Shares of Boeing dropped almost 5 percent Friday after an empty 787 experienced a fire at Heathrow Airport.
受伦敦希斯罗机场一架无人乘坐的波音787梦幻客机起火影响,波音公司股价12日下跌近5%。(美联社)
The fire broke out on the Ethiopian Airlines plane on Friday afternoon, and was discovered when smoke was seen on the plane eight hours after arriving from Addis Ababa. No one was injured.
起火飞机为埃塞俄比亚航空公司的客机。飞机12日从埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴飞抵希斯罗机场,在停泊8小时后,有人看见机身冒烟,火势才得以被发现。事故中无人受伤。(路透社)
Investigators classified the fire as a “serious incident”but have found no evidence it was caused by the plane’s batteries,Britain’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch(AAIB)said on Saturday.
英国航空事故调查部门(AAIB)13日证实这是一起“严重事故”,但尚未发现证据表明此次事故是由飞机的电池系统引起的。(路透社)
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch’s finding will provide limited comfort to the manufacturer because it was the overheating of lithium-ion batteries on two Dreamliners in January that prompted regulators to order a global grounding of Boeing’s newest and most sophisticated passenger jet.
不过,英国航空事故调查部门的调查结果并不足以让波音公司感到安慰。今年1月,两架梦幻客机因锂离子电池过热起火,监管者对该公司的这款最新且最先进的客机施以全球禁飞的处罚。(《金融时报》)
The planes were cleared to resume flying in April after Boeing redesigned the battery system and got approval for the changes from global aviation regulators. Ethiopian was the first airline to resume using the 787.
在波音公司重新设计了电池系统并得到全球航空监管机构的批准后,该型号客机于今年4月复飞。埃塞俄比亚航空公司是第一家恢复运营787客机的航空公司。(美联社)
Meanwhile,Thomson Airways said on Saturday that it had replaced a small number of components on a Dreamliner that turned back during a flight on Friday from Manchester to Florida,adding the aircraft would fly again on Sunday. The UK airline said the Dreamliner,which returned to Britain as a precautionary measure,had suffered a “minor technical issue”.
与此同时,12日,一架从曼彻斯特飞往佛罗里达的787梦幻客机因故折返英国。英国汤姆森航空公司13日宣布,飞机遭遇了“微小的技术问题”,折返是出于安全考虑,目前已将飞机上的一小部分零部件进行了替换,飞机14日正常复飞。(《金融时报》)
Boeing shares fell $5.01,or 4.7 percent,to $101.87 in trading Friday. The shares earlier dropped as low as $98.99.
波音公司股价12日下跌5.01美元至101.87美元,跌幅为4.7%,盘中一度跌至98.99美元。(美联社)
Shares of Boeing suppliers also fell. Precision Castparts fell $3.49,or 1.5 percent,to $233.78. Spirit Aerosystems,which also makes parts for the 787,fell 48 cents,or 2.1 percent,to $22.65.
波音公司供应商的股价也受到牵连。Precision Castparts下跌3.49美元至233.78美元,跌幅为1.5%。同样为787客机生产零部件的Spirit Aerosystems下跌了48美分至22.65美元,跌幅为2.1%。(美联社)
Citi analyst Jason Gursky said a fire related to the plane’s electrical system,even if it is not tied to the lithium-ion battery,would be a concern for investors.
花旗集团分析师杰森·古尔斯基表示,即使飞机起火原因与锂离子电池无关,但只要与飞机的电路系统有关,都会成为投资者关心的事。(美联社)