Abalawuli bezindiza zaseMelika bazofuna idatha yokuthi bangaki abashayeli bezindiza abeqa ubuthongo ngobusuku bangaphambi kwendiza, ngemva kokuphahlazeka eduze kwaseBuffalo, eNew York, okudale ukukhathazeka ngokukhathala.
I-Federal Aviation Administration izocela abathwali ukuthi bahlole imibiko yokuzithandela yokuphepha yabasebenzi ukuze babone ukuthi kaningi kangakanani udaba lokuphuthelwa kwendawo yokulala, kusho uPeggy Gilligan, isikhulu sezokuphepha kule nhlangano. Ucindezelwe ngamasenator ukuthola imininingwane ngalolu daba esigcawini namuhla eWashington ngale ngozi.
“Sindiza ebumnyameni lapha,” kusho uJames DeMint, waseRiphabhulikhi yaseNingizimu Carolina. “Asikwazi okuningi namuhla ngokuthi kusabalele kangakanani kunangonyaka odlule.”
Idatha ingasiza ukucindezela kwabameli abafana neBhodi Likazwelonke Lokuphepha Kwezokuthutha ukuze benze okwengeziwe kuhulumeni ukulwa nokukhathala. NgoFebhuwari 12, 2009, ukuphahlazeka kwePinnacle Airlines Corp. uphiko lwaseColgan ngaseBuffalo kwabulala abantu abangu-50 ngemuva kokuphendula okuyiphutha kukakapteni esixwayisini sabasejele kubeke indiza endaweni yokudayisa emoyeni, i-NTSB ithole kule nyanga.
URebecca Shaw, 24, ongumshayeli wendiza, uhambe ubusuku bonke esuka eSeattle eya emsebenzini wakhe eNewark, eNew Jersey, ngaphambi kokubika emsebenzini ngosuku lwengozi, i-NTSB ithole. Ukapteni, uMarvin Renslow, 47, usuke eTampa, eFlorida, waya eNewark Feb. 9 futhi wachitha ubusuku obubili kobuthathu endaweni yokuphumula engenazo imibhede, i-NTSB ithole.
U-Renslow “wayelahlekelwe ubuthongo obungapheli, futhi yena kanye nephoyisa lokuqala babe nokuphazamiseka nokulala okungenakhwalithi phakathi namahora angu-24 ngaphambi kwengozi,” kutholwe umbiko wokugcina we-NTSB.
"Asicabangi ukuthi uColgan uhlukile," kusho uSihlalo we-NTSB uDebbie Hersman namuhla. "Sicabanga ukuthi lokhu kuyaqhubeka embonini."
Ikhawulela ukuhamba
I-FAA izocela imininingwane ngemihlangano yayo ebanjwa kabili ngonyaka nezinkampani zezindiza ku-Aviation Safety Action Programme, lapho abasebenzi bebika ngokuzithandela amaphutha ezokuphepha ngaphandle kokwesaba ukuphindiselwa, kusho uGilligan. Abalawuli sebevele bayicelile imboni ngenqubo yokwenza imithetho mayelana nokwenzeka kokukhawulela ukuhamba komshayeli.
USenator Byron Dorgan waseNyakatho Dakota, uDemocrat ongusihlalo wekomiti elincane lezindiza ebelibambe ukulalelwa kwanamuhla, uthe imboni ingase ikhulise ubungozi bokukhathala ngokusetshenziswa kwayo okwandayo kwamajethi esifunda anabashayeli bezindiza abahola kancane abangakwazi ukuthenga izindlu zamamotela. .
“Akufanele yini sicabange ukuthi kunenkinga enkulu lapha?” Kusho uDorgan. “Mhlawumbe sekuwumkhuba. Uma kunjalo, kufanele ime.”
