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Airline Security: Carry On Working
航空安全：繼續(xù)努力
Airlines seem to have dodged a wider ban on electronic devices.
航空公司涉嫌對電子設(shè)備禁令不作為。
The fear that business travellers on transatlantic flights might have to stop working on spreadsheets and read a good book instead had been palpable.
現(xiàn)在有一種擔(dān)憂甚囂塵上：商務(wù)旅客在跨大西洋的航班上恐怕有可能只能讀書而不能使用筆記本電腦辦公了。
In recent weeks, agents at America's Department of Homeland Security had been hinting to the media that a ban on large electronic devices in the cabins of flights between Europe and America was likely.
最近幾個(gè)星期，美國國土安全部的工作人員一直暗示媒體說，很有可能會(huì)禁止在往返歐洲和美國的航班上使用大型電子設(shè)備。
After a meeting on May 17th in Brussels, between American and EU officials, however, reports suggest that threat has been averted.
不過，5月17日布魯塞爾的美國和歐盟官員會(huì)議之后，會(huì)議報(bào)告中顯示，為該信息擔(dān)憂的人們可以松一口氣了。
Airlines will be rejoicing if so.
特別是航空公司。
America had been expected to announce that all electronic gadgets larger than a smartphone, such as tablets and laptops, would henceforth have to be put in hold luggage.
早前就有人預(yù)計(jì)美國會(huì)宣布，今后所有比智能手機(jī)大的電子產(chǎn)品，如平板電腦和筆記本電腦，將必須辦理托運(yùn)。
The Trump administration (along with Britain) had already imposed similar restrictions on flights from some Middle Eastern countries in March.
3月份特朗普當(dāng)局(連同英國)就已經(jīng)對一些中東國家的航班實(shí)施了類似的限制。
It seemed security officials had got wind of a specific terrorist threat, possibly involving Islamic State (IS) , and perhaps similar to an attack perpetrated on a Somalian jet in 2016.
很有可能是安全官員得到了關(guān)于恐怖主義威脅的密報(bào)，也許跟伊斯蘭國(IS)有關(guān)，類似于2016年在索馬里噴氣機(jī)上發(fā)動(dòng)的一次恐怖襲擊事件。
Then, a terrorist blew a hole in the side of an airliner using a small bomb concealed in a laptop placed against the cabin wall. (The terrorist got his timing wrong, detonated too early, and was sucked to his doom; no one else was seriously hurt. )
一名恐怖分子使用放置在機(jī)艙墻壁上的一顆隱藏在筆記本電腦中的小型炸彈在機(jī)身側(cè)面炸開了一個(gè)洞。（恐怖分子弄錯(cuò)了時(shí)間，過早引爆，自己被吸出客機(jī)，沒有其他人受到嚴(yán)重的傷害）。
The reason for the apparent change of mind was unclear as The Economist went to press.
正如 《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》一篇文章說的那樣，意見改變的原因尚不清楚。
Airlines had complained that alternative security options, such as enhanced screening of passengers and their carry-on luggage, had not been fully explored.
航空公司曾抱怨說，其他安全方案，例如加強(qiáng)對乘客及其隨身攜帶的行李的檢查，這類措施尚未考慮周全。
They also warned of the dangers of storing more lithium batteries in the hold.
他們還警告了一次帶有多塊鋰電池的危險(xiǎn)性。
Such batteries, which are used in most electronic devices, have on occasion combusted and brought down commercial aircraft, including a UPS cargo plane in 2010.
這種在大多數(shù)電子設(shè)備中都會(huì)使用的電池有時(shí)會(huì)自燃而導(dǎo)致飛機(jī)迫降，比如2010年時(shí)的UPS貨機(jī)。
譯文來源考研英語時(shí)事閱讀
