加里·菲尔兹，华盛顿讯——代表数千名空乘人员的工会周三表示，他们对总统唐纳德·特朗普提议建造的凯旋门存在安全担忧，该凯旋门将位于飞往罗纳德·里根华盛顿国家机场的最终进近航线上。
GARY FIELDS WASHINGTON — The union representing thousands of flight attendants said Wednesday it has safety concerns about President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch that will be on final approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
美国航空乘务员协会-产业工会联合会（CWA）主席萨拉·尼尔森表示，这座高250英尺（76米）的凯旋门加剧了多项安全问题。她指出，这些问题自2025年1月一架飞机在波托马克河上空发生致命空难、造成67人死亡以来，一直未得到解决。尼尔森还批评特朗普计划将这座凯旋门改造成“顶级军事设施”，使其能够容纳无人机和狙击手，并储存弹药。
Flight Attendants Association-CWA President Sara Nelson said the 250-foot (76 meter) arch compounds multiple safety concerns that she said have gone unaddressed from a deadly January 2025 crash over the Potomac River that killed 67 people. Nelson also criticized Trump’s plan to turn the arch into “a top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition.
“DCA机场已经超负荷运转，我们不需要任何障碍物占用我们的飞行航线，”尼尔森说，“商业航空也不应该在试图在华盛顿国家机场起飞或降落时，不得不躲避军用无人机、导弹或狙击手。安全永远第一。”尼尔森代表该工会发表了上述声明。该工会覆盖20家航空公司的5.5万名空乘人员。她的声明也呼应了众多退伍军人团体、国会议员及其他人士的声音，他们同样对这座纪念建筑可能威胁华盛顿特区各地标之间的历史性和象征性视野表示担忧和不满。
“DCA is already stretched to its limit, we do not need an obstacle taking up space in our flight path,” said Nelson. “Nor should commercial aviation have to dodge military drones, missiles or snipers while attempting to take off or land at Washington National Airport. Safety first always.”Nelson’s statement on behalf of the union, which represents 55,000 flight attendants across 20 airlines, joins the voices of an assemblage of veterans’ groups, Congress members and others with safety concerns and complaints about the memorial’s threat to historic and symbolic sightlines between different landmarks in Washington, D.C.
尽管这座凯旋门已获得美国美术委员会的初步批准，而该委员会的所有成员均由特朗普任命，但由三名退伍军人和一名建筑历史学家组成的团体提起诉讼，称该项目必须获得国会的批准。
Though the arch has received early approval from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members were all tapped by Trump, a group of three veterans and an architectural historian sued, saying the project needs to be approved by Congress.
上个月，这位共和党总统在社交媒体上发文称，他已同意在军队的“强烈要求”下，将原计划建造高250英尺（76米）的纪念拱门“改造成顶级军事综合体”。在特朗普宣布将其改为军事综合体之前，美国联邦航空管理局上个月曾表示，该拱门不会对飞机构成危险，但应在“结构顶部以非标准方式设置永恒火焰标志，并将泛光灯投射到拱门上，以便飞行员能够注意到它”。
Last month, the Republican president said in a social media post that he had agreed, at the “strong request” of the military, to convert the planned 250-foot-tall (76-meter) memorial arch “into a top grade Military Complex.”The Federal Aviation Administration said last month before Trump’s announcement on it becoming a military complex that the arch would not pose a hazard to aircraft, but it should be “appropriately marked with a non-standard eternal flame on top of the structure and floodlight projectors pointed towards the arch to make it noticeable for pilots.
国家公园管理局的一项评估指出，这座纪念拱门可能会破坏附近数十处历史遗址的历史意义。尽管如此，该管理局仍批准了该项目。
An assessment by the National Park Service said the memorial arch could disrupt the historical significance of dozens of nearby sites. The Park Service approved the project despite its assessment.
内政部长道格·伯格姆于上个月初宣布，纪念圈内的挖掘工作将在几周内开始。内政部尚未立即回应有关该工程进展的提问。
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced early last month that excavation work on the site in Memorial Circle would begin within weeks. The Interior Department did not respond immediately to questions on the status of that work.
这座拱门是特朗普在华盛顿周边推行的多个项目之一，他正通过翻新这座城市历史悠久的公共高尔夫球场、威胁拆除约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心等方式，重塑这座城市。
The arch is one of several projects around Washington that Trump has undertaken as he remakes the city from renovating one of its storied public golf courses to threatening to demolish the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.