Ukapteni wesifazane wendiza yeQantas uyalelwe ukuthi alawule indiza yabagibeli ngeledlule, sekusele imizuzu embalwa ukuthi isuke, ngemuva kokuthi abasebenzi bendiza besola ukuthi wayephuze utshwala ngaphambi kokuba indiza ihambe.
Umshayeli wendiza umisiwe kanti uQantas useqale uphenyo ngalesi sigameko ngemuva kokuthi umshayeli wendiza ephezulu eqophe incwadi eyakhayo yotshwala.
Ukapteni ugodliwe emsebenzini eholelwa ngokugcwele, kodwa inkampani yezindiza ngeke iphawule ngokuthi ufunde ini noma ukuthi uphuze kangakanani ngaphambi kwendiza.
Lesi sigameko senzeke ngoMsombuluko odlule ngesikhathi indiza yeQantas izosuka eSydney ilibangise eBrisbane.
Abasebenza endizeni i-Boeing 767-300, ekwazi ukuthwala abagibeli abangu-254, babikele abaphathi bezindiza zale nkampani ukuthi basola ukuthi ukapteni wendiza ubephuzile.
Indiza yayisivele ihlehlisiwe esikhumulweni sasekhaya futhi ibigibele itekisi ibheke emgwaqeni ozosuka ngesikhathi abaphathi beQantas bethatha isinqumo sokumisa ukapteni esikhundleni sokuba ngumkhuzi wendiza.
Abangu-767 babuyela esikhumulweni sasekhaya lapho ukaputeni akhishwa endizeni kwatholakala umshayeli owayezondizela eBrisbane.
Akuvamile ukuthi abashayeli bezindiza basuswe endizeni ngenxa yokwephula inqubo yendiza. I-Qantas ayikubekezeleli nhlobo abashayeli bezindiza abaqopha ukufundwa kotshwala kwanoma yiliphi izinga.
Bangaphansi kwekhulu kubashayeli bezindiza beQantas abangu-100 abantu besifazane.
Uphenyo mayelana nokufundwa kotshwala kukakaputeni kulindeleke ukuthi luthathe okungenani inyanga. UQantas wazise umlawuli wezokuphepha emoyeni, iCivil Aviation Safety Authority, ngalesi sigameko.
Nokho kuthathwa njengodaba lweQantas esikhundleni somlawuli ngoba ukuhlolwa kukakaputeni kwenziwa ngaphansi kohlelo lokulawulwa kwezidakamizwa notshwala lwenkampani yezindiza.
