Inkampani yezindiza yaseMelika i-Continental kanye nabasebenzi bayo ababili bazoquliswa kuleli sonto ngecala lokubulala abantu abangu-113 abashone engozini yaseConcorde eqede iphupho lokuhamba ngesivinini esiphezulu.
Owayeyisikhulu sezindiza zaseFrance kanye namalungu amabili aphezulu ohlelo lweConcorde bazoquliswa ngecala elifanayo kusukela ngoLwesibili enkantolo eseduze kwaseParis, nokuqulwa kwamacala kulindeleke ukuthi kudonse izinyanga ezine.
Indiza eya eNew York yaphahlazeka ebholeni lomlilo ngemuva nje kokusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Paris Charles de Gaulle ngoJulayi 25, 2000, kwashona bonke abantu abangu-109 ababegibele - iningi labo okungamaJalimane - kanye nabasebenzi abane basehhotela phansi.
I-Concorde evuthayo ibhidlize ihhotela lesikhumulo sezindiza lapho iphahlazeka phansi engozini ephawula ukuqala kokuphela kweyokuqala emhlabeni - futhi kuze kube manje kuphela - insizakalo yejethi ye-supersonic evamile.
I-Air France kanye neBritish Airways bamisa iConcordes yabo izinyanga eziyi-15 ngemuva kokuphahlazeka futhi, ngemuva kokuqalisa kabusha isikhashana, bagcina beyiqedile isevisi yezohwebo esezingeni eliphezulu ngo-2003.
Indiza, eyazalwa ngokubambisana kweBrithani neFrance, yaqala indiza yayo yokuqala yezentengiselwano ngo-1976. Zakhiwe ezingama-20 kuphela: eziyisithupha zasetshenziselwa ukuthuthukiswa futhi ezisele ezingu-14 zazindiza ikakhulukazi imizila enqamula i-Atlantic ngesivinini esingafika kumakhilomitha angu-2,170 ngehora.
Uphenyo lwaseFrance ngengozi lwaphetha ngo-December 2004 ngokuthi inhlekelele yaseParis ngokwengxenye yabangelwa ucezu lwensimbi olwawela endleleni yendiza ye-Continental Airlines DC-10 eyasuka ngaphambi nje kwendiza enkulukazi.
I-Concorde, iningi labagibeli bayo baseJalimane obekumele bagibele umkhumbi we-Caribbean eNew York, yeqa umugqa oqinile we-titanium, owahlephula elinye lamasondo ayo, kwaqhuma umoya futhi yathumela imfucumfucu indize enjinini kanye nemoto. ithangi likaphethiloli.
I-Continental ibhekene necala lokwehluleka ukulungisa kahle indiza yayo, kanye nabasebenzi ababili base-US: uJohn Taylor, umakhenikha okusolwa ukuthi wafaka umugqa ongajwayelekile, kanye nomphathi wezokulungisa wendiza uStanley Ford.
Kukhishwe incwadi egunyaza ukuboshwa kukaTaylor ngemuva kokuthi ehlulekile ukuvela ukuze aphenywe ngabaphenyi, futhi, ngokusho kommeli wakhe, ngeke alubhade leli cala enkantolo yasePontoise, enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeParis.
Ummeli kaTaylor wenqabile ukusho ukuthi ikhasimende lakhe lizovela yini enkantolo.
Labo ababeyizikhulu zeConcorde kanye nomphathi wezindiza zaseFrance nabo basolwa ngokuhluleka ukubona nokubeka amaphutha endizeni enamandla amakhulu, adalulwe ngesikhathi kuqhubeka uphenyo nokucatshangwa ukuthi kube nesandla kule ngozi.
U-Henri Perrier wayengumqondisi wohlelo lokuqala lwe-Concorde e-Aerospatiale, manje eyingxenye yeqembu le-EADS, kusukela ngo-1978 kuya ku-1994, kanti u-Jacques Herubel wayengunjiniyela omkhulu we-Concorde kusukela ngo-1993 kuya ku-1995.
Womabili la madoda asolwa ngokushaya indiva izimpawu eziyisixwayiso zochungechunge lwezehlakalo ezindizeni ze-Concorde, okuthe phakathi neminyaka engu-27 yokusebenza kwazo zalimala inqwaba yokuqhunyiswa kwamasondo noma ukulimala kwamasondo okuthe ezimeni eziningi zabhoboza amathangi kaphethiloli.
Ekugcineni u-Claude Frantzen, umqondisi wezinsizakalo zobuchwepheshe esikhungweni sezindiza sase-France i-DGAC kusukela ngo-1970 kuya ku-1994, usolwa ngokushaya indiva iphutha lamaphiko ahlukene amise okwe-delta ye-Concorde, ebambe amathangi ayo kaphethiloli.
Icala lizofuna ukunciphisa ingxenye yesibopho senkampani yezindiza yaseMelika, i-Concorde kanye nezikhulu zezindiza zaseFrance.
Iningi lemindeni yezisulu livumile ukungathathi izinyathelo zomthetho ukuze lithole isinxephezelo ku-Air France, EADS, Continental kanye nenkampani ekhiqiza amathayi iGoodyear.
Imali abayitholile ibingakadalulwa, kodwa imibiko ithi imali elinganiselwa ku-US100 million yabelwe izihlobo zabashonile ezingaba ngu-700.
Kulo lonke lolu phenyo oluthathe iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili, u-Continental wazibophezela ukuthi uzolwa nanoma yimaphi amacala kuleli cala.
"Ofakazi abaningi bathe umlilo weConcorde waqala ngesikhathi indiza iqhele ngamamitha angu-800 ukusuka engxenye (metal strip)," kusho u-Olivier Metzner, ummeli we-Continental.
Ukufakazela lokhu uthe uhlela ukukhombisa inkantolo ukwakhiwa kabusha kwengozi okuyizingxenye ezintathu.
URoland Rappaport, ummeli womndeni womshayeli weConcorde uChristian Marty, uthe "ingozi bekufanele igwenywe".
"Ubuthakathaka beConcorde bekwaziwa ngabo iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20," esho.
Ukushushiswa okuyimpumelelo kungaholela ekuhlawulisweni okuphezulu kwama-euro angu-375,000 enkampanini yezindiza kanye neminyaka emihlanu ejele kanye nenhlawulo efinyelela ku-75,000 yama-euro kubantu abahililekile.
