U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was briefly stranded in Switzerland on Wednesday
周三,美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯在瑞士短暂滞留,
after his plane experienced what a member of his traveling press pool said was a "critical failure" related to an oxygen leak.
而据布林肯的随行记者团中的一名成员透露,原因是他乘坐的飞机出现了氧气系统泄漏的“严重故障”。
The top U.S. diplomat was in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum.
克林顿当时是在达沃斯参加一年一度的世界经济论坛。
After taking a helicopter from the Swiss resort town to Zurich, Blinken boarded his plane to head back to Washington.
在搭乘直升机从这个瑞士度假小镇飞抵苏黎世后,布林肯原计划是在苏黎世登上返回华盛顿的飞机。
But he was then told the plane was not able to fly him back.
但随后,他被告知该飞机无法将他送回美国。
A Bloomberg report said the aircraft was a Boeing plane.
据彭博社的一篇报道称,这架飞机是一架波音飞机。
State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller was asked about the incident at a briefing in Washington.
在华盛顿举行的新闻发布会上,美国国务院发言人马修·米勒被问及了这一事件。
"There's a mechanical issue. I don't know the nature of the mechanical issue, but he is in Zurich. He was scheduled to fly back from Zurich.
“这是一个机械故障。我不了解该机械故障的本质,但布林肯确实是人在苏黎世。他原计划是从苏黎世飞回来的。
There's a mechanical issue with his plane. The Air Force has a replacement plane inbound. We expect him to be back still tonight."
他的飞机出了点机械故障。美国空军的一架替换飞机已经抵达。我们预计他今晚就能回来。”
Blinken's aides and members of the press traveling with him were told to make other arrangements to fly back to Washington commercially.
而布林肯的助手和随行的媒体人员则被告知,他们则要按照其他安排,搭乘商业航班飞回华盛顿。