I-UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) umemezele namuhla ukuthi ukubuyiselwa ekhaya kwamakhasimende angaphezu kuka-140,000 enkampani yezokuvakasha eswele imali. UThomas Cook kuqedwe ngempumelelo.

Babalelwa ku-600,000 izivakashi ezithintwe ukuqothuka kwenkampani yezokuvakasha yaseBrithani. Uhulumeni wase-UK kanye ne-Civil Aviation Authority kwadingeka bahlele lokho okwakubizwa ngokuthi ukubuyiselwa kwabantu abaningi e-United Kingdom kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II.

"I-UK Civil Aviation Authority iqeda uhlelo olukhulu kakhulu lokubuyisela ekhaya ngesikhathi sokuthula 'i-Operation Matterhorn' namuhla, ukubuyisela abantu abangaphezu kuka-140,000 e-UK," kusho i-CAA namuhla.

Ngaphezulu kwamaphesenti angama-90% wabo bonke abahambi abathintekile bakwazile ukubuyela eGreat Britain ngezinsuku ezazikhonjiswe kumaphakheji abo okuvakasha, kusho le nhlangano.

Indiza yokugcina enabagibeli abangu-392 ifike e-Manchester Airport ngoMsombuluko ekuseni.