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4 We did not remain calm for long. Minutes after we were in the air, our plane began dipping wildly and one wing rushed downward suddenly. The plane climbed higher but that didn’t help. It didn’t. The pilot soon made a grave announcement.

4我们很久没有保持平静。 在空中飞行几分钟后，我们的飞机开始疯狂地倾斜，一只机翼突然向下冲去。 飞机爬得更高，但这无济于事。 它没有。 飞行员很快作出了一个严肃的宣布。

5 “We are having some difficulties,” he said. “At this time, it appears one of the engines is out of order. Our indicators show that our hydraulic system has failed. We will be returning to the Orlando Airport at this time. Because of the lack of hydraulics, we are not sure our landing gear will lock, so the flight attendants will prepare you for a bumpy landing. Also, if you look out of the windows, you will see that we are dumping fuel from the airplane. We want to have as little on board as possible in the event of a rough touchdown.”

“我们有一些困难，”他说。 ”“这时，似乎有一个引擎失灵了。 我们的指标显示我们的液压系统已经失败了。 此时我们将返回奥兰多机场。 由于缺乏液压，我们不确定我们的起落架是否会锁定，所以乘务员会为你的颠簸着陆做好准备。 另外，如果你看窗外，你会看到我们正在从飞机上倾倒燃料。 我们希望在遇到一次粗略的触地时尽可能少地上船。”

6 In other words, we were about to crash. No sight has ever been so sobering as that fuel, hundreds of gallons of it, streaming past my window out of the plane’s tanks. The flight attendants helped people get into position and comforted those who were already hysterical.

6换句话说，我们要崩溃了。 从来没有人看到过如此清醒的燃料，数百加仑的燃料，从我的窗口从飞机的坦克。 空乘人员帮助人们就位，安慰那些已经歇斯底里的人。