Toulouse, France – I-Air New Zealand Airbus A320 ebindizeni yokuhlola iphahlazeke olwandle iMedithera ngasogwini oluseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeFrance ngoLwesine, kwashona okungenani abantu ababili kwathi abanye abahlanu besadukile, kusho iziphathimandla.
Iziphathimandla zezokuphepha kwezindiza eFrance i-BEA zithi ingozi yenzeke ngo-4:46 ntambama (1546 GMT) ngesikhathi indiza isondela esikhumulweni sezindiza e-Perpignan, idolobha eliseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeFrance ngemuva kwendiza ethathe cishe ihora.
Ufakazi otshele umsakazo waseFrance uthe wabona i-Airbus itshuza kungazelelwe yaphonseka olwandle.
“Ngabona ukuthi yibhanoyi ngoba ngibone izinjini ezimbili ezinkulu. Bekungekho mlilo, akukho lutho,” kusho ufakazi, oyiphoyisa lendawo, etshela umsakazo iFrance Info.
“Ibindiza iqonde, yabe isijikela phansi ngesihluku. Ngazitshela ukuthi ayisoze yaphuma kwaqhuma isifutho esikhulu samanzi,” usho kanje.
Iziphathimandla zendawo zithe amaqembu alulama anezikebhe ezinhlanu, amaqembu amabili atshuzayo kanye nendiza enophephela emhlane abekhona kodwa izimo zinzima ngesimo sezulu esibi nobumnyama.
Bathe kuthunyelwe umkhumbi wamasosha asolwandle ukuyobheka isiqophamazwi sendiza yendiza.
Zimbili izidumbu ezikhishiwe kodwa belingekho ithemba lokuthi abanye abebegibele basindile futhi akukho nezwi elisemthethweni ngezizathu zengozi.
"Okwamanje asinayo imininingwane mayelana nembangela yengozi," kusho isikhulu se-Air New Zealand uRob Fyfe etshela isithangami sabezindaba e-Auckland.
Uthe abantu abahlanu baseNew Zealand kanye namaJalimane amabili bebephakathi endizeni ebiqashelwe inkampani yaseJalimane i-XL Airways kanti ibihlolwa ngemuva kokulungiswa kabusha ngaphambi kokubuyela eNew Zealand ngenyanga ezayo.
Le ngozi yenzeke eminyakeni engu-29 kanye selokhu kwenzeka ingozi yendiza embi kunazo zonke eNew Zealand ngesikhathi indiza i-Air New Zealand esohambweni lokubuka indawo e-Antarctica ishayisa eceleni kwe-Mount Erebus, kwashona bonke abantu abangu-257.
"Ukwenzeka kwalesi sigameko ngosuku olufanayo nje kwengeza umuzwa wenhlekelele," kusho uFyfe.
I-A320, okuyindiza enenjini ephindwe kabili, enephasishi eyodwa evamise ukuthwala abagibeli abangu-150, ikhiqizwa yi-Airbus, iyunithi yeqembu lase-European Aerospace i-EADS. Cishe izindiza eziyi-1,960 ze-A320 zisebenza nabaqhubi abayi-155 emhlabeni jikelele.
I-Airbus ithe indiza, enikwa amandla yi-IAE V2500 izinjini, yethulwa ngoJulayi 2005 futhi isiqoqe cishe amahora endiza angu-7000 emijikelezweni yendiza engu-2800.
Ithe izosiza iziphathimandla eziphenya ngale ngozi futhi isithumele ongoti abahlanu endaweni kodwa yengeza ngokuthi ngeke kulunge ukuqagela ngembangela.
"Okwamanje alukho olunye ulwazi oluyiqiniso olutholakalayo," kusho isitatimende.
Isifunda sasePyrenees-Orientales, isiphathimandla sesifunda, sithe indiza “beyindiza yobuchwepheshe” futhi ihlinzekwa yinkampani esePerpignan.
