馬航客機(jī)失聯(lián)一個(gè)月，搜救工作仍在繼續(xù)。目前的最新進(jìn)展是，澳大利亞搜索船“海洋之盾”號(hào)在MH370疑似失事海域連續(xù)兩次發(fā)現(xiàn)了符合黑匣子頻率的脈沖信號(hào)，分別持續(xù)了140分鐘和13分鐘。聯(lián)合協(xié)調(diào)中心總協(xié)調(diào)人安格斯?休斯頓認(rèn)為，這是到目前為止搜索行動(dòng)取得的最大進(jìn)展，但確認(rèn)信號(hào)與MH 370的關(guān)聯(lián)性仍需時(shí)間。

飛機(jī)上的黑匣子到底是什么樣的儀器，它都有哪些功能，我們一起來(lái)了解一下。

Black boxes - which are actually orange - are a group of data collection devices mounted in the tail of an aircraft.

黑匣子其實(shí)是橙色的，它是安裝在飛機(jī)尾部的一組數(shù)據(jù)收集設(shè)備。

Under internationally agreed regulations, commercial aircraft must carry the equipment to record the performance and the condition of the aircraft in flight.

根據(jù)國(guó)際通行規(guī)定，商用飛機(jī)必須攜帶黑匣子來(lái)記錄飛機(jī)在飛行過(guò)程中的性能和狀況。

The recorders are housed in immensely strong materials, such as titanium, and insulated to withstand a crash impact many times the force of gravity, temperatures of more than 1,000 deg C for up to 30 minutes and the immense pressure of lying on the seabed.

這些記錄儀都被裝在鈦等高強(qiáng)度的材料內(nèi)，可以承受多倍重力強(qiáng)度的撞擊，能在1000攝氏度以上的高溫中耐受30分鐘，還能承受沉入海底時(shí)的水下壓力。

One manufacturing test for data recorders involves firing them from a cannon into a wall to simulate an aircraft suffering a catastrophic crash landing while traveling at hundreds of miles an hour.

生產(chǎn)這些數(shù)據(jù)記錄儀時(shí)的測(cè)試之一就是用大炮將它們射向一面墻，來(lái)模擬飛機(jī)在以數(shù)百英里的時(shí)速飛行的情況下遭遇毀滅性墜毀著陸時(shí)的情景。

The recording material is itself insulated against accidental deletion and the corrosive effects of sea water.

記錄儀本身的材料可以防止任何意外刪除及海水腐蝕。

Modern black boxes record up to 300 factors of flight including:

現(xiàn)代黑匣子可以記錄多達(dá)300中飛行數(shù)據(jù)，包括：

Airspeed and altitude

飛行速度和高度

Heading and vertical acceleration

航向及垂直加速度

Aircraft pitch

飛機(jī)俯仰

Cockpit conversations

駕駛艙對(duì)話

Radio communications

無(wú)線電通話

The safety precautions are designed to ensure, theoretically, that accident investigators will be able to recover the recorders, compile a full picture of an aircraft's last moments from the recordings and then accurately explain what went wrong.

理論上來(lái)說(shuō)，這些安全防范措施是為了確保事故調(diào)查人員能找到這些記錄儀，通過(guò)所有記錄的內(nèi)容了解到飛機(jī)在出事前最后時(shí)刻的整體狀況，以便準(zhǔn)確解釋事故原因。

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