UDennis Muilenburg, uMongameli, uSihlalo kanye neSikhulu Esiphezulu se-The Boeing Company, uthe inkampani yakhe yehlulekile ukusebenzisa kahle isici sesexwayiso sezokuphepha endizeni yayo i-737 MAX, eyamiswa emhlabeni jikelele kulandela izingozi ezimbili eziyingozi zendiza.
"Senze iphutha ngokusobala... Ukuqaliswa kwaleyo software, asikwenzanga ngendlela," kusho uMuilenburg.
“Onjiniyela bethu bathole lokho,” usho kanje, wengeza ngokuthi inkampani imatasatasa ukuxazulula lolu daba.
Isici sokuphepha singazisa abashayeli bezindiza ngezinkinga ngaphambi kwesikhathi endizeni, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi bekuvimbe ukuphahlazeka kwendiza ye-Ethiopian Airlines 302 ngoMashi, uChris Brady, umbhali we-Boeing's 737 Technical Guide, etshela i-BBC.
“Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi indiza ye-Ethiopian Airlines cishe ibingeke iphahlazeke ukube bebenesexwayiso sokungavumelani kwe-AOA,” kusho uBrady, ebhekise kuhlelo lwezokuphepha.
Le ngozi, ebulale bonke abagibeli abangu-157, kuyaphenywa, kodwa umsolwa omkhulu ukungasebenzi kahle kohlelo lokulawula ukuhamba kwendiza. Indiza ebifile iLion Air ephuma e-Indonesia, nayo eyi-737 MAX, kuthiwa ihlangabezane nenkinga efanayo ngo-Okthoba odlule ngaphambi kokuba iphahlazeke, kwashona abantu abangu-189.
U-Boeing uthe ngenyanga edlule lesi sexwayiso, obekungase senze abashayeli bezindiza balandele inqubo ehlukile yezimo eziphuthumayo, "asikathathwa njengesici sokuphepha ezindizeni futhi asikho isidingo sokusebenza okuphephile kwendiza."
I-Federal Aviation Administration yase-US iphethe ophenyweni lwangaphakathi ekuqaleni kwale nyanga ukuthi le nhlangano yehlulekile ukwengamela kahle ukuhlolwa kokuphepha kwe-Boeing ye-737 MAX, ihoxisa ochwepheshe benkampani futhi yavumela izinhlelo ezinesici ngenqubo yokugunyazwa yile nhlangano.
