W1--No evidence of terrorism in AirAsia crash

No evidence of terrorism in AirAsia crash

Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY10:07 a.m. EST January 19, 2015

Investigators have found no evidence so far that terrorism was involved in the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501, according to reports.

Lead investigator Mardjono Siswosuwarno told The Wall Street Journal on Monday that investigators listening to the cockpit voice recorder did not report any indications of threats or gunfire. "So far, there's no sign of terrorist activity," he said. Nurcahyo Utomo, from Indonesia's Transportation Safety Committee, told the paper that nothing heard so far suggested pilot suicide played a role.

The flight's cockpit voice recorder and the other black box — the data recorder — were retrieved by divers last week, followed by the plane's fuselage, the examination of which has been hampered by bad weather. Many bodies of the 162 people on board are believed to be inside.

Andreas Hananto from Indonesia's Transportation Safety Committee, told BBC Indonesian that there were indications that the plane had encountered bad weather. He said investigators had heard "no threatening voice on board" during the two-hour recording, and added that the audio appeared to indicate that the pilot was too busy trying to regain control of the plane to send a distress signal.

More analysis was needed to determine the exact weather conditions at the time of the crash, and the weather's impact on the engines, he told the BBC.

Nurcahyo Utomo, from the Transportation Safety Committee told the WSJ: "So far we've managed to transcribe only half of (the cockpit voice recorder) because there are so many noises. We hope to complete it in a week."

A preliminary report on the crash is expected to be released on Jan. 28, the BBC reported.

Divers recovered debris including passenger windows and seats from the floor of the Java Sea on Monday, AirAsia said in a statement. "However, the floating mission continued to be hampered due to high waves and adverse weather conditions," the statement added. A total of 53 bodies have been recovered so far.

Authorities hope the black boxes will help determine why the Singapore-bound jet plummeted into the Java Sea less than an hour out of Surabaya, Indonesia, amid heavy storms on Dec. 28. All 162 passengers and crew are presumed dead.

The Indonesian Transport Ministry has said AirAsia did not have a license to fly the route on the day of the crash, a claim AirAsia Indonesia had vigorously disputed. In testimony before the Indonesian parliament, however, airline president Sunu Widyatmoko acknowledged that due to an "administrative mistake" the airline had only verbally proposed a schedule change to allow Sunday flights.

The airline has been banned from flying the Surabaya-Singapore route. The Transport Ministry has suspended scores of routes from other domestic airlines for similar alleged violations.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/19/no-evidence-terrorism-airasia/21988747/

Structure of the Lead：

   WHO-Investigators

   WHEN-not give

   WHAT- have found no evidence so far that terrorism was involved

   WHERE-in the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 

   HOW-terrorism

Keywords：

   1. terrorism：恐怖主義

   2. cockpit：座艙

   3.  indication：跡象

   4.  fuselage：機身

   5. hamper：阻礙

   6. investigator：調查員

   7.  debris：雜物.瓦礫

   8.  vigorously：大力地

   9. testimony：證詞

 10.  alleged：所謂的