Amakhasimende agibela i-American Airlines Flight 172 esuka eNew York (JFK) eya eBrussels (BRU) ngoLwesine, Meyi 7, azoba phakathi kwabokuqala ukuzwa indiza yamazwe ngamazwe yaseMelika esanda kulungiswa kabusha i-Boeing 757 endizeni ewela i-Atlantic.
I-American isemkhankasweni wokuhlela kabusha ama-Boeing 18 ayo angu-124 kwangu-757 ukuze asetshenziswe emizileni yamazwe ngamazwe, futhi indiza yangoLwesine i-JFK-to-Brussels ingeyokuqala ukuthatha uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe ngokucushwa okusha. Ifaka izihlalo ezintsha, izindlu zangaphakathi ezintsha zangaphakathi, nezinhlelo zokuzijabulisa zendiza ebuyekeziwe, ukulungiswa kabusha - okuhlelelwe ukuqedwa ekupheleni kwalo nyaka - kuzonikeza amakhasimende ithuba lokuhamba amazwe ngamazwe anethezekile.
"Izindiza zakwa-American Airlines zezindiza zamazwe ngamazwe i-Boeing 757 zizofaneleka kahle ukuthi zisebenze emizileni yamazwe ngamazwe kulandela uhlelo lokulungiswa kabusha," kusho u-Lauri Curtis, iphini likamongameli waseMelika - insizakalo yokugibela.
Ikhabethe le-757 Business Class, elinezihlalo ezi-2-2, linezihlalo eziyi-16 zesizukulwane esilandelayo, ezinama-angle, eziyisicaba ezinezindawo zokubeka izingalo ezidonsela phansi; ikhono lokushelela amatafula ethreyi ahlanganayo adala enye yezindawo zokusebenza ezinkulu embonini; izinhlelo zokuzijabulisa zomsindo/ividiyo ezidingekayo ezihlalweni ezihlinzeka ngamamuvi angama-28, amahora angaphezu kuka-33 ohlelo lwethelevishini, iziteshi zomsindo eziyi-16, ama-CD alalelwayo angama-50, imidlalo eyi-15 esebenzisanayo, nezindlu zangasese ezintsha.
Ikhabethe le-Economy Class, elinezihlalo ezingu-166 ekucushweni okungu-3-3, lizothola izihlalo ezintsha, izindlu zangasese ezintsha, iziqapha ezintsha ze-LCD ezithatha indawo yabaqaphi be-CRT, namaseva wefayela lemidiya yedijithali azohlinzeka ngevidiyo engcono kakhulu ye-inflight nekhwalithi yokuzijabulisa yomsindo.
Imikhumbi yamazwe ngamazwe engu-757 izohlinzeka ngemizila ekhethiwe ewela i-Atlantic kanye ne-Latin America. Imizila ingase ishintshwe, kodwa ingase ihlanganise i-New York eya e-Barcelona, i-Paris Charles de Gaulle ne-Brussels; eBoston ukuya eParis uCharles de Gaulle; futhi iMiami yaya eSalvador, eBrazil, yaya eRecife, eBrazil.
