| こんにちは。
「although another JAL passenger jet--Flight 2503, an MD-90 with 126 passengers and crew--had arrived from Kansai Airport about five minutes earlier yet was still taxiing on the same runway.」 yet と was の間に and が入れ忘れられているのではないでしょうか。 -:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: SAPPORO--A Japan Airlines jumbo jet nearly rear-ended another JAL passenger jet on a runway at New Chitose Airport in Chitose, Hokkaido, on Saturday morning because the Boeing 747-400 began accelerating for takeoff without permission from the airport control tower. The collision was avoided after the JAL 747--Flight 502 bound for Tokyo's Haneda Airport with 446 passengers and crew-- abandoned the maneuver in response to an order from the control tower. No injuries to passengers and crew on either flight were reported. According to the Construction and Transport Ministry, at 10:29 a.m. Saturday, the 747 received instructions to wait to begin its takeoff after entering the 3,000-meter B runway. About four minutes later, an air traffic controller learned from ground-control radar that the 747 was starting its takeoff run although another JAL passenger jet--Flight 2503, an MD-90 with 126 passengers and crew--had arrived from Kansai Airport about five minutes earlier yet was still taxiing on the same runway. The controller promptly ordered the 747 to halt its takeoff. According to JAL, the 747 had proceeded about 500 meters down the runway when it received the control tower order to halt. The plane was moving at about 110 kph when the pilot applied the brakes. JAL quoted the 58-year-old captain and 32-year-old copilot as saying, "We misunderstood that we received clearance for takeoff." The two airplanes were about 1,800 meters apart when the 747 finally came to a halt. At the time of the incident, it was snowing so heavily that visibility on the B runway was only about 500 meters. Due to the heavy snow, the 747 was already about 50 minutes behind schedule, according to JAL and Self-Defense Forces officials in charge of traffic control at the airport. |
Re^1: was still taxiing on the same runway
2008-02-18 00:29その場合、"yet" は、接続詞として用いられていると解釈できると思います。そのため、特に "and" はなくても問題はないと思います。もし、"and" を入れるとすると、"yet" の前になり、その場合は、"yet" は副詞と解釈することも可能と思います。
"Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary" に、"yet" の品詞に副詞と接続詞が載っていて、副詞の説明のところに、以下の例文がありました：
It’s a small car, yet it’s surprisingly spacious.
Re^2: was still taxiing on the same runway
2008-02-19 00:43