I-Ethiopian Airlines kanye noNeo bebesendleleni yokushayisana okuyingozi esibhakabhakeni saseKenya. Emasontweni amabili ngemuva kokuba ukushayisana komoya kwagwenywa ngokulambisa endaweni yezindiza yaseKenya, ukukhathazeka ngokuphepha kwezindiza esibhakabhakeni sase-Afrika kuseyinkulumompikiswano emqoka phakathi kweminyango yezindiza nohulumeni bezwekazi.
Indiza yabagibeli yase-Ethiopia kanye nendiza yokungcebeleka yase-Italy i-Neos SpA kubikwe ukuthi zigweme ukungqubuzana komoya ngemva kokuba umshayeli wendiza yase-Ethiopian Airlines egibele amafidi angu-1000 ukuze eqe ukushayisana okungenzeka phakathi kwalezi zindiza ezimbili, zonke zindiza ngendlela efanayo ezijikayo.
Imibiko yabezindaba isho lokhu kwaphetha ngokuthi ukucishe kushayisane kwendiza yase-Ethiopia kanye nenkampani yezindiza yase-Italy i-Neos SpA Leisure kuvinjwe ngesikhathi umshayeli we-Ethiopian Airlines ekhuphuka ngokuzuma ukuze agweme ukujika kwendiza yase-Italy esibhakabhakeni esiseningizimu yeKenya.
Ngaphansi kweminithi ngaphambi kokushayisana okunokwenzeka okusemoyeni, i-Ethiopian Boeing 737-800 igibele kumafithi angu-38,000 futhi ngaleyo ndlela yagwema ukushayisana okungenzeka. Ngemva komzuzu owodwa indiza yehla futhi endaweni yayo yokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Zombili izindiza ziqhubekile zaya lapho ziya khona ngaphandle kwesigameko, kusho imibiko yabezindaba yaseKenya.
Imithombo yokulawulwa komgwaqo eKenya isole abalawuli bezindiza base-Ethiopia abebetelekile ukuthi babe wumsuka wokushayisana kwezindiza emoyeni, ingozi enyantisayo yendiza ebingase ihlasele esibhakabhakeni sase-Afrika.
Ngo-Agasti 29, inombolo yendiza ye-Ethiopian Airlines engu-ET 858, i-Boeing 737-800 enenombolo yokubhalisa ET- ASJ yasuka eGoli eNingizimu Afrika yalibangisa e-Addis Ababa ngamahora angu-2100 kuyilapho inkampani yezindiza yezokungcebeleka yase-Italy i-Neos Boeing 767-306R inombolo yendiza engu-NOS252 isuka edolobheni lase-Italy. yaseVerona elibangise eZanzibar eTanzania ngamahora ayi-1800.
Ngemva nje kwamabili, izindiza ezimbili zazindiza ziqondane endaweni efanayo endaweni ephakeme ngamafidi angu-37,000, indiza yase-Italy ingene isuka endaweni yase-Ethiopia, kanti i-Ethiopian Airlines evela endaweni yendiza yaseTanzania ngesikhathi isinda ngokulambisa engozini okungenzeka yayishayisa. ngesikhathi ngindiza phezu kwedolobha laseNaivasha eningizimu yeKenya, kusho imibiko yabezindaba.
Kodwa iKenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) iziphikile izimangalo mayelana nokushayisana kwezindiza ezimbili zabagibeli, yathi abalawuli bezindiza enhlokodolobha yaseKenya, iNairobi, benze umsebenzi wabo njengoba bekulindelekile ukunqanda ukushayisana okungenzeka.
Umqondisi-jikelele we-KCCA uGilbert Kibe utshele abezindaba ukuthi ukungqubuzana okuyingxabano esibhakabhakeni saseKenya kuyadukisa.
Kuthintwa ongoti beTanzania Civil Aviation ukuze baphawule bazwakalise ukushaqeka kwabo ngalo mbiko, bethi ukushayisana kwezindiza okugwenyiwe bekungagwemeka ngemuva kokuba indiza ye-Ethiopian Airlines ithole isexwayiso ku-Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) ebifakwe endizeni.
Bathe indiza yase-Ethiopia yangena esibhakabhakeni saseTanzania isuka eNingizimu Afrika ilibangise e-Addis Ababa, iholwa kahle abalawuli bezindiza e-Dar es Salaam naseziteshini zezindiza zaseKilimanjaro ngaphambi kokuwelela emkhathini womoya oseningizimu yeKenya.
Ukube kwenzekile, lolo hlobo lokushayisana emoyeni bekungaba ingozi enyantisayo eyenzeka e-Afrika ukuletha umbono ongemuhle ngokuphepha kwezindiza zezwekazi.
Indiza yokungcebeleka yase-Italy ebisuka eVerona e-Italy iya esiqhingini sezivakashi iZanzibar esiyingxenye yeTanzania ibisemkhathini waseKenya ngesikhathi kubikwa isigameko sokushayisana kwabezindaba kuleli sonto eliphelayo.
I-Afrika yaziwa ngokuthi ayinazo izinhlelo zokulawula umoya kanye nezokundiza ngaphandle kwamazwe ambalwa akwazile ukuxhasa ngezimali iminyango yawo yezindiza ngamarada esimanje. I-Kenya ne-Ethiopia isebenzisa ama-radar esimanje alawula izindiza ezinkulu eziqhutshwa izinkampani zezindiza zikazwelonke ezihamba phambili e-Afrika.
Imithombo yezamabhanoyi eTanzania ithe isigameko esibikwe ngokushayisana kwendiza kuseyindida njengoba kusalindwe iziphathimandla zezindiza zase-Ethiopia.
