有个地方你不想去……

Someplace You May Not Want to Fly...

Swaziland's international airport has no working control tower or radar system,and lighting for night time landings is so poor that pilots are forced to fly by memory, the government has been told. Transport Minister Titus Mlangeni told a shocked Swaziland Senate in closed session that lightning destroyed the airport's radio 18 months ago and had not been fixed. "The Senate expressed surprise at the unsafe state of the airport, and at a lack of security. The machine that screens baggage does not work," Senate deputy speaker Abadnego Dlamini told reporters. Jabu Ngubane, a senior air traffic controller, confirmed severe problems at Matsapha airport. "Instruments to record wind velocity and direction are inoperative, and with the radio broken there is no way for the control tower to communicate with aircraft," he said. The Transport Ministry has said it is aware of the problems, and intends to address them, but has given no timeframe. But carriers flying in to the airport warn that the state of the airport makes it an accident waiting to happen. "Conditions are extremely dangerous in fog, rain and at night. It is just a matter of time before a plane crashes in Swaziland," said Dwayne Elderkin, operations manager of Stephen Air Charter Services, one of two regular operators flying into the airport.

斯威士兰政府获悉，该国国际机场的指挥塔和雷达系统都已失灵，夜间降落的照明条件也很差，使得飞行员只能凭记忆飞行。运输部长泰特斯·姆兰格尼在秘密会议上告诉倍感震惊的斯威士兰参议院，机场无线电系统在18个月前被闪电破坏，迄今尚未修复。参议院副议长阿巴德尼戈·德拉米尼对记者说：“参议院对机场的危险状态和安全设施的缺乏表示惊讶。检查旅客行李的机器也坏了。”高级空中交通管制员贾布·恩古班证实马特萨法机场出了严重的问题，他说：“记录风速和风向的仪器不起作用。因为无线电坏了，指挥塔也无法与飞机联系。”运输部宣称他们已经意识到并准备解决问题，不过没有给出任何期限。但是，在这个机场有业务的运输公司警告说机场目前处于随时会发生事故的状态。斯蒂芬飞机租赁公司是在此机场有固定业务的两家公司之一，该公司业务经理德怀恩·埃德金说：“雾天、雨天和夜间的情况极度危险，迟早会有飞机在斯威士兰坠毁。“

Remarks：按照逆境出英才的原理，这篇报道无疑为各航空公司提供了寻找优秀飞行员的线索。