Abaphenyi beFederal bathi ngoLwesihlanu umlawuli wethrafikhi yezindiza ngesonto eledlule wehlulekile ukuxwayisa wabe esezama ukuphambukisa indiza yangasese engozini eyayiphakathi nendawo ngendiza enophephela emhlane ukuba indize phezu kwephaseji yezindiza egcwele i-Hudson River ngase-New York City.
Baphinde bathola isilawuli sezindiza “socingweni olungahlobene nebhizinisi” - nentombi yakhe - ngesikhathi sengozi.
Kule ngozi kushone abantu abayisishiyagalolunye.
Ibhodi Likazwelonke Lokuphepha Ezokuthutha eWashington likhiphe isibuyekezo "ngolwazi oluyiqiniso" elithuthukile kusukela ekuphenyweni kwalo ngesigameko sokushayisana kwasemini phakathi kweNew York City nesifunda sase-US saseNew Jersey esimweni sezulu esicwathile.
Indiza enenjini eyodwa ethwele abantu abathathu isuke esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Teterboro eNew Jersey cishe ngo-11:48 am EDT, futhi i-chopper yokubuka indawo eyayithwele abavakashi abahlanu base-Italy kanye nomshayeli wendiza basuka ku-30th Street Heliport yaseNew York cishe ngo-11:52 am, Isitatimende se-NTSB sathi.
“Ngo-11:52:20 (am EDT) umlawuli wakwaTeterboro uyalele umshayeli (wendiza) ukuthi axhumane ne-Newark (NJ, Airport) ngezikhathi ezingu-127.85; indiza yafika e-Hudson River enyakatho nje ye-Hoboken, NJ, ngaphesheya kwe-New York, cishe imizuzwana engu-40 kamuva,” kusho i-NTSB. “Ngaleso sikhathi kwakunezindiza eziningana ezatholwa yi-radar endaweni ngokushesha ngaphambi kwendiza, kuhlanganise nendiza enophephela emhlane yengozi, konke okwakungase kube izingxabano zomgwaqo endizeni.”
“Umlawuli wombhoshongo waseTeterboro, owayeshayela ucingo ngaleso sikhathi, akazange ameluleke umshayeli ngezingxabano zomgwaqo ezingase zibe khona,” kuqhubeka abaphenyi. “Umlawuli wombhoshongo waseNewark wabona ukuhamba kwezindiza phezu koMfula i-Hudson wayeseshayela uTeterboro ucingo ecela ukuba umlawuli ayalele umshayeli wendiza ukuba ajike abheke eningizimu-ntshonalanga ukuze axazulule izingxabano ezingase zibe khona.”
"Umlawuli wakwaTeterboro ube esezama ukuxhumana nendiza kodwa umshayeli wangaphendula," kusho i-NTSB. “Ukushayisana kwenzeke ngemuva nje kwalokho. Ukubuyekezwa kwezokuxhumana ezirekhodiwe zokulawulwa kwezindiza kubonise ukuthi umshayeli wendiza akazange ashayele eNewark ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke ingozi.”
Imibiko yabezindaba yendawo ithe umlawuli ocingweni olungelona ibhizinisi ubekhuluma nomngani wakhe oyintombazane kanti nomphathi wombhoshongo usephumile emagcekeni. Bobabili kubikwa ukuthi bamisiwe emsebenzini.
Izidumbu ezimbili zokugcina kanye nengxenye enkulu yendiza encane yangasese eshayisane ngempelasonto edlule nendiza enophephela emhlane yaseNew York, lapho kwashona khona abantu abayisishiyagalolunye, zitholwe ngoLwesibili emfuleni i-Hudson phakathi kweNew York City neNew Jersey, kusho amaphoyisa.
Izidumbu eziyisikhombisa zabashonile zitholwe ngaphambilini.
Imfucumfucu ebomvu nemhlophe yendiza yakwaPiper ikhishwe emanzini amdaka angaba ngu-60 phakathi nomfula ngezikhathi zantambama yi-US Army Corps of Engineers crane entantayo, kusho amaphoyisa, ngesikhathi kutholwa izidumbu zokugcina. Ingozi yayiswa ePier 40 engxenyeni engezansi eNtshonalanga yeManhattan. Ingozi ye-Eurocopter itholwe ngoMsombuluko.
