Inkampani yezindiza yesabelomali ivumele indiza engalungile ukuthi iqedele uhambo lwamakhilomitha angu-6,000 XNUMX nokubuya isuka eNew York iya e-Liverpool futhi ibuye inqamule i-Atlantic naphezu kokwazi ukuthi kunenkinga ngamaqapha enjini yayo ngemva kokuba ishaywe umbani, kulalele inkantolo namuhla.
I-Globespan Airways Limited ihlawuliswe u-£5,000 ngokukhipha i-Boeing 757 enabagibeli abangu-20 ukuze ibuyele emuva inqamule i-Atlantic nezinkomba ezimbili zokulinganisa injini ingasebenzi, inkantolo yaseSouthward Crown, eLondon, itshelwe.
Inkampani ibisebenzise "incazelo enethemba" yemithetho ukuvumela ukusuka e-Liverpool, ishiye abasebenzi ukuthi balungise i-throttle ngosizo lwenye igeji.
Ukwehluleka kubonakale okokuqala endizeni ephumayo isuka esikhumulweni sezindiza i-JFK saseNew York, kodwa inkampani yezindiza ezinze e-Edinburgh, ehweba njenge-FlyGlobespan yephula imithetho yezindiza zomphakathi, ngokuthi kamuva imemezele ukuthi indiza “iyasebenza” ukuthi indize ibuye inqamule i-Atlantic nge-Knock, I-Ireland.
Inkampani yavuma amacala ngaphansi kwe-Air Navigation Order 2005 yokushayela indiza ngaphandle kwesitifiketi esivumelekile sokufaneleka emoyeni noma isitifiketi somsebenzisi esivumelekile. Yaphinde yayalelwa ukuthi ikhokhe izindleko ezingu-£4,280.
Umrekhoda u-James Curtis QC uthe izinkomba ze-injini ye-pressure ratio (EPRs) azizange zinikeze ulwazi "oluyisisekelo" - ngoba idatha ingatholwa ngokusebenzisa olunye uhlobo lwegeji - kodwa inikeze "ungqimba olwengeziwe lolwazi" kumshayeli.
“Ngiyatshelwa futhi ngenelisekile ukuthi ukwehluleka kwama-EPRs kule ndiza akwenzanga ukuthi indiza ingaphephile futhi akuzange kufake engozini umphakathi owawundiza endizeni. Esigamekweni...indiza yaqhubeka amahora athile iphephile ngokuphelele isuka e-JFK iya e-Liverpool ngaphandle kokuphepha noma ubunzima. Kunalokho kwabeka imithwalo eyengeziwe nengcindezi kumshayeli wendiza kanye nozakwethu ukuba abale mathupha ukusebenza kwezinjini.”
Kodwa ngesikhathi ifika, uphenyo olwenziwa onjiniyela bezinkontileka benkampani yezindiza, iStorm Aviation, ayikwazanga ukuhlonza imbangela yokwehluleka noma ukuyilungisa. Lokhu kubikwe kumqondisi wezokusebenza kwendiza yenkampani yezindiza “okunalokho ngokuthemba” wahumusha imithetho elawula amathuluzi iCivil Aviation Authority okudingeka isebenze ngaphambi kokuba indiza ihambe.
UCurtis uthe umqondisi wezokusebenza kwendiza wabe esetshela umshayeli omusha owathatha indiza ukuthi ibhanoyi lihambisana nesitifiketi sokufaneleka emoyeni. Umshayeli wendiza naye kwadingeka anqume ukuthi angakwazi yini ukushayela indiza ngokuphepha futhi kubonakala sengathi akazange angabaze “ekutholeni kahle ukuthi indiza ingasuka ngokuphepha”.
Kodwa ngokubuyela emuva ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantic, indiza yephula umthetho. ENew York, yaphinde yahlolwa futhi inkinga yalungiswa. Umrekhoda uthe uyakwamukela ukuthi lokhu kuwukwephula umthetho kodwa "ukwephulwa okubalulekile".
Inkampani yayingene esikhundleni somqondisi wezobunjiniyela kanye nomqondisi wemisebenzi yezindiza futhi yabonisa “zonke izimpawu zokwamukela iphutha layo ngokungagodli”.
URick Green, ongusihlalo wenkampani engabazali bale nkampani yezindiza, iGlobespan Group, uthe ujabule ngomphumela.
