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TransAsia pilots begin skill tests after crash

音声ダウンロード

All 71 pilots who operate TransAsia Airlines’ ATR propeller jets began proficiency tests Feb. 7, three days after one of the carrier's ATRs crashed into a river, killing at least 42 people.

The airline said it had canceled 90 flights over the next three days to accommodate the requirement by Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration that the ATR pilots be re-tested.

Preliminary investigations indicate the pilots of the doomed ATR 72 flight shut off a running engine, a move aviation experts say was a mistake. (AP)

台湾機墜落を受けて、操縦士に試験

２月４日に起きた台湾のトランスアジア航空機墜落事故の原因の一つに操縦ミスが指摘される中、同航空会社は、事故機と同じ機体の操縦士全員の適性試験を開始した。

The Japan Times ST: February 20, 2015