Plane stuck in power lines

Two people in a small sports plane are left hanging upside down for over two hours after crashing into a power line in southern Germany.

Reuters

The aftermath of a freak accident. This small sports plane got stuck in power lines in southern Germany. The 65-year-old pilot was about to land at a regional airport in the Allgäu region when his plane touched the 380, 000 volt power lines. The plane's carriage got stuck in the cables, and the pilot and his wife who was also on board were left dangling while rescuers worked / to get them down safely.

But hanging upside down meant the passengers' physical condition quickly worsened. Edmund Martin from Kempten police, says it was a tricky rescue operation.

"/ Problem was we wanted to save them with a helicopter, but the so-called downwash, the turbulence under the helicopter made it impossible to get close from above.”

"The plane's passengers", described as a local couple, " were in constant radio contact with the emergency services during the rescue operation. And after over two hours hanging upside down, cherry pickers were used to bring them to safety.

Joanna Partridge, Reuters

参考中文翻译：

德国南部，一架小型运动飞机冲进高压线，机内两人倒挂了2个多小时。

该诡异事件余波未平。这架小型运动飞机卷如德国南部的高压线。现年65岁的飞行员原本打算在Allgäu的当地机场降落，却不幸触到了电压为380，000伏特的高压线，机箱卷入高压线中，飞机场乘客还有飞行员的妻子。当解救人员设法安全解救时，这对夫妇一直悬挂着。

但是倒挂着意味这乘客的身体状况恶化。Kempten警方的Edmund Martin说，解救过程需要非常谨慎。

“问题是，我们想用直升机来进行救援，但是所谓的气流下洗，直升飞机下面的湍流使我们根本无法从上面接近。”

当地一对夫妇描述说：“在解救过程中，飞机上的乘客一直通过无线电和紧急救助人员联系。倒挂了2个多小时以后，终于用升降机将他们成功解救。”

单词注解：

cherry-picker n. (停靠在待发射的宇宙飞船边的)巨型升降机
turbulence n. 喧嚣,狂暴,骚乱，湍流
tricky a. 狡猾的,机警的
downwashn n. 气流下洗