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 It is a sad day. Nothing grieves me more than to have to report to you that this morning, an American Airlines flight was lost in New York. I will be leaving for New York immediately to lead the American Airlines Care Team that is responding to today's accident. Our primary concern will be to provide support to the families of our passengers and employees lost today, to all of our employees and to the people on the ground in NY.
At this time, we have no indication of what caused the accident. We have moved quickly to help organize the response and to support the investigation. Toward that end, I have already been in touch with Andrew Card at the White House and with Mayor Guiliani and Governor Pataki in New York, as well as with officials in Santo Domingo.
Let me just provide some basic facts about the flight today. It was American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 aircraft en route from New York Kennedy to Santo Domingo. The airplane was lost today shortly after take off from Kennedy Airport. The preliminary passenger list indicated the aircraft carried 246 passengers and a crew of nine.
Family members wishing to receive information about passengers may contact American Airlines at our toll-free number at 800 245 0999.
As you would imagine, today's news comes at a difficult time for the nation, for the airline industry and for American Airlines. Given the changed world we live in today, it will be as important as it has ever been to quickly and accurately determine the cause of this accident. First and foremost, however, our thoughts and prayers are with the families of our passengers and employees of those lost today.
I will be leaving immediately from DFW for New York.
(Agencies)
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这是不幸的一天。我怀着万分悲痛的心情向各位宣布，今天上午美洲航空公司的一架飞机在纽约失事。我将立即赶往纽约主持美洲航空公司救援组针的救援工作。我们的工作重点是向航班上遇难乘客和机组人员的家属，向美洲航空公司的全体员工和飞机坠毁所殃及的纽约市民尽可能的提供帮助。
目前飞机失事的原因还不清楚。但是我们已经对此次事故做出迅速的反应，并且尽一切力量配合事故原因的调查工作。为此，我已经与布什政府参谋长安德鲁-卡德、纽约市长朱利安尼、纽约州州长保陶基以及多米尼加共和国首都圣多明各的官员取得了联系。
 让我来告诉大家一些关于此次飞行的基本情况。失事飞机是美洲航空公司第587次航班，是一架正从纽约肯尼迪机场飞往多米尼加共和国首都圣多明各的空中客车A300型客机。此次航班从肯尼迪机场起飞后不久便坠毁，乘客名单显示航班上共有246名乘客，机组人员9名。
乘客家属可以拨打美洲航空公司的免费电话800-245-0999，查询机上乘客的有关具体情况。
大家可以想象，在如今这个多事之秋，今天的这起机毁人亡的事件对我们的国家、对航空工业以及美洲航空公司无疑是雪上加霜。鉴于目前的国际形势的变化，尽快地、准确地找到飞机失事的原因是我们目前的重要任务。但首先还是让我们为在此次事故中遇难的乘客和机组人员的家属表示慰问。
我将立即从达拉斯动身前往纽约。
(中国日报网站译)
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Updated: 2001-11-13 01:00
