I-Emirates jet yenza ukuhlala okuphuthumayo e-Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia – Indiza yase-Emirates ebithwele abantu abangaphezu kuka-225 ishaye umsila wayo emzileni wezindiza ngesikhathi isuka e-Australia, yashunqa intuthu egunjini lokushayela nokwaphoqa umshayeli wendiza ukuthi ahlale ngendlela ephuthumayo, kusho izikhulu ngoMgqibelo.

Akekho olimale, kodwa abagibeli bachaze ukuthi bethukile ngemuva kokuzwa ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle ngemuva kokuthi i-Airbus A340 isuka edolobheni eliseningizimu neMelbourne ngabo-10:30 ebusuku ngoLwesihlanu, ilibangise e-Dubai.

Ngemuva kwalesi siteleka, okubikwa ukuthi sishiye imfucumfucu igcwele emzileni wezindiza kwacisha namalambu esitimela, umshayeli wendiza wandiza phezu kolwandle, walahla uphethiloli, ngaphambi kokuba abuyele esikhumulweni sezindiza futhi wehla ngaphandle kwesigameko.

“Sifike sehla ngempumelelo, sibonga, futhi indiza ibizungezwe abezimo eziphuthumayo nezicishamlilo,” umgibeli uCatherine Edmunds etshela i-Australian Broadcasting Corp. “Kwakuthusa kakhulu. Ngingakwenyanya ukudlula kukho futhi.”

I-ABC ithe abasebenzi babone intuthu endlini ngesikhathi indiza isemoyeni cishe imizuzu engu-45.

Inkampani yezindiza ezinze eDubai esitatimendeni ithe ithimba elihlola ezokuphepha beliphuthunyiswa eMelbourne ukuyophenya ngalesi sigameko, futhi liyazisola ngokuphazamiseka okudalwe kubagibeli.

Iziphathimandla zezindiza zase-Australia nazo beziphenya.

"Sizobheka amarekhodi edatha yendiza, sikhiphe imininingwane kulokho, sixoxisane nabasebenzi, sixoxisane nabamele inkampani, sihlole umzila wezindiza nezindiza," kusho umkhulumeli we-Australian Transport Safety Bureau u-Ian Brokenshire.

Uthe izigameko ezifuze lezi lapho embonini zaziwa ngokuthi “izigilamkhuba” futhi zidalwa yizinto eziningi njengokuthi i-angle yokusuka, isimo sezulu kanye nezinkinga zokulayisha.

"Kuyingozi, ikakhulukazi endizeni ende," esho.

Abagibeli bafakwe kwezinye izindiza eziya eDubai.