鳄鱼机场跑道“散步” 致使客机晚点

Flight delayed by alligator crossing airport runway
鳄鱼机场跑道“散步”  致使客机晚点

Most times it’s bad weather or bird strikes that delay flights. This time it was an alligator.
据《纽约邮报》6月12日的消息： 大多数时候，造成航班延误的因素是恶劣天气或飞鸟撞击。这一次却是一条短吻鳄。

Anthony Velardi says his plane had just landed at the Orlando International Airport on Monday when he spotted the large reptile casually lumbering across the tarmac toward a pond. He posted a 10-second video on Facebook.
安东尼·维拉迪表示，周一，他乘坐的飞机在刚刚降落在奥兰多国际机场时，他发现这只大型爬行动物漫不经心地穿过停机坪，向一个池塘爬去。他在脸书上发布了一段时常10秒钟的视频。

Velardi says the Spirit Airlines flight had to wait about five minutes before it could taxi to the gate. He says an airport truck arrived at the pond to make sure the alligator didn’t return to the taxiway.
维拉迪表示，精神航空公司的这架航班不得不等待了大约五分钟才滑行到登机门。一辆机场卡车开到池塘附近，确保这只短吻鳄不再回到飞机滑行道上。

Airport spokeswoman Carolyn Fennell told The Associated Press that such sightings are infrequent, even though 280 acres of the airport’s land are covered in water.
机场发言人卡罗琳·芬内尔告知美联社，尽管机场内有面积为280英亩的水域，但这种情形却并不常见。

Fennell says the alligator’s presence didn’t impact any other airport operations.
芬内尔表示，该短吻鳄的出现并没有影响到机场任何其他方面的运营。（译：贾傲）

https://nypost.com/2018/06/12/flight-delayed-by-alligator-crossing-airport-runway/

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