I-DHC-6 Twin Otter, ejwayele ukuhlala abantu abayi-19, ishiswe ngokuphelele yiKHANA Group eCanada, ipendwe ngokwezifiso ngophawu lukaSoneva ngombala onsomi ngaphandle, futhi ifakwe ingaphakathi langaphakathi lesikhumba le-chrome nephephuli.
Inkampani esebenza ngezokungcebeleka iSoneva isimemezele ukuthi maduzane izokwethula indiza yayo entsha ehlala abantu abangu-10 iTwin Otter eMaldives. Le ndiza entsha, ezosebenza maphakathi noDisemba, izothutha uhambo lwabavakashi bakwaSoneva ukusuka eMalé International Airport kuya eSoneva Fushi eBaa Atoll naseSoneva Jani eNoonu Atoll yaseMaldives.
Izindiza zeTwin Otter yizindiza ezisebenza kahle kakhulu ezisebenza eMaldives ngenxa yamakhono abo amafushane okusuka nokwehla (STOL), okubenza babe izindiza ezifanelekile zokundiza njengoba bephakamisa amanzi ngokushesha. I-DHC-6 Twin Otters inebanga elijwayelekile lamamayela ayi-886, ijubane eliphezulu lamamayela ayi-184 ngehora, isivinini sokuhamba ngesikebhe samamayela ayi-173 ngehora namaphiko ezinyawo ezingama-66.
Le modeli yesithuthuthu esingaphansi kwamabhayisikili esinqunyiwe, irekhodi elihlukile lezokuphepha, izinjini ezingamawele amabili kanye nezinga eliphezulu lokukhuphuka kwenze kwaba yindiza yabagibeli abagibeli kanye nendiza yezimpahla nempahla ye-medevac. I-Twin Otter ibidume ngokuhweba ngokushushuluza, futhi isetshenziswa yi-United States Army Parachute Team kanye ne-United States Air Force's 98th Flying Training Squadron.
Indiza kaSoneva njengamanje isendleleni esuka eCanada inqamula iGreenland iya e-Iceland nge-hop eyodwa, bese idlula eYurophu naseMiddle East, ngaphambi kokufika eMaldives.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The new plane, which will be in operation by mid-December, will transport Soneva guests roundtrip from Malé International Airport to Soneva Fushi in Baa Atoll and Soneva Jani in the Noonu Atoll of the Maldives.
- I-DHC-6 Twin Otter, ejwayele ukuhlala abantu abayi-19, ishiswe ngokuphelele yiKHANA Group eCanada, ipendwe ngokwezifiso ngophawu lukaSoneva ngombala onsomi ngaphandle, futhi ifakwe ingaphakathi langaphakathi lesikhumba le-chrome nephephuli.
- DHC-6 Twin Otters have an average range of 886 miles, a top speed of 184 miles per hour, a cruise speed of 173 miles per hour and a wingspan of 66 feet.
