Indiza i-Air France A330, endizeni isuka eRio de Janeiro iya eParis, kubikwa ukuthi ibe nezinkinga zikagesi ngemuva kokuhlangabezana nesimo sezulu esineziphepho phezu kwe-Atlantic. Sekuphele amahora angu-12 kuzwakala le ndiza. Ukuxhumana kokugcina okwaziwayo nendiza bekungo-0133 UTC ngoMsombuluko ekuseni (8:33 pm EDT ngeSonto ebusuku), cishe amahora amabili nesigamu isuke. Indiza ibingaphandle kwe-radar ngesikhathi inyamalala. Bekunabagibeli ababalelwa ku-216 nabasebenzi abangu-12 esikebheni.
Ngemuva kwamahora indiza ye-Air France ebisuka eBrazil ilibangise eParis ebinabantu abangu-228 inyamalala olwandle i-Atlantic Ocean, uMengameli waseFrance uNicolas Sarkozy uthe mancane kakhulu amathuba okuthola abasindile.
Ekhuluma nezintatheli esikhumulweni sezindiza iCharles de Gaulle (CDG), lapho bekumele ifike khona i-Flight AF 447 elahlekile, uSarkozy uchaze isigameko sangoMsombuluko “njengesibi kunazo zonke” emlandweni we-Air France.
"Kuyinhlekelele engakaze ibonwe yi-Air France," kusho uNicolas Sarkozy ngemuva kokuhlangana nezihlobo nabangane babagibeli esikhungweni esinezinhlekelele esikhumulweni sezindiza iCharles de Gaulle.
Phambilini, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Air France uPierre-Henri Gourgeon utshele izintatheli ukuthi: “Ngokungangabazeki sibhekene nenhlekelele yomoya.”
Ubuye wengeza wathi: “Yonke inkampani icabanga ngemindeni futhi yabelana ngobuhlungu bayo.”
Kuthiwa bekugibele abantu baseBrazil abangaba ngu-60. Abanye abagibeli bahlanganisa abantu baseFrance abaphakathi kuka-40 no-60, kanye namaJalimane okungenani angama-20, kusho uhulumeni waseFrance.
Abantu baseDenmark abayisithupha, abaNtaliyane abahlanu, abaseMorocco abathathu nabaseLibya ababili nabo kukholakala ukuthi bebegibele. Abagibeli ababili bebevela eRiphabhulikhi yase-Ireland, oyedwa eyisakhamuzi sase-Ireland esivela eNyakatho ye-Ireland kanti ababili bebevela e-UK.
Igcine ukuxhumana nomsakazo ngo-0133 GMT (2233 isikhathi sase-Brazilian) lapho iqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-565 (360m) ukusuka ogwini olusenyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Brazil, kusho umbutho wezempi wase-Brazil.
Abasebenzi bathe bahlela ukungena endaweni yezindiza yaseSenegal ngo-0220 GMT nokuthi indiza ibindiza ngokujwayelekile endaweni ephakeme eyi-10,670m (35,000ft).
Ngo-0220, lapho abalawuli bezindiza baseBrazil bebona indiza ingazange ishaye ucingo oludingekayo oluvela esikhaleni sezindiza saseSenegal, kwathintwa ukulawulwa kwezindiza enhlokodolobha yaseSenegal.
Ngo-0530 GMT, umbutho wasemoyeni wase-Brazil wethule umkhankaso wokusesha nokuhlenga, wathumela indiza eqapha ugu kanye nendiza ekhethekile yokuhlenga umbutho wezomoya.
I-France ithumela izindiza ezintathu zokusesha ezizinze eDakar, eSenegal, futhi icele i-US ukuthi isize ngobuchwepheshe besathelayithi.
"Kungenzeka ukuthi indiza ishaywe wumbani - kungenzeka," uFrancois Brousse, inhloko yezokuxhumana kwa-Air France, etshela izintatheli eParis.
Indiza, enabagibeli abaningi baseBrazil naseFrance, isuke esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Rio de Janeiro e-Galeao ngo-7pm ngeSonto ebusuku ngesikhathi sendawo (GMT-3). Bekulindeleke e-CDG ngo-11:15am ngesikhathi sase-Paris ngoMsombuluko. Indiza yabagibeli “yayihamba phambili kakhulu” phezu kwe-Atlantic Ocean ngaphambi kokuthi ilahleke, ngokusho kwezikhulu zeBrazilian Air Force.
Igcine ukuxhumana nomsakazo ngo-0133 GMT (2233 isikhathi sase-Brazilian) lapho iqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-565 (360m) ukusuka ogwini olusenyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Brazil, kusho umbutho wezempi wase-Brazil.
Abasebenzi bathe bahlela ukungena endaweni yezindiza yaseSenegal ngo-0220 GMT nokuthi indiza ibindiza ngokujwayelekile endaweni ephakeme eyi-10,670m (35,000ft).
Ngo-0220, lapho abalawuli bezindiza baseBrazil bebona indiza ingazange ishaye ucingo oludingekayo oluvela esikhaleni sezindiza saseSenegal, kwathintwa ukulawulwa kwezindiza enhlokodolobha yaseSenegal.
Ngo-0530 GMT, umbutho wasemoyeni wase-Brazil wethule umkhankaso wokusesha nokuhlenga, wathumela indiza eqapha ugu kanye nendiza ekhethekile yokuhlenga umbutho wezomoya.
I-France ithumela izindiza ezintathu zokusesha ezizinze eDakar, eSenegal, futhi icele i-US ukuthi isize ngobuchwepheshe besathelayithi.
"Kungenzeka ukuthi indiza ishaywe wumbani - kungenzeka," uFrancois Brousse, inhloko yezokuxhumana kwa-Air France, etshela izintatheli eParis.
UDavid Gleave, we-Aviation Safety Investigations, utshele i-BBC ukuthi izindiza bezihlale zishaywe umbani, kanti imbangela yengozi iseyimpicabadala.
"Izindiza zishaywa umbani ngokujwayelekile ngaphandle kwezinkinga eziba khona," etshela i-BBC Radio Five Live.
“Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kuhlobene nalesi siphepho sikagesi nokuhluleka kukagesi endizeni, noma kungesinye isizathu, kufanele sithole indiza kuqala.”
Ungqongqoshe wezokuthutha eFrance, uJean-Louis Borloo, ukuchithile ukudunwa kwendiza okuyimbangela yokulahleka kwendiza.
'Alukho ulwazi'
UMnu Sarkozy uthe uhlangane “nomama owashonelwa indodana yakhe, isoka elashonelwa umyeni wakhe wakusasa”.
Ngabatshela iqiniso,” esho ngemuva kwalokho. “Amathemba okuthola abasindile mancane kakhulu.”
Ukuthola indiza kungaba "nzima kakhulu" ngoba indawo yokusesha "yayinkulu", wengeza.
Izihlobo ezingaba ngu-20 zabagibeli endizeni zifike esikhumulweni sezindiza saseRio eJoyim ngoMsombuluko ekuseni zizofuna ulwazi.
UBernardo Souza, othe umfowabo nodadewabo bebesebhanoyini, ukhale ngokuthi ubengakayitholi imininingwane kwa-Air France.
“Kwadingeka ngize esikhumulweni sezindiza kodwa lapho ngifika ngathola ikhawunta ingenalutho,” ucashunwe esho kanjalo yisikhungo sezindaba iReuters.
I-Air France ivule inombolo yocingo yabangani nezihlobo zabantu abasendizeni - 00 33 157021055 yabafonayo ngaphandle kwaseFrance kanye no-0800 800812 ngaphakathi kweFrance.
Lesi yisigameko sokuqala esikhulu endaweni yasemoyeni yaseBrazil kusukela indiza yaseTam yaphahlazeka eSao Paulo ngoJulayi 2007 kwashona abantu abangu-199.
Ukuphahlazeka Kwendiza Nezehlakalo Ezibalulekile Zokuphepha
Kusukela ngo-1970 ye-Air France/Air France Europe
Okulandelayo yizehlakalo ezibulalayo ezibandakanya okungenani ukufa komgibeli oyedwa noma izenzakalo ezibalulekile zokuphepha ezihilela inkampani yezindiza. Okungafakwa kuzoba imicimbi lapho abagibeli kuphela ababulewe bekuyizigebengu, abaduni, noma abacekeli bomlilo. Ukushona kwabagibeli emicimbini enezinombolo kungase kube ngenxa yezingozi, ukudunwa kwezimoto, ukucekelwa phansi kwezimoto, noma isenzo sezempi. Izehlakalo ezingenazinombolo zingase zihlanganise noma zingafaki ukufa, futhi zifakiwe ngoba zihlangabezana nemibandela yomcimbi obalulekile njengoba kuchazwe yi-AirSafe.com
27 Juni 1976; I-Air France A300; E-Entebbe, e-Uganda: Izindiza zadunwa futhi bonke ababegibele bathunjwa. Abanye abagibeli badedelwe ngemuva nje kokudunwa kwemoto kwathi abasele bayiswa e-Entebbe, e-Uganda. Abathunjwa abasele bagcine betakulwe ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kwama-commando. Babalelwa kwabayisikhombisa kubagibeli abangu-258 abashonile.
26 Juni 1988; I-Air France A320; Eduze Nesikhumulo Sezindiza sase-Mulhouse-Habsheim, e-France: Indiza iphahlazeke ezihlahleni ngesikhathi sombukiso womoya lapho indiza yehluleka ukuphakama ngesikhathi idlula kancane igiya elinwetshiwe. Abagibeli abathathu kwabangu-136 bashonile.
20 January 1992; I-Air Inter A320; eduze kwaseStrasbourg, eFrance: Indiza ibe nendiza elawulwayo eya endaweni ngemva kokuba izisebenzi zasendizeni zimise ngokungalungile uhlelo lokuphatha indiza. Abahlanu kwabayisithupha kanye nabagibeli abangu-82 kwabangu-87 bashonile.
24 Disemba 1994; I-Air France A300; I-Algiers Airport, e-Algeria: Abaduni babulale abantu abathathu kwabangu-3. Kamuva, ama-commandos aphinde athatha indiza futhi abulala abaduni abane.
5 Septemba 1996; I-Air France 747-400; eduzane nase-Ouagadougou, eBurkina Faso: Izinxushunxushu ezihambisana nesimo sezulu zilimaze kanzima abagibeli abathathu kwabangu-206. Omunye wabagibeli abathathu kamuva washona ngenxa yokulimala okudalwe isikrini se-flight entertainment.
20 April 1998; I-Air France 727-200 eduze kwase-Bogota, e-Colombia: Indiza ibindizeni isuka e-Bogota ilibangise e-Quito, e-Ecuador. Emizuzwini emithathu isuka, indiza yaphahlazeka entabeni endaweni ecishe ibe ngamamitha angu-1600 ngaphezu kokuphakama kwesikhumulo sezindiza. Nakuba bekuyindiza ye-Air France, indiza yaqashwa ezinhlanganweni zezindiza ze-TAME zase-Ecuador futhi yandiziswa izisebenzi zase-Ecuador. Bonke abagibeli abangu-500 kanye nabasebenzi abangu-43 bashonile.
25 July 2000; I-Air France Concorde eduzane naseParis, eFrance: Indiza ibindizeni eqashiwe isuka esikhumulweni sezindiza iCharles de Gaulle eduze kwaseParis iya esikhumulweni sezindiza i-JFK eNew York. Ngaphambi nje kokuphenduka, isondo langaphambili kwesokudla legiya elingakwesokunxele lawela umugqa wensimbi owawuwe kwenye indiza. Izingcezu zesondo elimele zaphonswa ngokumelene nesakhiwo sendiza. Kwalandela ukuvuza kukaphethiloli kanye nomlilo omkhulu ngaphansi kwephiko lesobunxele.
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, amandla aphela kunombolo yesibili yenjini kanye nesikhathi esifushane kunombolo yokuqala yenjini. Indiza ayikwazanga ukukhuphuka noma ukusheshisa, futhi abasebenzi bathola ukuthi izinto zokumisa ngeke zihlehle. Indiza igcine isivinini esingu-200 kt kanye nokuphakama okungamamitha angu-200 cishe umzuzu owodwa. Abasebenzi bahlulekile ukulawula indiza yashayisa ihhotela edolobheni laseGonesse ngemuva nje kokuthi injini yokuqala iphelelwe amandla okwesibili. Bonke abagibeli abangu-100 nabasebenzi abayisishiyagalolunye bashonile. Kuphinde kwabulawa abantu abane abaphansi.
2 Agasti 2005; I-Air France A340-300; E-Toronto, eCanada: Indiza ibikundiza yamazwe ngamazwe ehleliwe isuka eParis iya eToronto. Indiza ihlangabezane nokuduma okukhulu lapho ifika eToronto. Abasebenzi bakwazile ukuhlala, kodwa abakwazanga ukumisa indiza emgwaqeni wezindiza. Indiza isuke kumzila wezindiza yagingqika emgodini lapho indiza yaphuka khona yavutha. Bonke abagibeli nabasebenzi bakwazile ukuphunyuka ngempumelelo endizeni evuthayo. Akekho noyedwa kubasebenzi abangu-12 kanye nabagibeli abangu-297 abashonile. Akusona isigameko esibulalayo lesi njengoba kungashonanga abagibeli.
