Kusukela ngo-Okthoba 8 American Airlines ukwandisa inkonzo engami esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Key West International Airport (EYW) esivela eCharlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT) kwizindiza ezingama-76 zezihlalo ze-Embraer E175 naseDallas – Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) ezindizeni ezihlala abantu abangu-128 ze-Airbus A319.
Inkonzo eyandisiwe yaseMelika ifaka phakathi izindiza eziyi-19 zamasonto onke ezisuka e-CLT, nezindiza ezintathu zansuku zonke eziya e-EYW ngoMsombuluko, uLwesine, uLwesihlanu, uMgqibelo nangeSonto futhi ezimbili ngalunye ngoLwesibili nangoLwesithathu; nezindiza eziyi-14 zamasonto onke ezisuka ku-DFW, nezindiza ezimbili nsuku zonke.
"INorth Carolina neTexas kukhombisa ukuthi ziyizikhungo ezithandwayo zezivakashi ezifuna ukundiza zingene eKey West," kusho uRichard Strickland, umqondisi wezikhumulo zezindiza eFlorida Keys & Key West. "Siyaqhubeka nokuthola isidingo esikhulu sokususwa ngendiza eFlorida Keys ekwindla nasebusika."
Izindiza zaseMelika ze-Embraer E175 zinezihlalo zamakhabethe amakhulu angama-64 nabagibeli abayi-12 abakilasi lokuqala, kuyilapho i-A319 ifaka amakhabethe amakhulu ayi-120 nezihlalo zokuqala eziyisishiyagalombili.
"Izivakashi ezisuka maphakathi ne-Atlantic nezindawo eziseningizimu emaphakathi zimele ezinye zezimakethe ezinamandla ezingenayo ze-Keys," kusho uStacey Mitchell, umqondisi wehhovisi lezentengiso laseFlorida Keys & Key West.
"Ukusebenza kweMelika eKey West kusuka eDallas-Fort Worth kungenzeka kukhuphule ukufunwa okuvela eNtshonalanga Coast, imakethe ekhulayo, naseMidwest, njalo imakethe yasebusika eqinile kithi," engeza.
Izindiza ezingeziwe zihlanganisa insiza ekhona yezindiza evela eMiami International Airport (MIA) ngezindiza eziyi-10 zamasonto onke - ezimbili ngosuku ngaphandle koLwesibili nangoLwesithathu; izindiza eziyisithupha zamasonto onke ezisuka ePhiladelphia International Airport (PHL), ezine nsuku zonke ngaphandle koLwesibili; nezindiza ezimbili zamasonto onke ezivela eRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), ngendiza eyodwa eya eKey West ngoMgqibelo nangenye ngeSonto.
