USean Sharif Crudup, 44, osebenzela amakhasimende e-United Airlines kanye nonkosikazi wakhe uRaychas Elizabeth Thomas, 32, bobabili baseRichmond, eCalifornia, bangaphandle ngebheyili. UCrudup uwaphikile amacala okweba. UThomas uhlelelwe ukuthi avele enkantolo ngomhlaka-26 Agasti kanti akakayidlulisi eyokulivuma icala. Uma elahlwa yicala, umuntu ngamunye angathola isigwebo esiphezulu seminyaka emine nezinyanga ezine ejele likahulumeni.
Babekwe icala elilodwa lokweba kanye namacala amabili okugqekeza ngezinsolo zokweba imithwalo esikhumulweni sezindiza iSan Francisco International Airport ngesikhathi kuphahlazeka indiza i-Asiana Airlines Flight 214, kusho abashushisi baseMelika.
"Ngomhla ziyisi-8 kuJulayi izisulu zethu bezindizela ekhaya zilibangise e-SFO zisuka eCayman Islands," kusho ummeli wesifunda saseSan Mateo County uStephen Wagstaffe. "Imithwalo yabo, izingcezu ezimbalwa, eyayinesamba esikhulu, u-$US30,000 ($32,700) wezingubo ... yahamba ngendiza yangaphambili yahlala e-SFO ngaphambi kwengozi."
Kodwa indiza yezisulu iphambukisiwe, kusho uMnu. Wagstaffe engxoxweni, okokuqala eya eHouston futhi ekugcineni eLos Angeles, lapho baqasha khona imoto ukuthi ishayele enyakatho. Kodwa lapho befika endaweni yemithwalo kwa-SFO, imithwalo yabo yayingatholakali ndawo. Umshushisi akazange azikhombe izisulu.
I-video egadwa kuthiwa ikhombise u-Crudup eya ehhovisi lempahla lasesikhumulweni sezindiza, ethatha ucezu lomthwalo, wawukhipha futhi wawunikeza uThomas. Wabe esebuyela ehhovisi, waqoqa esinye isikhwama wasinikeza owesifazane wesibili, ongakaziwa, kusho uMnu. Wagstaffe. Kamuva leli qembu lasishiya isikhumulo sezindiza.
“UNksz. UThomas wayehambise inqwaba yezimpahla zokugqoka eNordstrom ukuze azithengise futhi,” kusho uMnu. Wagstaffe. “Kukhishwe incwadi egunyaza ukuseshwa komuzi wabo oseRichmond, kwatholakala inqwaba yezinto lapho.”
UMnu. Wagstaffe uthe namanje akukacaci ukuthi ukweba okunjalo kwakuwumkhuba oqhubekayo noma “kwakuwumkhuba ongavamile, wasebenzisa leli zwe elimatasa le-SFO ngalolo suku.”
Ingozi yase-Asiana ngoJulayi 6 yabulala abafundi abathathu baseChina kwalimala abagibeli abacela ku-200 kanye nabasebenzi. Iphinde yadala umonakalo ekusebenzeni kwezindiza eSan Francisco Bay Area izinsuku ezimbalwa, yakhansela izindiza eziphumayo futhi yabangela ukuba inani elikhulu lezindiza ezingenayo liphambukiswe.
UCrudup noThomas baboshwe esikhumulweni sezindiza saseSan Francisco lapho okusolakala ukuthi kwebiwe khona. Babelibangise eHawaii ngoJulayi 25 - usuku lokuzalwa lukaCrudup, ezinsukwini ezintathu ngaphambi kukaThomas.
"Ukuthi sizoba namacala esikhathi esizayo (amelene nombhangqwana), abomthetho bazosazisa," kusho uMnu. Wagstaffe. Noma iyiphi indlela, “Ukweba uma kungekho muntu, ngikuthola kudabukisa, ikakhulukazi uma besizakala ngecala elifana naleli. … Ngikuthola kuwukwephula okukhulu ukwethenjwa.
