FARGO, ND – Isisebenzi sasendizeni esithukuthele sigane unwabu ngendlela asebenza ngayo sishushumbise i-lighter yagibela indiza yayokhela ngomlilo endlini yokugezela, kwaphoqeleka ukuthi yehle endaweni ephuthumayo, kusho iziphathimandla ngoLwesine.
Indiza yeCompass Airlines ethwele abagibeli abangu-72 kanye nabasebenzi abane yafika ngokuphepha eFargo ngoMeyi 7 ngemuva kokuthi intuthu igcwele ngemuva. Akubikwanga muntu olimele. Indiza ibisuka eMinneapolis ilibangise eRegina, eSaskatchewan, kusho iziphathimandla.
U-Eder Rojas, 19, uvele enkantolo ngoLwesine, kulandela ukuboshwa kwakhe ngosuku olwedlule eMinneapolis, wayalela ukuthi agcinwe ngaphandle kwebheyili, kusho abashushisi. Icala lokuthungela umlilo endizeni yomphakathi linesigwebo seminyaka engu-20 ejele.
Umvikeli wakhe womphakathi akazange alubambe ucingo efuna ukuphawula. Umsizi wommeli wase-US uLynn Jordheim, oshushisa leli cala eFargo, akazange aphawule.
Amaphepha asenkantolo athi uRojas, waseTwin Cities suburb eWoodbury, utshele iziphathimandla ukuthi uphatheke kabi ngenkampani yezindiza ngokumenza asebenze kulo mzila. Usolwa ngokuthatha ilambu ahambe nalo endaweni yonogada, kusho iziphathimandla.
"URojas uqhube wathi wayelungisa inqola yakhe ukuze ikwazi ukusiza abagibeli, wamisa inqola, wabuyela endlini yangasese wafaka isandla sakhe sokudla wakhanyisa amathawula ephepha ngesilayishi," kusho amaphepha asenkantolo.
Umshayeli wendiza uSteve Peterka utshele iziphathimandla ukuthi ilambu elikhombisayo likhanyise imizuzu engu-35 endizeni, likhombisa intuthu endlini yangasese engemuva.
UPeterka ushayele uRojas, owabelwa abagibeli ngemuva kwendiza, wamcela ukuthi abheke igumbi lokugezela, kusho imibhalo. URojas, omunye osebenza endizeni kanye nomgibeli kuthiwa bawucime ngokushesha amalangabi ngezicishamlilo, kusho iziphathimandla.
Kamuva abaphenyi bathola okokukhanyisa komunye wemigqomo engaphezulu. URojas uvumile ngemuva kokuba iziphathimandla zixoxisane naye, kusho isikhalazo.
ICompass iyinkampani engaphansi kweNorthwest Airlines, ezinze e-Eagan, eMnn. URojas uxoshiwe, kusho okhulumela iNorthwest uRob Laughlin. INorthwest ayishongo ukuthi uRojas wayisebenzela isikhathi esingakanani inkampani yezindiza.
Umenzeli we-FBI uRalph Boelter uthe izikhulu zeCompass Airlines zikhombise “ukubambisana okumangalisayo” ophenyweni.
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