Ingozi yomoya e-Entebbe iphakamisa imibuzo eyengeziwe mayelana nezindiza zenkathi yamaSoviet

I-Iljushin 76 iphahlazeke ngemuva nje kokusuka ekuseni e-Entebbe ilibangise enhlokodolobha yaseSomalia, iMogadishu, ithwele abasebenzi abangu-11 kanye nabasebenzi base-African Union. Izikhulu ze-Uganda Civil Aviation Authority zithi indiza ebheke eMogadishu ebisanda kusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Entebbe ithungeleke yaphonseka eLake Victoria, eliqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-9 ukusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza.

Indiza kubikwa ukuthi ibindizisa inqwaba yezimpahla nezinto ezidingekayo eSomalia ukuze iphinde igcinwe ezitolo zamasosha e-AU. Indiza enokubhaliswa kwe-9S – SAB yayiqashelwe le njongo. Ngesikhathi sokushicilela zazingekho izindaba zabasindile futhi kwatholakala imfucumfucu entantayo kuphela isakazeke emanzini eLake Victoria. Umkhulumeli webutho laseBurundi ukuqinisekisile ukuthi amasosha alo amathathu - u-brigadier general, uColonel kanye nokapteni - bashonile. Kusatshwa ukuthi bonke abangu-11 abebekumkhumbi babhubhe. Uphiko lwasolwandle lwe-UPDF kanye nethimba labatakuli be-CAA bathunyelwe umkhankaso wokuhlenga futhi bebesasendaweni phakathi nosuku lwangoMsombuluko.

I-Uganda sekunesikhathi eside iphoqelela imithetho ye-ICAO yokubhaliswa kwezindiza asebekhulile futhi ikakhulukazi inkathi yamaSoviet futhi yenqaba ukubhalisa noma iyiphi yazo e-Uganda. Kodwa-ke, akukavinjelwa muntu okwamanje endizeni enjalo endizayo futhi iphuma e-Uganda ngenkathi ibhalisiwe kwamanye amazwe. Muva nje kuphahlazeke indiza ye-Antonov e-Luxor, indiza isuka e-Entebbe emahoreni ambalwa ngaphambili yase yehla lapho izama ukusuka futhi ngemva kokuthela uphethiloli. Ngokungangabazeki ingcindezi izokhula kuCAA yase-Uganda manje yokuphoqelela ukuvinjelwa okuphelele kwendiza enjalo esebenza endaweni yezindiza yase-Uganda, lokhu kuwukuphahlazeka kwesibili phakathi namasonto amabili izindiza zisuka e-Entebbe.