Let's turn to Taiwan, where investigators are learning more about the final moments of TransAsia Flight 235. 讓我們把焦點轉向台灣，目前當地的調查人員對復興航空 235 號班機的最後時刻獲得了更多瞭解。
Now, they say the pilots fought to fix problems with both engines before the plane crashed. 他們指出，駕駛員在飛機墜毀之前奮力修正兩具發動機的問題。
It happened shortly after the flight took off. 墜毀就發生在班機起飛之後不久。
Now, there were 58 people on board. 飛機上共有五十八人，
And so far, 35 people have been confirmed dead; fifteen survived, many with injuries -- that's according to Taiwan's official news agency -- eight people are still missing. 截至目前為止確認已有三十五人死亡，十五人生還，多人受傷——這是根據台灣官方通訊社的資料——仍有八人失蹤。
Now, one survivor says that he told some fellow passengers to unbuckle their seat belts shortly before the crash, and he believes that saved their lives. 一名生還者表示，他在墜機不久前告訴一些同機乘客解開安全帶，而且他認為這麼做救了他們一命。
Now, his story has caused a bit of controversy in the aviation world. 他的說法在航空界引起了一些爭議。
Now, CNN's Randi Kaye looks at other flights when seat belts came into play. 本台的蘭迪．凱依檢視其他涉及安全帶問題的班機。
This is what can happen 30,000 feet above the ground -- 這是在高空三萬英尺處可能會發生的狀況——
chaos inside American Airlines Flight 280, flying this past December from South Korea to Dallas. 去年十二月從南韓飛往達拉斯的美國航空 280 號班機上一片混亂。
When the Boeing 777 dropped suddenly over Japan, passengers panicked and pulled out their cell phones to record the drama. 這架波音 777 客機在日本上空突然下墜，乘客驚慌之餘紛紛拿出手機錄下當時的驚險畫面。
All of a sudden, there was just this big drop, and food and plates and service and materials, my iPhone, everything started just flying all over the place. 飛機突然大幅下降，食物、餐盤、餐具和各種物品，還有我的 iPhone，所有東西飛散四處。
Some screamed, others prayed as the plane rocked. 飛機顛簸搖晃，有些人尖叫，有些人在祈禱。
Wine splashed on the overhead bins. Food and trash spilled into the aisles. 紅酒潑灑在艙頂置物箱，食物與垃圾散落在走道上。
The plane made an emergency landing in Tokyo. Five people were taken to the hospital. 這架飛機在東京緊急降落，五個人送醫。
If the passengers and crew hadn't been wearing their seat belts, it could have been much worse. 飛機上的乘客與機組人員如果沒有繫上安全帶，情況恐怕會更糟。
The FAA says 美國聯邦航空管理局（編註：FAA 是 Federal Aviation Administration 的縮寫）指出，
each year approximately 58 people in the United States are injured by turbulence because they're not wearing their seat belts. 美國每年約有五十八人因為沒有繫上安全帶而在亂流中受傷。
Between 1980 and 2008, the FAA recorded three fatalities 在一九八○至二○○八年間，聯邦航管局的記錄中共有三人喪命，
and found that two of the three were not wearing seat belts, even though the seat belt light was illuminated. 並且發現這三人中有兩人沒有繫上安全帶，儘管安全帶指示燈在當時是亮起的。
In 2013, this Singapore Airlines' flight from Singapore to London hit terrible turbulence just as flight attendants were serving breakfast. 二○一三年，新加坡航空從新加坡飛往倫敦的航班就在空服員送早餐的時候遇上嚴重亂流。
Immediately, the "fasten seat belt" sign was turned on. 「繫上安全帶」的燈號隨即亮起。
The plane reportedly dropped 65 feet, injuring 11 passengers and one crew member. 據報飛機下墜了六十五英尺，造成十一名乘客與一名機組人員受傷。
Food flew; coffee hit the ceiling. 食物亂飛，咖啡潑上天花板。
One passenger told reporters anything that wasn't tied down hit the ceiling as the plane dropped. 一名乘客向記者表示，飛機下墜時，只要是沒有綁住的東西都撞上了天花板。
Suddenly, it felt like we were in an elevator and somebody had cut the cable. 突然間，我們覺得自己彷彿是身在電梯裡，而有人割斷了纜線一樣。
Oh, my god! Oh, it's an accident. 老天爺！哦，是一場意外事故。
When Asiana Flight 214 crash-landed in San Francisco in July, 2013, two passengers were ejected from the plane. 韓亞航空 214 號班機在二○一三年七月於舊金山迫降，當時有兩名乘客被甩出飛機，
It was later discovered they were not wearing their seat belts. 後來發現他們沒有繫上安全帶。
Both died, though one of them, 16-year-old Yee Meng Yuan, actually survived the crash, only to be run over by an emergency vehicle responding to the scene. 兩人均死亡，其中十六歲的葉夢圓墜機後其實有生還，卻被趕往現場的救難車輛輾斃。
The NTSB found had those two passengers been wearing their seat belts, 美國國家運輸安全委員會（編註：NTSB 是 National Transportation Safety Board 的縮寫）發現，那兩名乘客當時如果繫著安全帶，
they likely would have remained inside the plane and survived. 很可能會留在機內而得以保住性命。
Seat belts may help passengers survive, but in some cases, they can trap them in their seats. 安全帶也許能夠幫助乘客保命，但在某些案例中，卻也可能把乘客困在座椅上。
On Wednesday, this TransAsia Airways plane crashed into the river shortly after takeoff in Taipei. 週三這架復興航空班機從台北起飛之後不久即墜毀於河裡。
With the cabin already chest-deep in water, rescue crews found passengers tangled in their seat belts, hanging upside down. 機艙內水深及胸，救援人員發現乘客被安全帶綁住而倒掛著。
One 72-year-old man said he helped save four people by undoing their seat belts. 一名七十二歲的男子表示，他解開四個人的安全帶而協助救了他們。
He says they would have died if he hadn't moved quickly. 他說，他當時如果沒有迅速行動，那些人就沒命了。