neighbour crewed on a ferryboat. 这位邻居在一艘渡船上当船员。
It was reported later the crew-related issue was a missing passport.
据报道，机组人员相关问题竟是是飞行员护照缺失。
Passengers were given US$15 meal vouchers and a new crew had to be found. Eventually the plane took off again, landing nearly six hours behind schedule.
滞留旅客每人获发15美元（约合108元人民币）餐券，航司紧急调配备用机组。最终飞机再次起飞，抵达时晚点了近六小时。
voucher
voucher /ˈvaʊ.tʃər/ 表示“代金券，票券”，英文解释为“a piece of paper that can be used to pay for particular goods or services or that allows you to pay less than the usual price for them”举个🌰：The voucher is valid between July and December and entitles you to ten percent off all overseas flights. 该代金券在7月至12月间有效，凭此券所有国际航班可享受9折的优惠。
区分：
📍coupon表示“优惠券，折价券；赠券，礼券”，英文解释为“A coupon is a piece of printed paper which allows you to pay less money than usual for a product, or to get it free.”
Aviation site A View From The Wing said it was the second similar incident in just a week: “When you board an international flight, gate agents check your passport along with your boarding pass before letting you on the plane. Clearly they should be doing this to crew, too.”
航空网站《机翼视角》（A View From The Wing）称，这是一周内第二起类似事件：“乘坐国际航班时，普通旅客需经过护照与登机牌双重核验，但显然这项规定也应适用于机组人员。”
aviation
aviation /ˌeɪ.viˈeɪ.ʃən/ 表示“航空（学）；飞行（术）；航空工业”，英文解释为“the activity of flying aircraft, or of designing, producing, and keeping them in good condition”如：the British Civil Aviation Authority 英国民航局。
board
威尔·史密斯被禁止出席奥斯卡活动十年文中提到，board作名词，表示“董事会；理事会；委员会”，英文解释为“the group of people who are responsible for controlling and organizing a company or organization”举个🌰：Every decision has to be approved by the board (of directors). 每项决定都必须由董事会通过。
board作动词，表示“（使）上（船、火车或飞机）”，英文解释为“to get onto or allow people to get onto a boat, train, or aircraft”举个🌰：At the airport she boarded a plane to Hangzhou. 在机场她登上了去杭州的飞机。
boarding pass
boarding pass = 英式 boarding card，表示“登机卡；登船卡”，英文解释为“a card that a passenger must have in order to be allowed to get on an aircraft or a ship”
Ben Schlappig, who runs One Mile At A Time, called it an “embarrassing mistake”: “This incident caused at least three hours of extra fuel burn and United needed to pay for two full crews (since the entire crew had to be swapped), not to mention the inconvenience for passengers travelling in both directions, since the return flight had to be delayed as well.”
航空博主本·施拉皮格（Ben Schlappig）在其One Mile At A Time专栏中称，这是“令人啼笑皆非的失误”：“此次事件不仅导致三小时额外燃油消耗和美联航机组人员成本双倍支出（因为整个机组必须更换），更造成往返航班连锁延误，因为返程航班也不得不延误。”
swap
swap 可以作动词，也可以作名词，表示“交换”，英文解释为“If you swap something with someone, you give it to them and receive a different thing in exchange.”举个🌰：Next week they will swap places and will repeat the switch weekly. 下周他们将互换位置，以后将每周换一次。
not to mention
表示“除…之外（还），更不必说”，英文解释为“used when you want to emphasize something that you are adding to a list”
A similar incident happened last year on a Delta flight.
去年达美航空（Delta）航班也发生过类似事件。
In a post on Reddit, a passenger wrote: “Yesterday, they board a quarter of the plane, halt boarding as the pilot dashes out of the cockpit and we're sitting in the plane wondering why the flight just got a one-hour delay posted … then they announce the pilot forgot to pack his passport and is driving home to get it … can't make this stuff up.”
有旅客在Reddit论坛爆料：“昨日四分之一旅客登机后突然暂停登机，飞行员匆忙离开驾驶舱。就在众人疑惑为何突现一小时延误时，广播传来机长忘带护照正驱车返家取件的通知……现实比剧本更荒诞。”
halt
halt /hɒlt/ 作名词，表示“停止，停下，中止”，英文解释为“an occasion when something stops moving or happening”如：the recent halt in production 最近的停产。
作动词，1）表示“使停住；停住”，英文解释为“When a person or a vehicle halts or when something halts them, they stop moving in the direction they were going and stand still.”举个🌰：They halted at a short distance from the house. 他们停在离房子不远处。
2）表示“使完全停止；完全停止”，英文解释为“When something such as growth, development, or activity halts or when you halt it, it stops completely.”举个🌰：Workers halted production at the auto plant yesterday. 昨天，汽车厂的工人完全停止了生产。
🎬电影《危情时速》（Unstoppable）中的台词提到：Emergency responders want to halt all activity near the line 应急响应人员打算停止铁路附近的所有活动。
dash
dash /dæʃ/ 1）表示“猛冲，急奔，跑”，英文解释为“to go somewhere quickly”举个🌰：The dog ran off, and she dashed after him. 狗跑了，我在它后面追。
2）表示“猛击，猛撞；（尤指）撞碎，击碎”，英文解释为“to hit something with great force, especially causing damage”举个🌰：The tidal wave dashed the ship against the rocks. 潮汐把那艘船抛向岩石。
作名词，1）表示“破折号”，英文解释为“the symbol – used to separate parts of a sentence”
2）a dash 表示“（尤指添加的流质食品）少量，少许”，英文解释为“a small amount of something, especially liquid food, that is added to something else”举个🌰：Add some butter and a dash of salt. 加一些黄油和一丁点盐。
cockpit
cockpit /ˈkɒk.pɪt/ 表示“（飞机、船或赛车的）驾驶舱，驾驶座”，英文解释为“the area in a plane, boat or racing car where the pilot or driver sits”
pack
表示“（把…）打包，收拾（行李）”，英文解释为“to put something into a bag, box, etc.”举个🌰：We're leaving early tomorrow morning, so you'd better pack (= put clothes and other possessions into suitcases or bags) tonight. 我们明天一大早就要出发，所以你最好今晚就收拾行李。I haven't packed my clothes (= put them into a suitcase, etc.) yet. 我还没收拾衣服呢。
In the end, the flight only had a 40-minute delay: “The pilot to his credit made an announcement taking complete responsibility for his mistake.”
最终航班只延误了40分钟：“值得肯定的是，当事飞行员通过广播郑重向全体乘客致歉，并全权承担该事件责任。”
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