the U-2 incident
/ðə ˌjuː ˈtuː ɪnsɪdənt/
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- an incident in May 1960 when a US U-2 spy plane (= aircraft that takes secret photographs of enemy places) was shot down over the USSR. The pilot Gary Powers survived. The Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev ended a meeting in Paris with US President Eisenhower 11 days later when Eisenhower refused to say he was sorry. Powers was exchanged for the Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in 1962.
U-2事件：1960年5月，一架美国U-2间谍飞机（对敌方位置进行秘密拍照的飞机）被击落在苏联上。飞行员加里·鲍尔斯幸存下来。11天后，俄罗斯领导人尼基塔·赫鲁晓夫（Nikita Khrushchev）在巴黎结束了与美国总统艾森豪威尔的会晤，当时艾森豪威尔拒绝对他表示遗憾。1962年大国被苏联间谍鲁道夫·阿贝尔（Rudolf Abel）换来。