I-American Airlines ikhethe ukugcina umkhumbi wayo we-Boeing 737 MAX umile kuze kube okungenani u-Agasti 19, noma ngabe kusho ukukhansela izindiza eziyi-115 ngosuku ngesizini yasehlobo, njengoba uphenyo lwendiza enezinkinga lusaqhubeka nokuthengisa okusha kumisiwe.
Le nkampani, engabanikazi bamajethi angu-24 abehileleke ezingozini ezimbili zakamuva, imemezele lesi sinqumo encwadini eya kubasebenzi nakumakhasimende. I-AA ifuna ukuqinisekisa ukwethembeka “ngenkathi yokuvakasha ehamba phambili futhi inikeze ukuzethemba kumakhasimende ethu namalungu eqembu uma kuziwa ezinhlelweni zabo zokuhamba,” kubhala iChief Executive uDoug Parker kanye noMongameli uRobert Isom.
Izindiza ezingama-737 MAX 8 zamiswa emhlabeni wonke ngemuva kokuphahlazeka kwendiza ye-Ethiopian Airlines, kwashona abantu abangu-157. Lesi sigameko senzeke ezinyangeni ngemuva kokuphahlazeka kwemodeli efanayo esetshenziswa yi-Lion Air ngokusobala exhunywe ohlelweni lokulawula indiza olunephutha.
U-Parker no-Isom ngesikhathi esifanayo bazwakalise ukuthembela ekhonweni le-Boeing lokulungisa inkinga ngezibuyekezo zesofthiwe nezinguquko ezinqubweni zokuqeqesha umshayeli. Inkampani yezindiza yaseMelika inezindiza ezingama-24 MAX emkhunjini wayo futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ithole ezinye eziyi-16 kulo nyaka. Ukubekwa phansi sekuholele ekuhoxisweni kwezindiza ezingaba ngu-90 ngosuku kuze kube sekuqaleni kukaJuni, futhi ukunwetshwa kungase kubeke ubunzima emandleni aseMelika okuhlangabezana nesidingo sezihlalo phakathi nenkathi ezayo ehamba phambili ehamba phambili. Izindiza zansuku zonke ezifika ku-115 kuzodingeka zikhanselwe ngo-Agasti, ngokusho kwencwadi.
Lezi zingozi zishiye iBoeing ivulekele ukugxekwa ngendlela egunyaze ngayo imodeli edayiswa ngokushesha, yenza ezinye zezivivinyo ngaphakathi endlini ngemvume yeFederal Aviation Authority. Abagxeki bathi umkhiqizi unqamula amakhona ukuze asheshise imodeli entsha emakethe, ebeka engcupheni ukuphepha kwendiza ngenxa yalokho.
