Imishayo ye-laser ishaye i-Boeing 737s ngempelasonto

I-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ibike ukuthi i-3 jet izindiza zashaywa yimishayo ye-laser lapho usondela esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Sea-Tac Airport Seattle, Washington, kulezi zinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule.

Indiza yakamuva kakhulu ezoshayiswa i-laser yenzeke ngabo-7:30 pm izolo, ngeSonto, Okthoba 27, 2019. I-Boeing 737-900 yashaywa ngelezi eliluhlaza ngesikhathi ilibangise enyakatho-mpumalanga cishe amakhilomitha angu-16 eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Sea-Tac. Isikhumulo sezindiza.

Indiza yesibili - i-Boeing 737-800 - yashaywa emahoreni angu-3 1/2 kamuva. Yayisuka eSalt Lake City, e-Utah, iya eSeattle. Le jethi iphinde yakhanyiswa i-laser eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ohlangothini lwesokudla lwe-fuselage yendiza.

Ngaphambi kwalokhu, i-Boeing 737 eyayisuka e-Kauai, e-Hawaii, iya e-Seattle kwakuyindiza yokuqala ukushayiswa i-laser beam - kulokhu eluhlaza nokumhlophe. Lesi sigameko senzeke ngezithuba zabo-8:00 ebusuku ngoLwesihlanu, mhla zingama-25 kuMfumfu, 2019. Indiza ye-Boeing yayiqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-18 eningizimu ye-Olympia, eWashington.

Uma kubhekwa iqiniso lokuthi izindiza ezi-3 zashayiswa izinsuku ezingu-2 endaweni efanayo, imibuzo ephakama ngokusobala ithi: ingabe kwenziwa ngamabomu, futhi ingabe kwenziwa umuntu ofanayo?

Inkinga yama-laser aqondiswe endizeni iyingozi ikakhulukazi uma umsebe ukhanyisa i-cockpit. Lokhu akukwazi nje ukudala ukuphazamiseka okubonakalayo kungalimaza ngisho namehlo omshayeli. I-FAA ibike ukuthi kwezinye izimo, abashayeli bezindiza kuye kwadingeka bayeke ukulawula indiza yabo kumshayeli wabo.

Ama-Lasers adlondlobala kakhulu kwezinye izindawo zezwe kangangokuthi i-Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), i-FAA, i-Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS), kanye nokugcinwa komthetho wezifundazwe nowendawo, basungule i-Laser Strike Working Group ukuze lungisa inkinga.

Okhulumela i-FAA u-Allen Kenitzer uthe akekho umuntu olimele ngesigameko se-laser esenzeke ngempelasonto.