加州John Wayne机场一架塞斯纳172被美联航客机喷流掀翻：飞行教练与学员两人无恙
11月7日下午约2时30分，位于加州橙县 Santa Ana 市的 John Wayne 机场发生一起地面事故：一架刚降落的塞斯纳172小型飞机在滑行经过一架等待起飞的美联航波音737客机后方时，突然失去平衡、整机翻扣在地面上。机上是一名飞行教练与一名学员，两人都没有受伤。美国联邦航空局表示，这架小飞机是在美联航2611航班后方滑行时被吹翻的，该局已将飞机损伤程度定为「重大」，并与国家运输安全委员会共同调查。
涉事塞斯纳172注册号 N57BM，由橙县飞行中心运营，重量约635公斤。飞行教练 Jason Ryu 在提交的报告中说，事发时那架波音客机正停在02L跑道入口附近加大发动机推力、准备进入跑道，其喷流突然击中正在左转的塞斯纳，他无法再控制飞机，机身先以机头与左翼触地，随后被推着翻了个底朝天；飞行中心的监控视频记录下了飞机倾倒翻转的全过程。另一架塞斯纳的飞行员在与塔台的通话中也报告说，这架飞机「被美联航737的喷流掀翻了」。
关于成因，各方说法目前并不完全一致。机场与橙县消防局最初对外表示，是强风把一架停着的飞机吹翻；联邦航空局则表示，除发动机喷流外，当时的强风可能也起了作用，具体成因仍在调查。橙县飞行中心认为，掀翻飞机的就是客机的喷流。涉事的美联航2611航班事后正常起飞，飞往 Chicago 并安全抵达。调查结论尚未公布。
（来源：美国联邦航空局）
Cessna 172 Flipped Over by United Jet Blast at John Wayne Airport in California: Instructor and Student Uninjured
At about 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 7, a Cessna 172 that had just landed at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, Orange County, California, lost its balance while taxiing behind a United Airlines Boeing 737 that was waiting to take off, and rolled completely onto its roof. A flight instructor and a student pilot were aboard; neither was injured. The Federal Aviation Administration said the small plane was blown over while taxiing behind United Flight 2611, classified the damage to the aircraft as substantial, and is investigating together with the National Transportation Safety Board.
The Cessna 172, registration N57BM, is operated by the Orange County Flight Center and weighs about 1,400 pounds. In his report, instructor Jason Ryu said the Boeing jet was holding near the entrance to Runway 02L and increased engine power to enter the runway just as the Cessna began a left turn; the jet blast struck suddenly, he was unable to maintain control of the aircraft, and it tipped onto its nose and left wing before being pushed fully over. Surveillance video from the flight center recorded the rollover. A pilot in another Cessna also told the control tower that the aircraft had been blasted by the United 737's jet blast.
Accounts of the cause do not yet fully agree. The airport and the Orange County Fire Authority initially said strong winds had flipped a parked plane; the FAA said that in addition to the engine blast, strong winds at the time may have contributed, and that the specific circumstances are still under investigation. The Orange County Flight Center believes the jet blast overturned the aircraft. United Flight 2611 later departed normally and landed safely in Chicago. No final investigative conclusion has been announced.
(Source: Federal Aviation Administration)
来源：美国联邦航空局
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图片来源：图：从空中俯瞰加州橙县中部，画面中可见 John Wayne 机场与 Irvine 商务区（资料图，非事发现场）。Dthx1138 摄，CC BY 2.5，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Aerial view of central Orange County, California, showing John Wayne Airport and the Irvine business district (file photo, not the scene). By Dthx1138, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
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