SAO PAULO – Abantu abane abebengemuva kwendiza ephahlazeke emfuleni onodaka i-Amazon bakwazile ukuvula umnyango wezimo eziphuthumayo babhukuda babalekela endaweni ephephile njengoba indiza icwila, yahudula abanye abangu-24 bashona, kusho izikhulu ngeSonto.
Iningi lezisulu kwakungamalungu omkhaya owodwa owawuqashe indiza ukuba iye emcimbini wokugubha usuku lokuzalwa. Izingane eziyisikhombisa zashona.
“Konke bekushesha kakhulu. Indiza yacwila ngokushesha okukhulu,” kusho uBrenda Moraes, 21, owasinda etshela iGloboNews TV yaseBrazil. “Sithole ithuba kuphela ngoba besihlezi ekugcineni futhi sikwazi ukuvula umnyango wezimo eziphuthumayo.”
Abatshuzi ngeSonto bathole izidumbu ezimbili endizeni engamawele e-turboprop ephonseke emfuleni iManacapuru ngesikhathi kunemvula enamandla ngayizolo, nokwaphetha izinhlelo zokuhlenga ngemuva kokuthi kutholakale bonke abagibeli nabasebenzi, kusho isicishamlilo uMaj. Jair Ruas Braga.
Izikhulu zezindiza nezomlilo zithe bekunabantu abangu-28 endizeni, okuyi-twin turboprop elayisha abantu abangu-21. Iziphathimandla zithe ziyaphenya ngezinsolo zokuminyana kwabantu.
Umqondisi wenkampani eqhuba indiza ukuphikile ukuthi indiza ikhuluphele nakuba ithwele abagibeli abaningi ukwedlula umthamo wayo.
Abezicishamlilo bema bajula emfuleni behlola indiza, abebehlele ukuyisusa emfuleni. Bekucwile kakhulu emanzini ngaphandle komsila nomnyango wokuphuma ezimeni eziphuthumayo.
Abasindile, okuhlanganisa nomfana oneminyaka engu-9 ubudala, babhukude bephuma endizeni ebicwila ngoMgqibelo kanti basizwa izakhamuzi zendawo kwaze kwafika abatakuli.
Esinye isihlobo, uRoberto Buchdid, uthe unkosikazi wakhe wafona wamtshela ukuthi abikele iziphathimandla.
“Wayethuke kakhulu,” kusho uBuchdid.
Abasindile abane babenemihuzukwana kuphela futhi bebesesimweni esihle ngeSonto, kusho uMarcelo Alves Cabral, umqondisi wesibhedlela abalashelwa kuso. Utshele ingosi ye-Globo ye-G1 ukuthi ukulimala okubi kakhulu ukusikeka okujulile emhlane wendoda eneminyaka engu-23 ubudala.
“Bangitshele ukuthi ngesikhathi bezwa enye yezinjini ima, indiza yehla futhi yashayisa okuthile ngaphambi kokuba ingene emanzini ikhala,” kusho uCabral.
Izihlobo zabasindile zitshele abezindaba zaseBrazil ukuthi injini ngokusobala ima cishe ihora endizeni engamamayela angu-185 (amakhilomitha angu-300), eyayisuka edolobheni laseCoari. Indiza yehle cishe ngamamayela angu-50 (amakhilomitha angu-80) lapho iya khona eManaus, inhloko-dolobha yesifunda sase-Amazonas.
Cishe abantu abangu-20 ababesemkhunjini kwakungamalungu omndeni, nabangane nabashayeli bezindiza ababili, kusho uFernando Bezerra, umqondisi wenkampani eqhuba indiza.
Unobhala wezempilo wedolobha laseCoari naye ubephakathi kwabashonile.
Umshayeli wendiza uke wathintana nabaphathi bezindiza ukuze babike imvula eshayelayo, kodwa akazange ayisho inkinga yenjini, kusho umbutho wezomoya. Iphawule ukuthi umshayeli wendiza kubonakala sengathi uzame ukuhlalisa amanzi okuyivelakancane, njengaleyo eyenziwe yindiza yezentengiselwano ngenyanga edlule e-Hudson River eNew York esindisa izimpilo zabo bonke abantu abangu-155 ababegibele.
Abezindaba baseBrazil, becaphuna ofakazi kanye neziphathimandla zendawo, bathe umshayeli wendiza kungenzeka ukuthi ubezama ukuhlalisa ngaphandle kwesimiso esikhumulweni sezindiza saseManacapuru, ngaphansi kwamamayela angu-1.6 (ikhilomitha elilodwa) ukusuka endaweni yengozi.
Bobabili umshayeli wendiza nozakwabo bashonile.
Indiza yayisetshenziswa iManaus Aerotaxi. UBezerra uthe ibhanoyi selihloliwe konke obekuhleliwe, kanti i-ANAC ithe imibhalo yayo isesikhathini samanje.
Umqondisi weManaus Aerotaxi uMarcos Pacheco utshele isikhungo sezindaba se-Agencia Brasil ukuthi indiza isuke inesisindo esingaphansi kwesilinganiso esiphezulu esivunyelwe, esingamathani angu-5.7.
Umbutho wezomoya ekuqaleni uthe uhlelo lwendiza lukhombisa ukuthi bekunabantu abangu-20, kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi ezinye zezingane azifakwanga ohlwini. Indiza ekabili eyi-turboprop ithwala abantu abangu-21, ngokwengosi ye-Internet ye-Civil Aeronautics Agency yaseBrazil, noma i-ANAC.
