PARIS - Lapho i-American Airlines Flight 63 isuka eParis ilibangise eMiami ngo-10 ekuseni ngesikhathi sasendaweni ngoLwesine, Juni 11, izoqala uhambo oluhlose ukufakazela ukuthi izindiza ze-trans-Atlantic zingasebenza kancane futhi kancane.
Nge-Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE), i-American izoba yindiza yokuqala yase-US ezohlola ubuchwepheshe besizukulwane esilandelayo nezinqubo ezizonciphisa kakhulu ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni futhi zonge uphethiloli emizileni ewela i-Atlantic. Ukuhlolwa kuzokwenziwa ngesikhathi sendiza ehleliwe evamile ukuze umMelika akwazi ukuthola izinzuzo zesikhathi sangempela.
I-AIRE, umkhankaso ohlanganyelwe phakathi kweFederal Aviation Administration (FAA), i-European Commission, nezinkampani zezindiza eziningana, yakhelwe ukusheshisa ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe obusha nezinqubo zokusebenza, ezinomthelela oqondile ekwehliseni ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni nokungcoliswa komsindo kanye ukonga uphethiloli. Ingxenye yephrojekthi ye-AIRE ihlanganisa imibukiso yendiza esuka esangweni nesango ukuhlola izinzuzo zobuchwepheshe obuzosetshenziswa nohlelo lwe-FAA lwe-NextGen lokulawulwa kwethrafikhi yendiza.
“Kubalulekile ukuthi imboni yezokundiza isebenzisane nabalingani bethu be-Air Traffic Control ukukhombisa izinzuzo zobuchwepheshe be-NextGen namuhla. Ngokusebenzisa lobu buchwepheshe ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka, singenza izinyathelo zangempela neziphusile ukuze sinciphise umthelela wethu endaweni ezungezile, sikhulise umthamo wesistimu, futhi sinciphise ukubambezeleka kokuhamba kwezindiza,” kusho u-Bob Reding, Iphini Likamongameli Ophethe WaseMelika – Operations. “Ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-NextGen kuyingxenye ebalulekile yemizamo yaseMelika yokonga imvelo kanye nokonga uphethiloli. Le mizamo isivele iveze ukonga kukaphethiloli okungaphezu kwamalitha ayizigidi eziyi-110 ngonyaka futhi yehlisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni yethu ngamaphawundi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-2.3 ngo-2008.”
Isebenzisa indiza i-Boeing 767-300, i-American Flight 63 izondiza isuka eParis Charles De Gaulle futhi ifike eMiami International Airport ngo-1:55 pm EDT. Indiza izophatha izindlela ezimbalwa zokonga uphethiloli, okuhlanganisa itekisi enenjini eyodwa lapho isuka futhi ifika, ikhuphuka njalo nokwehla, umzila owenziwe kahle phezu kwamanzi, kanye “nokufika okulungiselelwe.” Eminingi yale mizamo isivele iyizici ezibalulekile ze-Fuel Smart, uhlelo lwaseMelika oluqhubekayo lokonga uphethiloli. Ngo-2009, i-American ihlose ukonga amalitha ayizigidi ezingu-120 kaphethiloli we-jet kanye nokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ngamaphawundi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.5.
Ukuhlaziywa kwedatha yangemva kwendiza yi-FAA, European Commission, kanye ne-American kuzonquma ukonga kwekhabhoni nophethiloli okuzuziwe endizeni yokubonisa. I-FAA ne-AA zizobe seziqhuba isilingo sezinyanga ezimbili e-Miami ukuze ziqhubeke nokuhlola ubuchwepheshe nezinqubo zesizukulwane esilandelayo.
I-American sekuyisikhathi eside ihola ekuthuthukiseni ukuhamba kahle kwezindiza phezu kwe-Atlantic. Eqinisweni, eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20 edlule, i-American yaqala ukusetshenziswa kwesimiso sezindiza ezinenjini ezimbili ezindizeni ezidlula ulwandle, okwashintsha kakhulu ukusebenza komoya. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, cishe zonke izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe zazindiza ngezindiza ezinenjini ezintathu nezine. Imizamo yaseMelika yokuvula i-Atlantic kuya ezindizeni ezinenjini ezimbili iholele ekutheni i-Boeing ne-Airbus ishintshe indawo yonke ukusebenzisa izindiza ezinenjini ezimbili ezindizeni zamazwe ngamazwe. Lokhu kubangele ukuncipha okukhulu kokukhishwa kwekhabhoni ezindizeni ezindala kanye nokusebenza kahle kukaphethiloli kuyo yonke imboni.
