Izinkampani zezindiza zaseMelika zizotshelwa ukuthi kufanele zibheke amarekhodi ezindiza ezizimele zabashayeli bezindiza abafaka izicelo zemisebenzi, okuyingxenye yomzamo wabalawuli wokuqinisa ukuphepha kwabathwali besifunda ngemuva kokuphahlazeka ngaseBuffalo, eNew York.
I-Federal Aviation Administration, kulandela umhlangano wosuku lonke nemboni, ithe ihlela nokuvuselela imithetho eklanyelwe ukuvimbela ukukhathala komshayeli wendiza kanye nokucela abathwali abaningi ukuthi bahlanganyele idatha ngokuzithandela nohulumeni ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuphepha.
I-FAA ifuna “ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu banomuzwa wokuthi uma begibela indiza yesifunda, izobe iphephile, futhi izohanjiswa umshayeli oqeqeshwe kahle futhi ophumule kahle,” uNobhala Wezokuthutha uRay LaHood etshela izintatheli namuhla.
I-FAA, eyingxenye ye-ejensi ye-LaHood, ithatha isinyathelo ngemva kwengozi yangoFebhuwari e-Pinnacle Airlines Corp. e-Colgan, ingozi ebulalayo yesithupha ilandelana yenkampani ethwala abagibeli ehilela inkampani yezindiza yesifunda. Le ngozi ibulale abangu-50.
UPinnacle uthe uCaptain Marvin Renslow akazange adalule ukuthi wafeyila izivivinyo ezimbili zendiza ezindizeni ezincane ngesikhathi efaka isicelo sokujoyina uColgan ngo-2005. Amarekhodi okuhlola e-FAA abashayeli bezindiza abanjalo awatholakali ezinkampanini zezindiza ngaphandle kwalapho abafake izicelo bededela ubumfihlo babo kubaqashi abangaba ngabaqashi.
I-FAA ngo-2007 yakhumbuza abathwali ukuthi bangacela abashayeli bezindiza ukuthi bayekele ukuze bathole ukufinyelela kumarekhodi. Manje, i-FAA izoncoma ukuthi benze kanjalo, kusho u-Administrator we-ejensi u-Randy Babbitt etshela izintatheli. I-FAA futhi ingancoma ukuthi iCongress iguqule umthetho ukuze amarekhodi omshayeli afinyeleleke kalula.
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UPinnacle, ozinze eMemphis, eTennessee, uthe bebengazi noma uColgan ubezoqasha uRenslow ukube bewazi ngokungaphumeleli kwakhe ezivivinyweni.
U-Babbitt uphinde wathi ufuna ukuvuselela imithetho, ezincwadini kusukela ngo-1985, edinga ukuthi abashayeli bezindiza bathole ukuphumula kwamahora ayisishiyagalombili esikhathini esingamahora angama-24 ngaphambi kokuba baqedele umsebenzi ababebelwe wona.
Isidingo singashintsha uma kubhekwa intuthuko ocwaningweni, kusho uBabbitt. Ngokwesibonelo, umshayeli wendiza owenza indawo eyodwa kuphela lapho eshintshwa angase akwazi ukundiza isikhathi eside, kuyilapho umshayeli wendiza ehla izikhathi eziningana ngosuku, okudinga ukugxilisa ingqondo okwengeziwe, angase adinge amashifu amafushane.
“Ezinye zezinto engizibonile nengizizwile mayelana nezinqubo embonini yezindiza zesifunda azamukelekile,” u-Babbitt utshele izikhulu zemboni ezazihlangene emhlanganweni wosuku lonke. "Kumele sibhekisise kabanzi ngokwenzekayo."
Utshele izintatheli ukuthi uzocela abathwali ukuthi bajoyine ngokuzithandela izinhlelo zokuphepha zenhlangano, njengaleyo lapho amarekhodi edatha yendiza ahlaziywa njalo yi-FAA ngamaphutha okuphepha. Abathwali abangakhethi ukubamba iqhaza bazodalulwa emphakathini, esho.
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U-Babbitt uphinde wathi ukhuthaza imboni ukuthi ihlole ukukhokhelwa komshayeli wesifunda.
"Uma ufuna ukuthola okungcono kakhulu nokugqama kunakho konke, ngeke ukwenze lokho isikhathi eside nge-$24,000," kusho u-Babbitt, ebhekise emholweni womunye wabashayeli bezindiza engozini yaseBuffalo.
Izingozi zesifunda eminyakeni yamuva nje zihlanganise eyodwa yase-Delta Air Lines Inc.'s Comair unit, lapho abashayeli bezindiza basebenzisa indlela engafanele endizeni eyabulala abantu abangu-49 eKentucky ngo-2006. Futhi, indiza yeCorporate Airlines yaphahlazeka ngo-2004, kwashona abangu-13. abantu eKirksville, Missouri, ngenxa yokuthi abashayeli bezindiza abazange balandele izinqubo futhi indize indiza yehla kakhulu yaya ezihlahleni.
Engozini yaseBuffalo, iNational Transportation Safety Board ihlola ukuthi izisebenzi zendiza yakwaColgan zisabele ngendlela engafanele yini esixwayisweni sokudayisa. Ubufakazi be-NTSB bubonisa ukuthi abashayeli bezindiza bavumela indiza ukuthi ilahlekelwe ngaphezu kwengxenye yesine yesivinini sayo ngemizuzwana engu-21, ikhipha isexwayiso endaweni yabashayeli bezindiza lapho indiza ingavukanga khona.
I-Bombardier Inc. Dash 8 Q400 yaphahlazeka ngo-Feb. 12 e-Clarence Center, eNew York, njengoba isondela esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Buffalo isuka eNewark, eNew Jersey. Abashonile bahlanganisa umuntu oyedwa ophansi kanye nabo bonke abantu abangu-49 endizeni, uColgan abesebenzela i-Continental Airlines Inc.
