Ngenkathi i-Boeing iletha i-777-300ER entsha e-Cathay Pacific ngo-Jan. 30, umcimbi ubonakale ujabulisa kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelwe yinoma ubani.
Ngemva kokuthatha indiza entsha, umshayeli weCathay Pacific wenze iphasi elisezingeni eliphansi, laphakamisa amasondo, ngenhla nje komgwaqo wePaine Field ngaphambi kokuba indiza enkulu ilibangise eHong Kong – noSihlalo weCathay Pacific uChris Pratt namanye amaVIP phakathi kwe abantu abangaphezu kuka-60 esikebheni.
Lesi sigameko, nokusolakala ukuthi besingakagunyazwa yinkampani yezindiza, sixoshe umshayeli kwathi umshayeli wamiswa emsebenzini, kusho umbiko ngoMsombuluko.
Ividiyo ye-flyby isanda kuthunyelwa ku-YouTube. Kubukeka sengathi i-777 ifike phakathi kwamamitha angama-50 noma ngaphezulu komgwaqo futhi ngesivinini esiphansi kakhulu.
Ngikhulume ngoMsombuluko nomunye wabashayeli bezindiza abasezingeni eliphezulu be-Boeing, futhi nakuba lo muntu engeke aphawule ngokuqondile ngalesi sigameko, umshayeli washo ukuthi noma yikuphi ukuqondisa okunjalo kuzodingeka kuhlelwe ngokucophelela kusenesikhathi ngabasebenzi bomoya, futhi kuvunywe ukulawula ukuhamba kwezindiza.
Akucaci ukuthi izilawuli zethrafikhi yendiza ziyisusile yini indiza ye-Cathay Pacific ukuze bathole ukudlula kwezinga eliphansi. I-FAA ayizange iphendule izingcingo zami ifuna ukuphawula.
Ama-flybys asezingeni eliphansi awavamile.
Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, bengisendizeni yokulethwa ye-777-300ER futhi senza indiza efanayo yezinga eliphansi. Indiza yeQatar Airways indize ngenhla nje komzila wezindiza eDoha, eQatar ngaphambi kokuthi ihlale, njengoba izikhulu zendiza zibukele zisetiyeleni. Kepha lokho kudlula bekuhlanganiswe abashayeli bezindiza baseQatar, futhi kwavunyelwa inkampani yezindiza kanye nokulawulwa kwezimoto zezindiza esikhumulweni sezindiza saseDoha.
Abashayeli bezindiza nabanye ababukele i-video ye-YouTube yendiza i-Cathay Pacific balinganisele ngokuphawula ku-YouTube, abanye bencoma amakhono omshayeli wendiza kanti abanye bethi lesi senzo asiphephile.
Inothi elilodwa mayelana nevidiyo: Iyashesha, kodwa uma wehlisa ividiyo phansi ungabona ama-747 Large Cargo Freighters apakwe ngemuva njengoba i-777 igxuma ngenhla nje komgwaqo we-Paine Field. Imikhumbi ethwala impahla isetshenziselwa ukuthwala amaphiko ayinhlanganisela angu-787 kanye nezingxenye zefuselage eziwucezu olulodwa ziye embonini ye-Boeing's Everett ukuze kuhlanganiswe okokugcina i-Dreamliner.
Nansi imibiko yezindaba ye-Boeing mayelana nomcimbi wokulethwa. (Akushiwo lutho ngokudlula kwezinga eliphansi.)
I-EVERETT, Wash., Feb. 6, 2008 — I-Boeing ne-Cathay Pacific Airways ngesonto eledlule bagubhe ukulethwa kwendiza entsha ye-777-300ER. Indiza ipendwe ngendlela eyingqayizivele “yedolobha lomhlaba lase-Asia” ezosiza ukuthuthukisa i-Hong Kong njengoba indiza indiza emhlabeni wonke.
Indiza, engeyesithupha kuma-30 777-300ERs ukuthi ihanjiswe eCathay Pacific, yethulwe emcimbini wangaphambi kokundiza e-Future of Flight Aviation Centre e-Everett, Wash. Amalungu oMkhandlu Wezomthetho wase-Hong Kong, abaphathi boMnyango Wezokundiza Kwezindiza e-Hong Kong namalungu eBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Hong Kong.
I-Boeing 777-300ER iwumgogodla wemikhumbi yemikhumbi emide yase-Cathay Pacific futhi ivumela inkampani yezindiza ukuthi isebenzise izindiza eziqondile, ezingami eziya ezindaweni ezibalulekile eNyakatho Melika.
I-777-300ER entsha yeCathay Pacific Airways iphethe ilogo encane kadrako ondizayo, ehambisana nolayini wohlobo lwaseHong Kong “idolobha lomhlaba lase-Asia”. Udrako ondizayo, ofanekisela umoya waseHong Kong nabantu bayo, ubonakala endiza phezu kwamagagasi aluhlaza, abonisa amazwe nezilwandle zomhlaba.
Futhi lokhu kuyingxenye yombiko ovele ngoMsombuluko kuyi-Times yaseLondon. (Kunamaphutha amakhulu ambalwa endabeni, njengejubane lendiza. Yayihamba kancane njengoba ividiyo ibonisa.)
UBen Quinn
25 February 2008
The Times
Umshayeli wendiza waseBrithani uxoshiwe “ngokubhuza” umbhoshongo olawulayo ngendlela ye-Top Gun ngesikhathi sokundiza kokuqala kwendiza enkulu i-Boeing jumbo.
Ukaputeni u-Ian Wilkinson umangaze abagibeli ngokuthatha indiza ye-Cathay Pacific engamathani angu-230 iliyise endaweni engama-28ft (8.5m) ukusuka phansi ngemva nje kokusuka embonini yokukhiqiza yakwa-Boeing yase-US.
Indiza engu-322mph fly-by ijatshulelwe abantu ababebukele, kwathi umshayeli wendiza, okuthiwa ungomunye wabashayeli bezindiza abaphezulu kakhulu kule nkampani yezindiza, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wayigcoba indiza nge-champagne.
Izithombe zalesi sigameko ngoJanuwari 30 zaputshuzwa ku-inthanethi, nokho, uMnu Wilkinson wamiswa. Abaphathi beCathay Pacific babheka kancane ngesenzo sakhe, esenziwa ngaphandle kokugunyazwa, futhi waxoshwa ngemva komhlangano wokuqondiswa kwezigwegwe ngesonto eledlule.
URay Middleton, umshayeli wendiza yakhe waseBrithani, owayengazi ukuthi i-fly-by yenziwa ngaphandle kwemvume esemthethweni, wamiswa emsebenzini wokuqeqesha izinyanga eziyisithupha.
UChris Pratt, ongusihlalo weCathay Pacific, kuthiwa ubephakathi kwabagibeli be-VIP abebegibele indiza engu-Pounds 100 million, i-777-300ER ebisuka embonini e-Everett, eWashington, ilibangise eHong Kong, lapho inkampani yezindiza izinze khona.
UMnu Wilkinson, ophakathi kweminyaka engamashumi amahlanu ubudala futhi osehlale eHong Kong iminyaka engaphezu kwe-15, uhola ngaphezu kwamaPondo angama-250,000 ngonyaka.
I-Cathay Pacific yenza uphenyo lwangaphakathi futhi izothumela umbiko kwabaphathi bezindiza.
Umkhulumeli uthe: “Umshayeli wendiza owayephethe indiza uxoshiwe njengoba engazange ayifune futhi engazange ayithole imvume yenkampani ukuze athathe uhambo olunje.”
Inkampani yezindiza yayinenqubo emisiwe yokugunyaza lezi zindlela zokuhamba futhi yayike yayenza esikhathini esidlule emibukisweni yezindiza kodwa kuphela “ngemvume efanele”.
Umshayeli wendiza waseCathay Pacific uthe umsebenzi kaMnu Wilkinson ubekwe engcupheni kuphela ngemuva kokuvela kwezithombe zesigameko ku-inthanethi.
Uthe: “UWilkinson ubengomunye wabadlali abasezingeni eliphezulu eCathay Pacific futhi ubezojabula kakhulu nabaphathi bezindiza abehamba ngazo ngalolo suku. Ukube akekho omunye umuntu othole ngakho kungenzeka ukuthi lesi sigameko asizange siqhubeke, kodwa kwathi lapho sesiqalile ukusabalala ku-inthanethi futhi i-Civil Aviation Authority yaseHong Kong yasibamba, kwaba ukuphela kwakhe.”
UMnu Wilkinson kucatshangelwa ukuthi ucubungula isicelo sokuphikisa ukuxoshwa kwakhe.
Lesi sigameko sesiphenduke undabuzekwayo ezinkundleni ze-internet kubashayeli bamabhanoyi, abanye bencoma le ntokazi kodwa abanye bayigxeka ngokuthi iyingozi. ICathay Pacific ikhiphe isaziso kubo bonke abasebenzi ebakhumbuza ngenqubomgomo yenkampani.
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