I-HALIFAX - Indiza yePorter Airlines ephuma eHalifax iphoqeleke ukuthi ibuyele emuva ngemuva kokuthi umshayeli eqale ukuquleka futhi umshayeli ohamba naye wathatha ngokushesha ukulawula indiza.
Inkampani yezindiza ibike ukuthi umshayeli wendiza i-Flight 243, esendleleni ebheke eSt.
Indiza, i-Q400 elayisha abagibeli abangu-70, isuke eHalifax ngo-10:30 ekuseni kanti inkinga yomshayeli kubikwa ukuthi ngezithuba zabo-11:16 ekuseni.
"Sithole ucingo lokuthi umshayeli wendiza ubedinga usizo, ubequleka," kusho u-Ashley Barnes, okhulumela isikhumulo sezindiza iHalifax.
"Besinama-ambulensi emi eduze."
UBarnes uthe umshayeli wendiza ukwazile ukuphuma endizeni wangena kwi-ambulensi eyayimlindile, nakuba kungekho zwi ngesimo sakhe nokuthi yini edale inkinga yakhe yezempilo.
Kamuva wayiswa esibhedlela saseHalifax ukuze ayohlolwa.
Umongameli kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu sePorter Airlines uRobert Deluce uthe umshayeli wendiza uneminyaka engu-39 ubudala futhi unamahora angu-7,000 esikhathi esiphelele sokundiza.
"Iphoyisa lokuqala elathatha izintambo kwakungumshayeli wendiza oneminyaka engu-29 ubudala futhi linamahora acishe abe ngu-4,000 esikhathi esiphelele sokundiza ngakho bobabili bangabantu abanolwazi olunzulu," kusho uDeluce.
UDeluce, oqinisekise ukuthi umshayeli wendiza ulahlekelwe ingqondo isikhashana ngesikhathi ebuyela eHalifax, uthe ubengayazi ngqo inkinga yempilo yomshayeli.
"Kuyisimo esingaziwa okwamanje," esho.
Inkampani yezindiza ilethe abasebenzi abazongena esikhundleni sayo futhi indiza yasuka yaya e-St. John's ngo-1:18 ntambama.
