亿万富翁洛克菲勒之子驾机坠亡
The Rockefeller family, after celebrating the 99th birthday of its billionaire patriarch David, is now planning a funeral for his doctor son after a morning plane wreck 1.
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Richard Rockefeller died at the controls of his private Piper Meridian 2 PA-46 when the single-engine craft crashed Friday in miserable 3 weather conditions minutes after takeoff at Westchester County Airport.
Though several other flights were canceled due to the rain, fog and poor visibility, veteran pilot Rockefeller opted 4 to take off at 8:08 a.m. from Runway 16 — and quickly dropped off the radar 5, authorities said.
Rockefeller, 65, was found dead amid wreckage 6 of his plane, which barely missed hitting a house and building at Stratford Stables, just a half-mile from the White Plains airport.
The crash happened so quickly that Rockefeller never had time for a mayday call, officials said. A piece of the doomed 7 plane’s wing dangled 8 from a sheared 9 pine tree as police in Purchase, N.Y., awaited the arrival of National Transportation Safety Board investigators 10.
Other large trees in the plane’s path were knocked askew 11, with one aircraft wheel thrown about 50 feet away from the main wreckage. No one on the ground was injured.
Rockefeller, the well-respected great-grandson of Standard Oil founder 12 John D. Rockefeller Sr., was a regular flier and had decades of flight experience, according to a family spokesman.
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据美国媒体报道，美国时间的6月13日早上，美国著名亿万富翁大卫·洛克菲勒的儿子，65岁的理查德·洛克菲勒驾驶飞机时不幸坠机遇难。在这父亲节前夕，白发人送黑发人，对于99岁大卫·洛克菲勒来说是一个不小的打击。
报道称，理查德·洛克菲勒驾驶的单引擎飞机在早上8点08分在纽约州维斯切斯特郡的白原机场起飞。起飞后，飞机撞上机场西南部的树，10分钟后坠毁于纽约州立大学帕彻斯校园外的卡塔哥道上。65岁的理查德·洛克菲勒当场不治身亡。
据了解，65岁的理查德·洛克菲勒是亿万富翁大卫·洛克菲勒的儿子，他也是洛克菲勒家族最著名的富豪约翰·洛克菲勒(1839-1937)的重孙。而就在事发前一天（12日），理查德驾驶私人飞机回到缅因州的家中为父亲庆祝99岁大寿，并与父亲共进晚餐。
洛克菲勒家族发言人弗雷泽·希特称：“这是一起可怕的悲剧，整个家族都震惊了。理查德是一名经验丰富的飞行员，他已有好几年驾驶飞机的经验。”
- Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
- No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。
- All places on the same meridian have the same longitude.在同一子午线上的地方都有相同的经度。
- He is now at the meridian of his intellectual power.他现在正值智力全盛期。
- It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
- Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
- She was co-opted onto the board. 她获增选为董事会成员。
- After graduating she opted for a career in music. 毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。
- They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
- Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
- The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
- A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。
- Gold charms dangled from her bracelet. 她的手镯上挂着许多金饰物。
- It's the biggest financial incentive ever dangled before British footballers. 这是历来对英国足球运动员的最大经济诱惑。
- A jet plane sheared the blue sky. 一架喷气式飞机划破蓝空。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The pedal had sheared off at the pivot. 踏板在枢轴处断裂了。 来自辞典例句
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His glasses had been knocked askew by the blow.他的眼镜一下子被打歪了。
- Her hat was slightly askew.她的帽子戴得有点斜。