Indiza ihamba esikhumulweni sezindiza iJean Lesage eQuebec City sikhishwe ngokushesha namuhla ngemuva kokuthi abagibeli beqale ukugula. Abagibeli abayishumi nambili bathole usizo lwezokwelashwa ngemuva kokugula endizeni ye-Air Transat ebisizosuka esikhumulweni sezindiza saseQuebec City ngoLwesine.
I-Air Transat Airbus A321 ibinabagibeli abangu-185 futhi ibilungiselela ukusuka e-Fort Lauderdale, eFlorida lapho abanye beqala ukuzwa isicanucanu nokuhlanza.
Inkonzo yama-ambulensi yaseQuebec City ithe yelapha abantu abangu-12 esikhumulweni sezindiza iJean-Lesage International Airport. Abezindaba eCanada babike ukuthi abahlanu kubagibeli baphuthunyiswe esibhedlela kanti abanye bashintshwa kancane kancane.
Esitatimendeni, inkampani yezindiza ithe abagibeli baqale ukugula ngemuva kokutholakala kwenkinga yokungena komoya ngesikhathi kukhishwa i-icing.
"Ithimba lethu labalungisayo manje selihlola wonke amabhanoyi," kusho umkhulumeli.
Ngemuva kokuthi abanye abagibeli bephuthunyiswe esibhedlela iSaint Sacrament kucace ukuthi abagibeli bebephethwe wushevu we-carbon monoxide.
Indiza ye-Air Transat kudingeke ukuthi ikhishwe namuhla ekuseni ngemuva kokuthi abagibeli beqale ukugula ngesikhathi begibela. Ngemuva kokukhishwa, kubizwe ama-ambulensi azolanda abagibeli esazi manje ukuthi babephethwe ubuthi be-carbon monoxide. Isibhedlela sase-Quebec City's Saint Sacrament Hospital selokhu sakhipha i-Code Orange silungiselela ukuthutheleka kweziguli.
