flight data 飞行数据

voice recorders 语音记录仪

sea search 海上搜索

air search 空中搜索

oil slicks 油迹

transponder 发射机应答器

search and rescue team 搜救队

flight path 航道

signal/radio for help 发出求救信号

no wreckage 未找到残骸

international waters 公海

Malaysia Airlines 马来西亚航空

Boeing 777-200 model 波音777-200机型

red-eye flight 红眼航班

227 passengers (including 153 Chinese nationals) and 12 crew 227名乘客（包括153名中国乘客）以及12名机组成员

passenger manifest 乘客名单

the plane slipped off radar screens somewhere between Malaysia's east coast and southern Vietnam 该飞机飞至马来西亚东部海岸和越南南部之间某区域时从雷达屏幕上小时。

loss of communication 失联

no distress call 未发求救信号

turn back 折返

passengers with suspicious identifications 身份可疑乘客

go off course 偏离航线

mechanical failure 机械故障

shutdown of both of the plane's engines 飞机双引擎停车

act of terrorism 恐怖行为

bad/adverse weather 恶劣天气

pilot disorientation 飞行员迷航

explosion on board 机上爆炸

hijacking 劫机

metal fatigue in the airframe 机身金属疲劳