Bald eagle shows air superiority, sends drone into lake

 

Bald eagle shows air superiority, sends drone into lake

禿鷹展現制空權 把無人機掃入湖中

【摘要2020.12.117自由】◎孫宇青

A bald eagle launched an aerial assault on a drone operated by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, ripping off a propeller and sending the aircraft into Lake Michigan.

（美國）密西根州環境、大湖與能源部的一架無人機，在空中被一隻禿鷹攻擊，導致一組螺旋槳剝離，最後墜入密西根湖中。

The attack happened when the drone was mapping shoreline erosion near Escanaba in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

這起攻擊發生於無人機正在勘測密西根上半島艾斯卡納巴市一帶的湖岸侵蝕狀況之際。

Environmental quality analyst and drone pilot Hunter King said he had completed about seven minutes of the mapping flight when satellite reception became spotty.

環境品質分析家兼無人機操作員杭特．金說，在勘測作業開始約7分鐘後，衛星接收畫面開始不穩。

King pressed a button to return the $950 drone to him and was viewing his video screen when the drone began to twirl.

金按下這架造價950美元（約2.7萬台幣）無人機的返回鍵，正觀看拍攝畫面時，無人機開始旋轉。

Two birdwatchers who were nearby saw the bird attack something but didn’t realize it was a drone.

附近2名賞鳥者目睹禿鷹攻擊了什麼東西，但沒發現是一架無人機。

The drone sent 27 warning notifications in the 3.5 seconds that it took to spiral to the water, including one noting that a propeller was missing.（AP）

這架無人機在旋轉下墜至水中的3.5秒間，送出27次警訊，其中一次是警告已失去一組螺旋槳。（美聯社）

新聞辭典

rip off：動詞片語，撕掉；搶劫；剝削。例句：You need to rip off the sticker to open the letter.（你必須撕掉貼紙才能展信。）

map：動詞，繪製地圖；在地圖上標出。例句：Parts of the region have not

spotty：形容詞，不穩定的；（品質）時好時壞的。例句：Sales have risen a little but they are still spotty.（銷量已稍微上升，但仍不穩定。）