USihlalo Ophethe i-Africa Tourism Board (ATB) uMnu. Cuthbert Ncube uhlanganyele nabanye abazwelayo ukuzwakalisa usizi nozwelo lwebhodi kubantu baseTanzania ngokulahlekelwa abathandiweyo babo abavela emazweni. Ingozi ye-PrecisionAir.
“Kungokuzwela okukhulu ukulahlekelwa abathandekayo bethu eTanzania ngesikhathi umkhakha wezokuvakasha udlondlobala ekuxhumaniseni izindawo zethu zasekhaya nezifunda.
“Njengoba sihlonipha labo abashonelwe, sithanda ukudlulisa ukudabuka okukhulu kwabathandekayo nalabo abasindile; sithandazela ukuthi silulame ngokushesha kulesi sigameko esibuhlungu,” kusho uMnu. Ncube ngomyalezo we-ATB.
Ingozi ibandakanya indiza i-PW-494 5H-PWF, ATR42-500, ebindiza isuka edolobheni lase-Dar es Salaam ogwini lolwandle i-Indian Ocean ilibangise eBukoba ogwini lweLake Victoria engene echibini ngo-08:53 am (05:53). XNUMX GMT).
UNdunankulu waseTanzania u-Kassim Majaliwa uqinisekise ingozi ye-Precision Air e-Bukoba, esifundeni sase-Kagera, ngeSonto esidlule nemiphefumulo engu-19 yabagibeli bayo.
Uthe kuzokwenziwa uphenyo olunzulu ukuze kutholakale imbangela ephelele yengozi.
Indiza i-PW-494 yenzeke eLake Victoria ngesikhathi izama ukuhlala esikhumulweni sezindiza iBukoba inabagibeli abangu-43. Babalelwa ku-26 abagibeli abasinde kule ngozi.
Indiza bekulindeleke ukuthi ihlale esikhumulweni sezindiza iBukoba ngezithuba zabo-8:30 ekuseni, kodwa ngezithuba zabo-8:53 ekuseni iControl Operations Centre yathola imininingwane yokuthi indiza ibingakafiki.
The PW 494 izindiza ibihamba nenani labagibeli abangama-45 ababhaliswe njengabagibeli abangama-39 (abadala abangama-38 nosana olulodwa) kanye nabasebenzi abane.
“I-Precision Air idlulisa ukudabuka okukhulu emindenini nakubangani babagibeli nabasebenzi ababandakanyeka kulesi sigameko esibuhlungu. Inkampani izolwela ukubahlinzeka ngolwazi nanoma yiluphi usizo abazoludinga ngesikhathi sabo esinzima,” kusho isitatimende senkampani yezindiza.
UMengameli uSamia Suluhu Hassan udlulise amazwi enduduzo kulabo abathintekile kule ngozi.
“Ngithole ngokudabuka izindaba zengozi ebandakanya indiza yakwaPrecision Air,” kusho uMengameli.
“Asiqhubeke nokuzola njengoba umkhankaso wokuhlenga usaqhubeka njengoba sithandaza kuNkulunkulu ukuthi asisize,” usho kanje ekhasini lakhe le-Twitter.
