一架澳洲航空787梦幻客机在罗马机场被停用，原因是从珀斯飞往罗马的航班上发现了床虫。
A Qantas 787 Dreamliner was pulled out of service at Rome airport after bedbugs were discovered on a flight from Perth.
澳洲航空因床虫滋生被迫在罗马停飞一架飞机。该飞机在从珀斯抵达后被撤出运营，原因是机上发现了寄生昆虫。澳洲航空被迫在罗马停飞一架飞机，因为在该飞机从珀斯飞往罗马的航班上发现了床虫。
for Qantas Bedbug infestation forces Qantas to ground plane in Rome Aircraft taken out of operation after flight from Perth after the discovery of parasitic insects on board Qantas has been forced to ground a plane in Rome after bedbugs were discovered on the aircraft on its way from Perth.
一位知情人士周二证实，这些寄生昆虫是在10月9日QF5航班从珀斯飞往罗马途中，在波音787梦幻客机经济舱前部被发现的。
The parasitic insects were found in the front of the economy section of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner as it made its way from Perth to Rome for the QF5 flight on 9 October, a source with knowledge of the incident confirmed on Tuesday.
床虫是一种以哺乳动物（包括人类）血液为食的小型昆虫，根除起来十分困难。
Bedbugs are small insects that feed on the blood of some mammals, including humans, which can be hard to eradicate.
正如《悉尼晨锋报》首次报道的那样，飞机抵达意大利首都后必须停用进行清洁，导致澳洲航空罗马至珀斯航班于10月10日被取消。
As first reported by the SMH the aircraft had to be taken out of service for cleaning after its arrival in the Italian capital, resulting in the cancellation of the Qantas Rome to Perth service on 10 October.
澳洲航空一位发言人表示，航班被取消是为了让工程师和维修团队在“经济舱少数座位上发现问题”后对飞机进行深度清洁。
A Qantas spokesperson said the flight was cancelled to allow its engineers and maintenance teams to carry out a deep clean of the aircraft after “an issue identified on a small number of economy seats”.
他们表示，航空公司希望向受影响的乘客“诚挚道歉”，以表达对造成不便的歉意。这些床虫很可能是通过某位乘客的行李或衣物带上飞机的。
They said the airline wanted to “sincerely apologise” to customers for the disruption. The bedbugs were most likely brought on to the plane in someone’s luggage or on a passenger’s clothes.
照片：拉玛拉·达尔祖斯/阿拉米 受影响的乘客在原定出发时间后48小时内被提供住宿并改乘其他航班，澳洲航空表示。
Photograph: Lamara Dalzous/Alamy Affected passengers were given accommodation and rebooked on alternative flights within 48 hours of their original departure, Qantas said.
该航空公司表示，其客舱会定期清洁，并达到极高的标准，每50天进行一次消毒处理，作为标准的预防性清洁措施。
The airline said its aircraft cabins were cleaned regularly and to an extremely high standard and treated with disinfectant every 50 days as a standard precautionary cleaning measure.
麦考瑞大学寄生虫学教授米歇尔·鲍尔表示，这些床虫“极有可能”是通过某位乘客的行李或衣物带上飞机的，随后逃入了客舱。
Prof Michelle Power, a parasitologist at Macquarie University, said the bedbugs had “more than likely” been brought on to the plane in someone’s luggage or on a passenger’s clothes and then escaped into the cabin.
“它们与旅行有关。人们可能会去一家被虫害侵扰的酒店，因为它们喜欢黑暗的空间，并且被人类衣物的气味吸引，于是它们会爬进某人的行李箱。” “它们是不会飞的昆虫，没有翅膀，”她说。
“They’re associated with travel. People may go to a hotel that’s infested and because they like dark spaces and are attracted to the smell of human clothes, they make their way into someone’s luggage.”“They’re a flightless insect, without planes,” she said.
鲍尔说，床虫本身并不危险，尽管它们的叮咬可能会引起瘙痒和刺激，但它们非常难以根除，并且可以在床单和缝隙中长时间藏匿而无需进食。
Power said bedbugs were not dangerous, even though their bites could be itchy and irritating, but they were very difficult to get rid of and could hide in bedsheets and crevices for a long time without needing to feed.
她说，床虫有“两面性”：一方面，经常旅行的富裕人群会被感染，随后将其传播到其他地方；另一方面，已经面临健康不公平的人可能负担不起杀虫剂，也可能无法将水加热到杀死它们所需的55摄氏度。
She said there were “two sides to bedbugs”: on the one hand, wealthier people who travelled a lot got them and subsequently moved them around, whereas people already experiencing health inequities may not be able to afford pesticides or potentially heat water to the 55C required to kill them.