عنوان درس: کشف جسد بالون سوارهای گمشده

به گزارش گوش بدهيد

It was on September the 25th that Richard Abruzzo and Carol Davis set off from Bristol, in the west of England, with 19 other balloonists in the 54th Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon race. The aim of the race is to see who can fly the furthest.

Five days later the pair, who were highly experienced, radioed the port authorities in the Italian city of Brindisi to say they were in difficulties. They spoke of the balloon falling quickly. Contact was lost soon after.

Search crews using ships and aircraft spent a week looking for them. But now, more than two months later, a fishing boat has found their basket with the remains of the couple inside. Documents with them confirmed their identities.

The authorities believe their balloon could've been struck by lightening and may have hit the water at 80 km an hour.

Duncan Kennedy, BBC News

به کلمات گوش بدهيد

set off
در اینجا: به راه افتادند

balloonists
بالون سوارها

aim
هدف

radioed
تماس رادیویی برقرار کردند

in difficulties
با مشکلات روبرو شدن

spoke of
spoke of the balloon falling quickly : خبر دادند که بالون به سرعت در حال سقوط است

contact was lost
تماس قطع شد، ارتباط قطع شد

search crews
گروه جستجو و نجات

the remains
جسدها

hit the water
در آب سقوط کرد