漂流幾天的"嘉年華勝利號"遊輪乘客上岸回家

The passengers from a crippled cruise ship that docked in Alabama Thursday after five days adrift are finally on dry land and headed home.

星期四，一艘失去航行能力的遊輪在海上漂流五天後，乘客們終於回到阿拉巴馬州上岸，踏上回家的旅途。

The Carnival cruise ship carrying some 4,000 people was towed in by a flotilla of tug boats, arriving late Thursday at the port of Mobile, on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

星期四晚間，一隊拖船把這艘運載大約4千名乘客的嘉年華遊輪公司的遊輪拖進美國瀕臨墨西哥灣阿拉巴馬州的莫比爾港口。

The Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Triumph ship left Galveston, Texas last Thursday for a four-day cruise, but an engine room fire Sunday knocked out the ship's primary power source and left it adrift 240 kilometers off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

“嘉年華勝利號”遊輪上星期四離開德克薩斯州的加爾維斯敦，開始爲期四天的航程。但是星期天，遊輪機房起火，主要動力來源被切斷，使得這艘遊輪在距離墨西哥尤卡坦半島240公里的海面上漂流。

Some passengers reported flooded rooms and sewage in hallways, and sleeping on the ships' decks to avoid hot and smelly cabins. They also reported that there were long lines for food and other supplies.

一些乘客報告說，艙房被水淹，走道上污水橫流，他們只好睡在甲板上，以避開酷熱、發臭的艙房。他們還說，要排長隊領取食物和其他用品。

Carnival company head Cahill was on the scene to welcome the ill-fated ship and its passengers back to shore.

嘉年華遊輪公司總裁卡希爾到碼頭迎接這艘不幸的遊輪和乘客們回岸。

The U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board have launched an investigation into the cause of the fire in the engine room. The NTSB says in statement that because the vessel is Bahamian-flagged, the Bahamas Maritime Authority is the primary investigating agency.

美國海岸警衛隊和國家交通安全管理局已經對這艘遊輪機房起火的原因展開調查。美國國家交通安全管理局發表聲明說，由於這艘遊輪懸掛巴哈馬國旗，所以巴哈馬海事局是主要調查機構。