Indiza ye-RwandAir i-WB464 yeqa emzileni wezindiza ngenxa yesimo sezulu esibi esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Entebbe International Airport e-Uganda.
Lesi sigameko senzeke ekuseni ngo-5:31 ekuseni ngesikhathi indiza iRwandAir CRJ 9 iphuma emgwaqeni izama ukuhlala.
Bonke abagibeli abangu-60 kanye nabasebenzi basendizeni baphume bephephile ngaphandle kokulimala.
Kusho uBugingo Hannington ku-twitter, "umshayeli wendiza akakwazanga ukubona amalambu e-runway Airport e-Entebbe Airport namhlanje ekuseni, ngakho wehlela indiza exhaphozini eliseduze nesikhumulo sezindiza."
Iyaqhubeka imizamo yokususa indiza emgqeni wendiza ukuze umzila omkhulu wezindiza ubuyele ekusetshenzisweni ngokugcwele. Okwamanje, omunye umzila wezindiza wesibili ongu-12/30 uyasebenza ezindizeni ezincane nezilula.
Uphenyo lokuqala, olufushane lukhomba ezimpawu ezimbi kumzila wezindiza kanye nokubonakala kancane ngenxa yemvula enkulu. Umzila wezindiza omkhulu wase-Entebbe, 17/35, usanda kulungiswa njengengxenye yohlelo lokuthuthukiswa kwesikhumulo sezindiza.
Esitatimendeni esithunyelwe kwabezindaba, iRwandair isiqinisekisile lesi sigameko ngalesi sitatimende:
"RwandAir ingaqinisekisa ukuthi indiza i-WB464 ibandakanyeke esigamekweni sango-05:31 namhlanje ekuseni, esiholele ekutheni indiza iphume emzileni wezindiza lapho ifika e-Entebbe ngesikhathi sezulu esibi. Wonke amakhasimende nabasebenzi bakhishwe bephephile, kanti akubikwanga muntu olimele. Isimo siyalawuleka futhi iRwandAir ixhumana nawo wonke amakhasimende athintekile. Indiza okwamanje iyatholwa, ngakho umzila wezindiza we-Entebbe ungabuyela ukuze usetshenziswe.
“AmaFlight Crew ethu aqeqesheke kakhulu kukho konke okwenzekayo, okuhlanganisa nokundiza ngaphansi kwesimo sezulu esingesihle. Sisebenzisana eduze neziphathimandla zendawo, okuhlanganisa ne-Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, ezophenya izimo ngesigameko. Ukuphepha kwamakhasimende ethu kanye nabasebenzi kuyinto ehamba phambili kithi ngaso sonke isikhathi.”
Ngokusho kwe-International Air Transport Association (IATA), ukweqa umgwaqo wezindiza kuwuhlobo lwezingozi ezivame kakhulu. Ziseyivelakancane kakhulu futhi alukho uhambo olunzima lwendlela yezindiza olubikwe ngo-2021.
