I-FAA izoqoqa u-$787,500 e-American Airlines

I-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ifuna ukuqoqa izinhlawulo ezintathu ezihlongozwayo zomphakathi ezifinyelela ku-$787,500 ku-American Airlines ngokwephula umthetho wesondlo.

Ecaleni lokuqala, elenzeka ngo-Ephreli 2008, i-FAA isola ukuthi omakhenikha be-American Airlines bathole izinkinga ngeyodwa yama-Central Air Data Computers (CADCs) kundiza indiza yakwaMcDonnell Douglas MD-82. Esikhundleni sokushintsha ikhompuyutha, omakhenikha bakuhlehlisa ngokungafanele lokhu kulungiswa ngaphansi kwe-DC-9 Minimum Equipment List (MEL) yenkampani yezindiza ngokuqaphela ukuthi ama-auto-throttles ayengasebenzi. I-MEL, nokho, ayikuvumeli ukuhlehliswa kwe-CADC engasebenzi.

Inkampani yezindiza yabe isindizisa indiza ezindizeni zabagibeli eziyi-10 ngaphambi kokuthi kushintshwe ikhompuyutha. Ngalesi sikhathi, izisebenzi zasendizeni zaholelwa ekukholelweni ukuthi womabili amakhompyutha asebenza kahle.

I-FAA iphakamisa ukuthi kube nesijeziso somphakathi esingu-$625,000 kuleli cala.

Odabeni lwesibili, i-FAA ithole ukuthi ngoMashi 2008, umMelika wehlulekile ukulandela ngendlela efanele i-Airworthiness Directive ebandakanya ukuhlolwa kwezingxenye zephini lokugwedla ezindizeni ezithile ze-Boeing 757. Ngenxa yalokho, ama-757 amane asetshenziswa yi-American Airlines awazange ahambisane nezimfuneko Zomyalelo Wokulungelwa Kwezindiza.

I-FAA isola ukuthi ngemuva kokuba umMelika elulekwe ngalesi simo, inkampani yathi izoyeka ukushayela izindiza zize zilungiswe. Nokho, phakathi nezinsuku ezimbili ezalandela, inkampani yezindiza yandizisa ezimbili zalezi zindiza ngenani labagibeli abathathu. I-FAA ifuna inhlawulo engu-$75,000 kuleli cala.

Ecaleni lokugcina, i-FAA isola ukuthi ngoMeyi 2009, omakhenika baseMelika babuyisela indiza ye-MD-82 ukuthi isebenze, nakuba izinyathelo ezimbalwa zokuvakasha okuhleliwe kwesheke lika-B zazingakaqedwa njengoba kuqediwe. Inkampani yezindiza iphinde yashintsha isicabha segiya lokuhlala ngaphandle kokulibhala ebhukwini lendiza.

Indiza ibisetshenziswa ezindizeni ezimbili zabagibeli ngephutha le-logbook. Ukuhlolwa kwe-FAA kwendiza kuveze ukushayisana okuningana engxenyeni yomsila, okuhlanganisa izikulufu ezixegayo, ipuleti lamantongomane elingekho kanye neshubhu ye-torque ye-lifti yesandla sokudla ebophayo nokwenza umsindo. Ngenxa yalokhu kungafani, i-FAA iphakamisa ukuthi kube nesijeziso somphakathi esingu-$87,500.

I-American Airlines inezinsuku ezingu-30 kusukela ekutholeni incwadi yesijeziso somphakathi ye-FAA ukuze iphendule ejensi.