Beirut, Lebanon – Abalawuli bezindiza eLebanon batshele umshayeli wendiza ye-Ethiopian Airlines ukuthi ashintshe indlela ngaphambi nje kokuba iphonseke olwandle, kusho ungqongqoshe wezokuThutha kuleliya lizwe ngoLwesibili.
Ithimba lamazwe ngamazwe lokusesha beliphenya ugu lweMedithera eLebanon lifuna izimpawu zokuphila ngoLwesibili phakathi nokwesabela ukuthi bonke abantu abangu-90 abebegibele ibhanoyi elibheke e-Addis Ababa bashone engozini, kusho iziphathimandla.
UNgqongqoshe wezokuThutha eLebanon uGhazi al-Aridi uthe ngoLwesibili kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuthi banqume ukuthi ngabe iphutha lomshayeli lidale le ngozi.
Uthe imininingwane yendiza yendiza kanye namarekhodi ezwi azodinga ukuthi kutholwe ukuze kutholakale ukuthi kungani iFlight 409 yanyamalala kuma-radar screen ngemuva nje kokusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza saseBeirut iRafik Hariri International Airport cishe ngo-2:30 ekuseni ngesikhathi sasekhaya.
I-control tower ilahlekelwe ukuxhumana nendiza ngaphambi kokuthi ilungise izifundo ngoMsombuluko, kusho u-al-Aridi.
Esitatimendeni, i-Ethiopian Airlines ithe umshayeli wendiza ube nesipiliyoni seminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 eshayela izindiza ezinhlobonhlobo ngoxhaxha lwale nkampani. Indiza kwathiwa iphephile futhi ikulungele ukundiza kulandela ukunakekelwa okujwayelekile ngoDisemba 25, 2009, kusho inkampani yezindiza.
Amasosha aseLebanon abike ngoLwesibili ukuthi kutholakale izidumbu ezingu-14 - ezingaphansi kwesibalo sangaphambilini. Bathi ukudideka kusaqala uphenyo kuholele ekubaleni kabili. Abekho abasindile abatholakele.
Ukusesha kwakuhlanganisa izindiza ezivela e-United States, Britain, France naseCyprus.
Amasosha aseMelika athumele i-USS Ramage - umcibisholo oqondisiwe - kanye nendiza yeNavy P-3 ukuphendula izicelo zosizo zaseLebanon, ngokusho kwezikhulu zezokuvikela zaseMelika.
"Asikholwa ukuthi kukhona okukhomba ukucekelwa phansi noma ukudlala kabi," kusho uMengameli waseLebanon uMichel Suleiman ngoMsombuluko.
I-US National Transportation Safety Board nayo ithumela umphenyi ngoba indiza yenziwe umkhiqizi wase-US.
I-Boeing 737-800 ibinabasebenzi abayisishiyagalombili nabagibeli abangu-82 - abangu-51 baseLebanon, 23 base-Ethiopia, ababili baseBrithani kanye nezakhamizi zaseCanada, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey naseFrance - ngesikhathi yehla, kusho inkampani yezindiza.
Indiza iphahlazeke endaweni engamakhilomitha angu-3.5 (2 miles) entshonalanga yedolobha laseNa'ameh elingamakhilomitha angu-15 (9 miles) eningizimu yeBeirut.
I-Ethiopian Airlines ephethwe nguhulumeni ingenye yezinkampani ezinkulu ezithwala impahla e-Afrika, isebenzela i-Europe kanye namanye amazwekazi amathathu. Inkampani yezindiza ihlangabezane nezingozi ezimbili ezibulalayo kusukela ngo-1980.
NgoNovemba 1996, indiza eyayilibangise e-Ivory Coast yadunwa amadoda amathathu ayefuna ukuba umshayeli andizele e-Australia. Umshayeli wendiza uphahlazeke ngesikhathi ezama ukuhlalisa izimo eziphuthumayo eduze kwaseComoros Islands ngaphandle kwe-Afrika. Babalelwa ku-130 kwabangu-172 abantu abebegibele abashonile, ngokwemibiko eshicilelwe.
Futhi ngo-September 1988, indiza yashayisa umhlambi wezinyoni phakathi nokusuka. Ngesikhathi sengozi eyalandela, abantu abangu-31 kwabangu-105 ababegibele bafa.
