Why Can't Every Flight Be Direct?

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   If you've traveled enough, you've inevitably been hit by every vacationer's nightmare: a canceled flight.

   如果你旅行的次数足够多，就难免会遇到每个度假者都会遇到的噩梦：航班取消。

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   Like, what if I couldn't be here in Montana because the plane scheduled to bring me here from Boston got snowed in at an airport in New Zealand two days earlier?

   比如，如果我因为原定从波士顿飞往这里的飞机两天前在纽西兰的机场被大雪困住，而无法来到蒙大拿州，那该怎么办？

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   Delays and cancellations are always happening somewhere in the world, but through storms, volcanic eruptions, and outbreaks of war, airlines are usually able to keep planes in the skies and passengers relatively on schedule.

   延误和取消在世界各地时有发生，但尽管有风暴、火山爆发和战争爆发，航空公司通常还是能让飞机保持飞行，并让乘客相对按计划出行。

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   For that reliability, we can thank networks—not computer networks.

   对于这种可靠性，我们要感谢网络——不是计算机网络。

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   And while well-planned networks make modern air travel possible, it only takes disruptions in a few key places to bring everything to a grinding halt.

   虽然规划良好的网络使现代航空旅行成为可能，但只需在几个关键地点出现中断，一切就会陷入停滞。

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