RECIFE, Brazil – Abaseshi bathole izidumbu ezimbili kanye nemfucumfucu yokuqala eqinisekisiwe - isikhwama esinethikithi le-Air France Flight 447 - e-Atlantic Ocean eduze nalapho kukholakala ukuthi indiza iphahlazeke khona, kusho isikhulu sezempi yaseBrazil ngoMgqibelo.
Isikhungo saseFrance esiphenya ngale nhlekelele, sithe amathuluzi esivinini somoya awazange ashintshwe njengoba umenzi encome ngaphambi kokuba indiza inyamalale esimweni sezulu esibi cishe isonto eledlule ngesikhathi indiza isuka eRio de Janeiro ilibangise eParis inabantu abangu-228.
Bonke bashonile, ingozi yendiza yezohwebo embi kunazo zonke emhlabeni kusukela ngo-2001, kanye nengozi yendiza eyabulala abantu abaningi kunawo wonke e-Air France.
Izidumbu zabagibeli besilisa ababili zitholwe ngoMgqibelo ekuseni endaweni eqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-70 eningizimu nalapho i-Air France Flight 45 ikhiphe khona izimpawu zayo zokugcina - cishe amakhilomitha angu-447 enyakatho-mpumalanga yeziqhingi zaseFernando de Noronha ngasogwini olusenyakatho yeBrazil.
Okhulumela amaphoyisa asemoyeni eBrazil, uCol. Jorge Amaral, uthe ithikithi le-Air France litholakale ngaphakathi kwesikhwama sesikhumba.
"Kuqinisekisiwe kwa-Air France ukuthi inombolo yethikithi ihambisana nomgibeli endizeni," esho.
U-Admiral Edison Lawrence uthe izidumbu bezithuthelwa eziqhingini zaseFernando de Noronha ukuze zihlonzwe. Kutholwe ubhakha onelaptop nekhadi lokugoma.
Okutholakele kungase kumise indawo yokusesha enembe kakhudlwana yezirekhoda zendiza zebhokisi elimnyama ezingatshela abaphenyi ukuthi kungani indiza iphahlazekile.
Ukuthola idatha yendiza neziqophamazwi, nokho, akuyona into ekhathaza abaseshi base-Brazilian, abangenawo ama-deepwater submersibles adingekayo ukuze bathole amabhokisi amnyama. Lezo zihlinzekwa yiFrance.
"Ibhokisi elimnyama akuwona umthwalo walo msebenzi, inhloso yawo ukufuna abasindile, izidumbu kanye nemfucumfucu - kulokho kulandelana okubalulekile," kusho uCol. Henry Munhoz we-Air Force.
Ukutholakala kwezidumbu nemfucumfucu kunikeze impumuzo kwamanye amalungu omndeni, iningi lawo elihlangene ehhotela eliseRio, lapho ethole khona izibuyekezo eziqhubekayo mayelana nokuseshwa.
Nokho, abanye benqaba ukuliyeka ithuba kwabasindile.
"Sithuthumela, kodwa sisenalo ithemba," kusho uSonia Gagliano, umzukulu wakhe uLucas Gagliano owayengumphathi wezindiza endizeni, etshela iphephandaba i-O Globo. “Ubengumfanyana, eneminyaka engu-23 kuphela ubudala, futhi ekhuluma izilimi eziyisishiyagalombili. Ngimangele ngakho konke lokhu.”
Abaphenyi bebesesha indawo engamakhilomitha-skwele angamakhulu ambalwa ukuze bathole imfucumfucu. Isihlalo sendiza esiluhlaza esinenombolo ye-serial kuso sesitholakele, kodwa izikhulu bezisazama ukuqinisekisa kwa-Air France ukuthi bekuyisihlalo se-Flight 477.
Isikhungo saseFrance esiphenya ngezingozi, i-BEA, sithole ukuthi indiza ithole ukufundwa kwesivinini somoya okungahambisani nezisetshenziswa ezahlukene njengoba izabalaza ekuduma kwezulu okukhulu.
Uphenyo lugxile kakhulu ekutheni amathuluzi angaphandle angahle abe neqhwa yini, izinzwa zesivinini ezididayo futhi aholele amakhompyutha ukusetha isivinini sendiza sishesha kakhulu noma esinensayo - iphutha eliyingozi elibulalayo ngenxa yesiyaluyalu esikhulu.
I-Airbus income ukuthi wonke amakhasimende ayo enkampani yezindiza ashintshe amathuluzi asiza ukukala isivinini nokuphakama, aziwa ngama-Pitot tubes, ku-A330, imodeli esetshenziselwa i-Flight 447, kusho uPaul-Louis Arslanian, inhloko yale nhlangano.
"Bebengakashintshwa" endizeni eyaphahlazeka, kusho u-Alain Bouillard, inhloko yophenyo lwaseFrance.
I-Air France ikhiphe isitatimende ngoMgqibelo ithi iqale ukushintsha abaqaphi kumodeli ye-Airbus A330 ngo-Ephreli 27 ngemuva kokutholakala kwenguqulo ethuthukisiwe.
Isitatimende sigcizelele isincomo sokushintsha imonitha "ivumela opharetha inkululeko egcwele ukuthi ayisebenzise ngokuphelele, ingxenye noma cha nhlobo." Uma ukuphepha kuyinkinga, umenzi wendiza ukhipha isaziso sesevisi esiyisibopho esilandelwa yisiyalelo sokufaneleka emoyeni, hhayi isincomo.
Isitatimende se-Air France sithe ukuqhwaza kwama-monitor endaweni ephakeme kuye kwaholela ekulahlekelweni kolwazi oludingekayo lwendiza, kodwa "inombolo encane" yezigameko ezixhunywe kubaqaphi ezibikiwe.
I-Air France isivele ithathe indawo yamaPitots kwenye imodeli ye-Airbus, i-320, ngemuva kokuthi abashayeli bayo bebike izinkinga ezifanayo nethuluzi, ngokusho kombiko wezokuphepha emoyeni we-Air France owafakwa abashayeli bezindiza ngoJanuwari futhi watholwa yi-Associated Press.
Lo mbiko ulandele isigameko lapho indiza ye-Air France isuka eTokyo iya eParis ibike izinkinga ngezinkomba zayo zesivinini esifana nalezo okukholakala ukuthi zatholwa yiFlight 447. Kuleso simo, kwatholakala ukuthi amashubhu e-Pitot ayevinjwe yiqhwa.
Umbiko ofanayo uthi i-Air France inqume ukwandisa imvamisa yokuhlola amashubhu ayo e-A330 kanye ne-A340 jets' Pitot, kodwa ukuthi ibilinde isincomo esivela ku-Airbus ngaphambi kokufaka ama-Pitots amasha.
U-Arslanian we-BEA uxwayise ngokuthi kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuthi kungafinyelelwa esiphethweni mayelana neqhaza lama-Pitot tubes engozini, wathi “akusho ukuthi ngaphandle kokufaka amaPitots ukuthi i-A330 ibiyingozi.”
Utshele isithangami sabezindaba ekomkhulu lale nhlangano ngaseParis ukuthi ukuphahlazeka kweFlight 447 akusho ukuthi izindiza ezifuze lezi aziphephile, wengeza ngokuthi utshele amalungu omndeni ukuthi angazikhathazi ngokundiza.
Njengengxenye yophenyo lwazo, izikhulu zithembele emilayezweni engu-24 indiza eyithumele ngokuzenzakalelayo phakathi nemizuzu yokugcina yendiza.
Lezi zimpawu zikhombisa ukuthi umshayeli wendiza ubengekho, kusho izikhulu, kodwa akucaci ukuthi umshayeli ucishiwe yini abashayeli noma wayeka ukusebenza ngoba kufundwa isivinini esishayisanayo.
Indiza yanyamalala cishe amahora amane isuka.
Inhloko yenhlangano ehlola isimo sezulu eFrance, u-Alain Ratier, uthe isimo sezulu ngesikhathi bendiza besingajwayelekile ngesikhathi sonyaka nesifunda esaziwa ngokuba nesivunguvungu esinamandla.
NgoLwesine, abakhi bezindiza base-Europe i-Airbus bathumele iseluleko kubo bonke abaqhubi be-A330 bebakhumbuza ngendlela yokusingatha indiza ezimeni ezifana nalezo ezitholwa i-Flight 447.
UPeter Goelz, owayengumqondisi ophethe weNational Transportation Safety Board, uthe iseluleko kanye nememo ye-Air France mayelana nokushintsha amathuluzi esivinini sendiza “ngokuqinisekile kuphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nokuthi amashubhu e-Pitot, abalulekile yini ekuqondeni komshayeli wendiza ukuthi kwenzekani, bezisebenza ngempumelelo.”
U-Arslanian uthe kubalulekile ukuthi kutholwe isibani esincane esibizwa ngokuthi “pinger” okufanele sixhunywe kwizwi le-cockpit kanye namarekhodi edatha, manje okucatshangwa ukuthi ajule e-Atlantic.
"Asinaso isiqiniseko sokuthi uphini unamathiselwe kumarekhodi," esho.
Ephakamise uphini entendeni yesandla sakhe, wathi: “Yilokhu esikufunayo maphakathi ne-Atlantic Ocean.”
