The Anglo-French company rushed to fix the problem it said caused several of its trains to break down: powdery snow that seeped through protective filters and triggered a major engine malfunction.

这家英法合资公司一直在抓紧时间解决问题。公司说，导致几辆列车瘫痪的原因是：粉状降雪渗透到保护过滤器中，引发引擎出现了严重故障。

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The analysis confirmed that the problems on the Swiss cars didn't have anything to do with Alonso's engine failure, but were caused by a malfunction of the electronic engine management.

分析结果认为瑞士车队德赛车问题与阿隆索的引擎故障不存在任何关系，而是由电子引擎管理系统的故障引起的。

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If there happens to be air bubbles in their engine cooling system, it may cause their cars to malfunction.

如果刚好气泡在发动机冷却系统，这可能会引起他们的汽车故障。

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The casing is designed to be strong enough to withstand such explosions, which can be caused by problems ranging from technical malfunction to birds being sucked into the engine.

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Engineers would dismantle the engine involved and study similar engines to try to learn why the malfunction occurred, Enns said.

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