布鲁塞尔/伦敦，10月8日——多家航空公司高管表示，尽管上周迪拜航空的一名副驾驶涉嫌用斧头袭击机长并试图使飞机坠毁，但目前航空安全标准依然处于较高水平。不过他们也承认，要防范个别心怀不轨的飞行员实属困难。
BRUSSELS/LONDON, Oct 8 - Airline executives said safety standards remained high after a flydubai co-pilot attacked the captain with an axe last week in an alleged attempt to crash the plane, but acknowledged it was hard to guard against a rogue pilot.
这些言论是此次事件发生后航空公司负责人首次公开发表的看法，也反映出航空业在应对此类安全与安保隐患时所面临的挑战——该事件导致飞机在30秒内高度骤降了16,000英尺。
The comments, among the first by airline chiefs since the attack, highlight the industry's struggle to address safety and security concerns after an incident that caused the jet to plunge 16,000 feet in 30 seconds.
受伤的机长打开驾驶舱门后，乘客们最终成功制服了这名副驾驶。随后一名乘客协助稳定飞机状态，最后由随机待命的机组成员将其安全着陆。
The flydubai co-pilot was eventually overpowered by passengers after the injured captain opened the cockpit door. A passenger helped stabilise the plane before a standby crew member who was on board landed it safely.
“如果驾驶舱里出现精神失常的人，实在很难通过立法来防范这种情况，”瑞安航空集团首席执行官迈克尔·奥莱里在布鲁塞尔举行的“欧洲航空公司协会”新闻发布会上对记者说道。“不存在绝对的安全”据路透社本周报道，两名熟悉调查情况的以色列官员透露：目前被拘押在阿联酋的这名迪拜航空副驾驶向审讯人员供称，他在加入这家迪拜国有航空公司之前便已策划了此次袭击。
"If you have somebody who is a mad person in a cockpit, it's very difficult to legislate for it," Ryanair Group Chief Executive Michael O'Leary told reporters on the sidelines of an Airlines for Europe (A4E) press conference in Brussels. 'NO ABSOLUTE SAFETY' Reuters reported this week, citing two Israeli officials familiar with the investigation, that the flydubai co-pilot told interrogators in the UAE, where he is in custody, that he had planned the attack before joining the Dubai state-owned airline.
阿联酋方面尚未对该副驾驶提出任何正式指控，目前也不清楚他是否已聘请辩护律师。
The UAE has not announced any formal charges against the co-pilot and it is not known if he has appointed legal counsel.
据路透社报道，沙特阿拉伯已就此事展开航空事故调查；与此同时，据三位知情人士透露，专家们也在结合阿联酋方面正在进行的刑事调查，评估该事件对航空安全的影响。
Saudi Arabia has opened an air accident investigation into the incident, Reuters reported, while experts assess the implications for aviation safety alongside the separate UAE-led criminal probe, three people close to the matter said.
汉莎航空首席执行官卡斯滕·斯波尔表示，要杜绝所有安全事故几乎不可能，但当前航空安全水平依然很高。他指出，上一次出现飞行员引发类似事件的案例还是十多年前的事。
Lufthansa Chief Executive Carsten Spohr said it was impossible to prevent every incident and that aviation safety standards remain high. He said that the last comparable case involving a pilot occurred more than a decade ago.
2015年，德国之翼航空公司的一架空客A320客机在法国阿尔卑斯山区坠毁，当时该机副驾驶将机长锁在驾驶舱外，故意驾机撞向山壁，导致150人丧生。
A Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps in 2015 after the co-pilot locked the captain out of the cockpit and deliberately flew the aircraft into a mountainside, killing 150 people.
“我们必须正视一个事实：在这个行业中不存在绝对的安全保障，”施波尔对记者说道。他补充说，目前对飞行员的心理健康筛查机制已经相当完善。
"We have to face the fact that there is no absolute safety and security in this industry," Spohr told reporters, adding that mental health screening of pilots was already robust.