Rio DE JANEIRO – Indiza yabagibeli i-Air France isuka eRio ilibangise eParis ifike yehla ngendlela ephuthumayo enyakatho-mpumalanga yeBrazil inabagibeli abangu-405 ngenxa yokusatshiswa kwebhomu bekuhlelelwe ukuthi iphinde isuke ngeSonto ebusuku ngemuva kokuthi kungatholakalanga isiqhumane esikebheni.
Ukubambezeleka kokusuka kwendiza isuka edolobheni elisenyakatho-mpumalanga iRecife bekudingeka ngoba imithetho idinga ukuthi abasebenzi bathole ukuphumula okuthile, kusho okhulumela i-Air France eBrazil ngeSonto. Ukhulume wacela ukungadalulwa ngoba akagunyaziwe ukukhuluma ngalolu daba.
USolange Argenta, okhulumela isikhulu sesikhumulo sezindiza sikahulumeni waseBrazil, i-Infraero, ngeSonto uthe iziphathimandla zihlole indiza nemithwalo yayo "futhi akutholakalanga isiqhumane."
Umkhulumeli we-Air France uthe ukusuka e-Recife manje sekuhlelelwe u-8:10 pm ngesikhathi sendawo (23.10 GMT).
Bonke abagibeli abangu-405 kanye nabasebenzi abangu-18 bakhishwe ngokuphepha ku-Air France Flight 443 ngoMgqibelo ebusuku, kusho okhulumela i-Infraero uJorge Andrade.
Ukusatshiswa kwebhomu kushayelwe ucingo esikhumulweni sezindiza saseRio yizwi lowesifazane cishe emizuzwini engu-30 indiza isuka, kusho okhulumela i-Air France. I-control tower ithinte indiza kwase kuthathwa isinqumo sokuthi ihlale eRecife, esho.
EParis, okhulumela i-Air France uJerome N'Guyen ukuqinisekisile ukuthi sekuphothuliwe ukuhlolwa okuphelele kwendiza futhi akukho okusolisayo okutholakele. Abagibeli bayiswe emahhotela aseduze kuze kube yilapho indiza isuka futhi.
U-Argenta uthe indiza yasuka ngo-4:20 pm ngesikhathi sendawo (3:20 pm EDT; 1920 GMT) nokuthi indiza yahlala e-Recife ngo-7:53 pm (6:53 pm EDT; 2253 GMT).
Indiza ebigibele itekisi yaya endaweni eseceleni yesikhumulo sezindiza nalabo abebegibele basuswa ngokushesha, kusho isitatimende se-Infraero. Isikhumulo sezindiza savalwa cishe imizuzu engama-30, sabuye savulwa.
I-Flight 443 ibisendleleni efanayo neyendiza ye-Air France eyaphahlazeka ngoJuni 2009 ogwini olusenyakatho-mpumalanga yeBrazil, kwashona bonke abangu-228. Nakuba kungekho sizathu esiqondile esinqunyiwe kule ngozi, iziphathimandla ziye zachitha kaningi ukuthi akufanele ukudlala kabi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The delay in the plane’s departure from the northeastern city of Recife was necessary because regulations require that the crew receive a certain amount of rest, an Air France spokesman in Brazil said Sunday.
- Rio DE JANEIRO – Indiza yabagibeli i-Air France isuka eRio ilibangise eParis ifike yehla ngendlela ephuthumayo enyakatho-mpumalanga yeBrazil inabagibeli abangu-405 ngenxa yokusatshiswa kwebhomu bekuhlelelwe ukuthi iphinde isuke ngeSonto ebusuku ngemuva kokuthi kungatholakalanga isiqhumane esikebheni.
- The bomb threat was phoned in to Rio’s international airport by a female voice about 30 minutes after the plane took off, the Air France spokesman said.
