However, an airline spokesman said poor weather was more likely to have been a factor in the crash than the condition of the plane.

然而，一名航空公司发言人说飞机失事的决定因素更大的可能是因为恶劣的天气而不是飞机的状态。

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The team had marked out a 400m landing strip on the ice last weekend, but the Twin Otter supply plane was forced to turn back on Sunday and could not take off on Monday or Tuesday due to bad weather.

上周末，探险队已经在冰面上划分出一条400米长的飞机跑道，但由于恶劣的气候，计划周日抵达的双獭式补给飞机被迫返航，而且周一和周二都无法在北极着陆。

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The second was last week, when a cramped commuter plane crashed in icy weather near Buffalo, New York, killing 50 people.

第二次就在上周，一架拥挤的短途班机在冰冷的天气中于纽约州布法罗附近坠落，50人遇难。

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Weather is not believed to be a factor. Witnesses say they did not see any fire before the plane broke apart.

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The plane, Solar Impulse, is expected to be ready to leave from the San Francisco Bay Area on May 1, although the actual departure will depend on the weather, the plane's Swiss creators said at a news conference at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.

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Investigators will try to figure out why the plane made such a steep descent into the home and whether the weather conditions -- light rain and low clouds -- played any role, he said.

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