- I-Airbus A350-900 izobe ithwele amalungu angu-40 futhi ososayensi bazobe beqoqa idatha yokulinganisa
- I-German Aerospace Centre (DLR) enezinto zokuqapha izophinde ibe khona
- Isizathu sale ndiza yesibili eya e-Falkland Islands ukuzungezisa abasebenzi base-Polarstern nokuthatha ithimba lohambo locwaningo.
Kusasa, Lufthansa izosuka ngendiza yayo yesibili engami isuka e-Hamburg iya eMount Pleasant (MPN) e-Falkland Islands egameni le-Alfred Wegener Institute, i-Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) eBremerhaven. Kulokhu i-Airbus A350-900 izobe ithwele amalungu angu-40 omkhumbi wocwaningo i-Polarstern kanye nososayensi be-German Aerospace Centre (Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt). Phakathi nendiza, ososayensi bazobe beqoqa idatha yokulinganisa ezohlinzeka ngemininingwane eyengeziwe ngomthelela wendawo kazibuthe woMhlaba maqondana nokundiza. Ngakho-ke, indiza yesibili eya eziQhingini zase-Falkland isivele inesandla kwisayensi endleleni eya eSouth Pole.
I-Airbus A350-900 izodluliswa isuka eMunich iyiswe e-Hamburg ngo-14:30 kusasa, futhi ihlelelwe ukufika esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Hamburg ngo-3:40 ntambama nenombolo yendiza ethi LH9923. Ngabo lobo busuku, i-LH2574 izosuka ilibangise eMount Pleasant ngo-9:30 pm. kanye nezindiza ezithatha uhambo olude.
“Ngendiza yesibili eya eziQhingini zaseFalkland, asijabulile nje kuphela ngokukwazi ukusekela uhambo lwe-AWI lokucwaninga ezindaweni ezibucayi, kodwa futhi nokuba negalelo elibalulekile ekuqhubekiseni ucwaningo emkhakheni kazibuthe woMhlaba,” kusho uThomas Jahn, uCaptain Fleet and Falklands Project Manager. "Sesivele sisekela amaphrojekthi ocwaningo lwesimo sezulu iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-25 manje."
Isizathu salolu hambo lwesibili lwendiza oluya e-Falkland Islands ukuzungezisa abasebenzi base-Polarstern nokuthatha ithimba lohambo locwaningo. Kusukela ekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari, ithimba labacwaningi abangaba ngu-50 beliqoqa idatha ebalulekile mayelana nemisinga yolwandle, iqhwa lasolwandle kanye nomjikelezo wekhabhoni oLwandle Oluseningizimu, okuthi, phakathi kokunye, kwenze ukubikezela kwesimo sezulu okuthembekile. Endleleni ebuya endaweni yocwaningo eningizimu ye-Weddell Sea, i-Polarstern yama e-Atka Bay, lapho ososayensi abengeziwe abangu-25 bagibela umkhumbi: Ngokukhethekile abasebenzi basehlobo kanye nethimba lasebusika le-Neumayer Station III, kanti laba bakamuva babuyela eJalimane. ngemva kwezinyanga ezingaphezu kwezingu-15 e-Antarctic. Ngomhla zi-2 kuMbasa, i-Lufthansa izobe ibuyisela ithimba labacwaningi bamazwe ngamazwe le-AWI kanye nososayensi be-DLR eJalimane besuka eziQhingini zase-Falkland. Indawo ihlelelwe u-3:00 ntambama ngo-Ephreli 3 esikhumulweni sezindiza saseMunich ngenombolo yendiza ethi LH2575.
Indiza yokuqala esuka e-Hamburg iya eziQhingini zase-Falkland, eyenzeka ekupheleni kukaJanuwari 2021, kwakuyindiza ende kunazo zonke engami emlandweni we-Lufthansa. I-Airbus A350-900 ifike esikhungweni samasosha eMount Pleasant ngemuva kokundiza amakhilomitha angaphezu kuka-13,000 emahoreni angaphezu kuka-15.
Ukuze kwenziwe ucwaningo luhambisane nesimo sezulu ngangokunokwenzeka, i-Alfred-Wegener-Institut izophinde inxephezele ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 kwendiza.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The aircraft with the registration D-AIXQ, christened with the name of the city of Freiburg is the newest member of the Lufthansa A350 fleet and one of the world’s most sustainable and efficient long-haul aircraft.
- “With the second flight to the Falkland Islands, we are not only pleased to be able to support the AWI’s polar research expedition, but also to make an important contribution to further research into the Earth’s magnetic field,”.
- Airbus A350-900 will be carrying 40 crew members and scientists will be collecting measurement dataGerman Aerospace Center (DLR) with monitoring instruments will also be on boardReason for this second flight to Falkland Islands is to rotate Polarstern crew and to pick up the research expedition team.
