Ezinye izingane ezingu-17 kanye nabantu abadala abangu-6 kubikwe ukuthi balimele ngemuva kokuthi iBoeing 777 ebuyela esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Los Angeles (LAX) ilahle uphethiloli enkundleni yokudlala yesikole samabanga aphansi.

I-FlightAware ibonisa ukuthi i-Delta Air Lines Flight 89 eya e-Shanghai, e-China, isuke e-LAX yazungeza ibuyela eSouthern California yabuyela esikhumulweni sezindiza namuhla.

Indiza yayinezinkinga zemishini futhi yahlala ngokuphepha e-LAX ngaphambi nje kwasemini, ngokusho kokhulumela isikhumulo sezindiza.

The Boeing 777 wenziwe a ukulahla uphethiloli, kanti abezicishamlilo bathi abezicishamlilo abangu-70 nabezimo eziphuthumayo bebesendaweni yesigameko. Imibiko yokuqala yaveza ukuthi kunephunga likaphethiloli wejethi endaweni, ebangeni elingamakhilomitha angu-13 empumalanga yesikhumulo sezindiza.

Abezimo eziphuthumayo bahlola "iziguli eziningi" esikoleni esisedolobheni elingaphansi kweCudahy, eCalifornia, kusho isikhulu sezolwazi somphakathi saseLos Angeles.

Ngokuvamile lapho ukulahlwa kukaphethiloli kwenzeka ngokushesha ngemva kokusuka okudinga ukuthi lifike ngaphambi kwesikhathi, kusho ukuthi ukapteni useyazi ngenkinga yokulungisa noma isimo esiphuthumayo sabagibeli esidinga ukunakwa ngokushesha. Asikho kulezi zimo ezingavamile.

Umshayeli wendiza uzoba nezinketho ezimbalwa. Angase akhethe ukundiza ezungeza ukuze abase. Kulokhu, umshayeli wendiza angakwazi ukuwisa igiya noma ama-flap ukuze asize indiza ishise uphethiloli ngokushesha.

Akukho kukhishwa okwayalelwa ngaso leso sikhathi.

Umkhulumeli we-Federal Aviation Administration akazange abe nolwazi olusheshayo.