I-Boeing 737 MAX 8: Ngubani obeka indiza enempikiswano futhi ngubani ongekho?

Uhlu lwabathwali abasekela indiza eyimpikiswano yeBoeing 737 MAX 8 kanye namazwe aluvimbela endaweni yabo yomoya luyakhula.

I-United Kingdom ibe ngeyakamuva ukumemezela ukuvinjelwa kwezindiza zeBoeing 737 MAX 8 esikhaleni somoya saseBrithani.

I-Ethiopian Airlines ibeke izindiza ezine ezisele zeBoeing 737 MAX emikhunjini yayo "njengenye yezindlela zokuphepha." Umphathi womoya usenawo ama-oda wezinye izindiza ezingama-25 ezifanayo ezibekwe neBoeing.

AbakwaCivil Aviation Administration baseChina bayalele zonke izinkampani zezindiza zakuleli ukuthi zimise izindiza ezisebenzisa indiza. Umlawuli ubalule “ukungazibekezeleli nakancane izingozi zokuphepha” njengezizathu zesinqumo. Ngokwemibiko yabezindaba yaseChina, izindiza zezwe njengamanje zisebenzisa izindiza ezingama-97 ezikhungweni zazo.

I-Indonesia ijoyine ukuvinjelwa, imise izindiza zazo zonke izindiza zeBoeing 737 MAX 8 eziqhutshwa yizindiza zayo. Lesi sinyathelo "sizoqinisekisa ukuthi izindiza ezisebenza e-Indonesia zisesimweni esifanelekile ukuphefumula," kusho isitatimende esisemthethweni esenziwe yi-Directorate General of Air Transportation eMnyangweni Wezokuthutha.

ICayman Airways, nayo ehamba ngezindiza ezingama-737 zakamuva, ithe ibibeka ukuvinjelwa okwesikhashana ukundiza izindiza ngenxa yengozi yakamuva.

Abe-Civil Aviation Authority baseMongolia nabo balingisile, bayalela inkampani ephethe umoya kuzwelonke i-MIAT ukuthi imise okwesikhashana izindiza zayo zeBoeing 737 MAX.

IRoyal Air Maroc imemezele ukuthi imisa zonke izindiza zokuhweba ezenziwa yile ndiza.

ICivil Aviation Authority yaseSingapore ithembise ukumisa okwesikhashana "zonke izinhlobo zezindiza zeBoeing 737 MAX ukungena nokuphuma eSingapore ngenxa yezingozi ezimbili ezibulala izindiza zeBoeing 737 MAX esikhathini esingaphansi kwezinyanga ezinhlanu." Lokhu kuvinjelwa kuzothinta abathwali abangena ezweni, okubandakanya iChina Southern Airlines, iGaruda Indonesia, iShandong Airlines kanye neThai Lion Air, kanye nenkampani yezindiza yasekhaya yaseSingapore iSilkAir, eyayikade yenqabile umbandela wokuqala.

NgoLwesibili, iCivil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) yase-Australia ibeke okwesikhashana ukuvinjelwa kokungena nokuphuma kwezindiza ezithwalwa yizo zonke izindiza zeBoeing 737 MAX 8.

"Lokhu ukumiswa okwesikhashana ngenkathi sisalinde eminye imininingwane ukubuyekeza ubungozi bokuphepha kokuqhubeka kokusebenza kweBoeing 737 MAX ukuya nokubuya e-Australia," kusho umlawuli.

Abathwali base-Australia kubikwa ukuthi abayisebenzisi i-737 MAX, ngenkathi izindiza ezimbili zaphesheya, kubandakanya iSilkAir yaseSingapore neFiji Airways bezindizela kuleli jets. ISilkAir ivinjelwe ukundiza noma iyiphi i-737 MAX yisiphathimandla sezindiza saseSingapore. Kodwa-ke, iFiji Airways ayihlosile ukuyeka ukundiza ama-737 MAX 8 amabili emikhunjini yayo.

IComair Airways yaseNingizimu Afrika imemezele izinhlelo zayo zokususa i-737 MAX 8 ohlelweni lwayo lokundiza, yize inkampani ephethe le moto ingakatholi izidingo ezisemthethweni ezingekho kuziphathimandla ezilawulayo noma kumenzi wayo.

"Ngenkathi iComair yenze umsebenzi omkhulu wokulungiselela ngaphambi kokwethulwa kwe-737 MAX 8 yokuqala emikhunjini yayo futhi isazethemba ekuphepheni kwendiza, ithathe isinqumo okwesikhashana sokungayihleleli indiza ngenkathi ibonisana nabanye opharetha, iBoeing kanye ochwepheshe bezobuchwepheshe, ”kufundeka isitatimende senkampani.

I-Eastar Jet yaseNingizimu Korea iphinde yabeka izindiza zayo ezimbili ezingama-737 MAX 8 eziqala “ukuqeda ukukhathazeka nokukhathazeka kwabantu.” Umphathi uthembise ukuthi uzoqhubeka nezindiza uma kungasekho ukukhathazeka ngokuphepha.

Inkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke e-Argentina ibeke ukuvinjelwa okwesikhashana kokuhweba kwama-737 MAX 8s amahlanu emikhunjini yawo.

I-Aeromexico, inkampani yezindiza ephethe ifulegi yaseMexico, ibeka phansi izindiza zayo eziyisithupha ezingama-737 MAX 8 okwesikhashana “kuze kube kutholakala imininingwane egcwele mayelana nophenyo lwengozi yendiza i-ET302.”

INorway Air imise okwesikhashana izindiza ngendiza yeBoeing, kulandela izincomo zeziphathimandla zezindiza zaseYurophu. Inkampani ethwala izimoto enkulu kunazo zonke eNorway phambilini ibinqabe ukuyeka ukusebenzisa ama-Boeing 18 MAX 737s ayo ayi-8.

"Sixoxisana kakhulu neBoeing futhi silandela imiyalo nezincomo zeziphathimandla zezindiza," kusho uTomas Hesthammer, umqondisi wezokusebenza kwezindiza. "Ukuphepha kwabagibeli bethu kuyinto eza kuqala njalo kithi."

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Ngaphandle kokuvinjelwa kwe-FAA, izindiza zaseMelika ziyaqhubeka nokuqhuba le ndiza yize kube nezingozi ezimbili ezisanda kwenzeka. Izindiza ezimbili ezinkulu kuleli iAmerican Airlines kanye neSouthwest Airlines zenqabile ukumisa ukusebenza kwezindiza ezingama-737 MAX 8. Inkampani yezindiza yaseTexas iAmerican Airlines idlulise amazwi enduduzo emindenini yabashonile, yathembisa ukuthi izoqhubeka nokuqapha uphenyo. ISouthwest Airlines, esebenza ngamabhanoyi angama-34 kule mikhumbi, ayihlelile ukushintsha izinqubomgomo noma izinqubo zayo zokusebenza.

Inkampani yezindiza yaseCanada iWestJet inqume ukungamisi ukusebenzisa ama-13 MAX 8s enawo emikhunjini yayo.

"Sisibhekisisa isimo futhi ngeke siqagele ngembangela yalesi sigameko," kusho isitatimende seWestJet. "IWestJet isazethembile ngokuphepha kwemikhumbi yethu iBoeing 737 kubandakanya nezindiza zethu eziyi-13 MAX-8 ezaqala ukwethulwa ngo-2017."

Inkampani yezindiza i-Emirati iFlydubai, ehamba ngezindiza eziyi-11 iBoeing 737 MAX 8s, ithe "ihlala ithembekile ukuthi izimoto zethu azinamandla okuphefumula."

"Sisibhekile isimo futhi siyaqhubeka nokuxhumana neBoeing… Ukuphepha kwabagibeli bethu nabasebenzi yinto esiza kuqala," kusho isitatimende sikaFlydubai. "Umkhakha wezamabhanoyi ulawulwa kakhulu kanti iFlydubai inamathela ngokuqinile kuyo yonke imithetho."

ITUI Aviation Group yaseGerman nayo ayinazo izinhlelo zokumisa izindiza eziyi-15 esebenza kuzo.

"Asiphawuli ngokuqagela futhi, njengenjwayelo, sisondelene kakhulu nomakhi," kusho inkampani yezindiza esitatimendeni. "Asinankomba yokuthi asikwazi ukusebenzisa ama-737 MAX ethu ngendlela ephephile njengoba senza ngazo zonke ezinye izindiza kwinethiwekhi yethu."

U-Icelandair, ophethe ifulegi e-Iceland, uthe izindiza zayo ezintathu zeBoeing 737 MAX azikaze zibandakanyeke kunoma yiziphi izehlakalo. Inkampani ithembise ukuqapha ukuthuthuka okuqhubekayo ngendiza.

"Okwamanje, u-Icelandair akathathi zinyathelo kulandela izigameko zakamuva, kodwa-ke sizolandela konke okuqhubekayo bese siqhubeka nokwenza konke okusemandleni ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha esikebheni njengakuqala," kusho isitatimende.

IGOL Linhas Aereas yaseBrazil, esebenza ngama-737 MAX 8s ayisikhombisa emikhunjini yayo, nayo yenqabile ukugaya izindiza.

"IGOL iyaqhubeka nokulandela uphenyo futhi ixhumana kakhulu neBoeing ukuze icaciselwe," kusho inkampani yezindiza esitatimendeni. "Inkampani iyaphinda iyazethemba ukuphepha kwemikhumbi yayo."