Ngokusho kwezikhulu zedolobha laseChongqing, indiza yeTibet Airlines ebigibele abantu abangu-122, isuka esikhumulweni sezindiza iChongqing ilibangise edolobheni laseNyingchi, ngoLwesine ekuseni, ihlangabezane nobunzima yase iphuma emgwaqeni, yavutha injini eyodwa ngemuva kokushayisana netiyela isikhashana.
Tibet Airlines uthe bonke abantu abangu-122 abebesemkhunjini - okuhlanganisa abagibeli abangu-113 kanye nabasebenzi basebhanoyini abayisishiyagalolunye - bakhishwe ngokuphepha, nakuba abantu ababalelwa ku-40 baphuthunyiswe esibhedlela ukuyolashelwa ukulimala ngemuva kokukhishwa.
“Kube khona okungahambi kahle ngesikhathi kuqhubeka uhlelo nokusuka kwaphazamiseka ngokwenqubo. Ngemva kokuchezuka emzileni wezindiza, injini yaswayipha phansi yavutha,” kusho izikhulu zezindiza zendawo esitatimendeni, zengeza ngokuthi “manje isicishiwe.”
Isikhumulo sezindiza saseChongqing sithe uhlangothi lwesobunxele lomsebenzi wezandla, Airbus I-SE A319, yavutha, yaphinde yengeza ngokuthi uphenyo luyaqhubeka. Indiza ibineminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ubudala, ngokusho kwesizindalwazi esiqoqa imininingwane yezokundiza. I-Airbus ithe iyasazi lesi sigameko futhi isabuyekeza isimo.
Isigameko sangoLwesine senzeke esikhathini esingaphansi kwezinyanga ezimbili kwenzeke ingozi ebulalayo ehilela i-Boeing 737-800 esetshenziswa yi-China Eastern Airlines, eyashona bonke abagibeli abangu-132 kanye nabasebenzi ababekuyo ngesikhathi indiza isuka eKunming ilibangise eGuangzhou ngoMashi 21. Iziphathimandla zezindiza zaseChina zithi le ndiza amabhokisi amnyama “alimele kakhulu” kule ngozi, okwenza uphenyo lwaba nzima kule ngozi.