Abaningi bashonile engozini yendiza yaseMadrid

Okungenani abantu abangu-144 bashonile ngemuva kokuba indiza yabagibeli iphambuka emzileni wezindiza eMadrid's Barajas Airport, kusho izikhulu zaseSpain.

Abanye abaningi balimala lapho indiza yakwaSpanair ilibangise eCanary Islands ishiya umgwaqo inabantu abangu-172.

Kube nemibiko yokusha kwenjini yangakwesobunxele ngesikhathi isuka. Izithombe ze-TV zibonise kushunqa intuthu kulo msebenzi.

Kubizwe izindiza ezinophephela emhlane ukuthi zichithe amanzi endizeni, kwafika inqwaba yama-ambulensi endaweni yesigameko.

I-Red Cross ithe isisungule isibhedlela esisesikhumulweni sezindiza ukwelapha abalimele futhi inikeza ukwelulekwa ngokwengqondo emindenini yabashonile.

Kuqubuke amafu entuthu empunga nemnyama kule sayithi, ngisho namakhamera abezindaba endawo awakwazanga ukusibona eduze indawo yengozi. Kudlule ibhanoyi elinophephela emhlane, lalahla okubonakala kungamanzi phezu komlilo wotshani okubikwa ukuthi uvuswe wumlilo.

Ama-ambulensi abonakale engena ephuma ngesivinini esikhulu esikhumulweni sezindiza kanti inqwaba yezimoto eziphuthumayo zihlangene endaweni eyodwa yokungena. Buka njengoba abalimele befika esibhedlela »

Abezindaba baseSpain babike ukuthi okungenani kuthunyelwe izinjini zokucima umlilo ezingu-11 ukuze zilawule lo mlilo.

Izithombe ze-TV kamuva zabonisa abantu abambalwa bethwetshulwa ngohlaka.
Inani eliqondile labashonile alikaziwa, kanti imibiko eminingana iphakamisa ukuthi bangu-26 abantu abasindile kule ngozi, eyenzeke cishe ngo-1430 ngesikhathi sendawo (1230 GMT).

Izikhulu ziqinisekise kwi-BBC kanye nesikhungo sezindaba saseSpain i-Efe ukuthi inani labashonile selidlule i-100.

Umsakazi weBBC uSteve Kingstone, eMadrid, uthi izindiza seziqalile ukusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza, kodwa ujenga olubi lwezimoto zezimo eziphuthumayo luvale ukubonakala kwendawo yesigameko.

Phambilini, intatheli yeBBC, uStephanie McGovern, osesikhumulweni sezindiza, ithe ibone ama-ambulensi angaphezu kuka-70 ephuma endaweni yesigameko.

Intatheli yaseSpain uManuel Moleno, owayeseduze kwendawo ngesikhathi kwenzeka ingozi, uthe indiza kubukeka sengathi “iphahlazeke yaba izicucu”.

“Sezwa ingozi enkulu. Sayeka sabona kushunqa intuthu,” usho kanje.
Osindile utshele intatheli yephephandaba laseSpain i-ABC ukuthi yena nabanye abagibeli bezwe ukuqhuma okukhulu ngesikhathi indiza isuka.

I-Spanair iphahlazeka kumgwaqo omude kakhulu
"Uthe bangawubona umlilo ... futhi akuphelanga ngisho umzuzu owodwa bezwa (okuthile) kuqhuma," intatheli, uCarlota Fomina, etshela i-CNN. “Bezibalelwa ku-200 metres emoyeni zabe sezihlala phansi kodwa zangaphahlazeka. Zazihlala, kancane kancane - kwakungafani nokuthi (zawa) ngokuzumayo."

Ingozi yenzeke ngesikhathi iSpanair Flight 5022 - nayo ebithwele abagibeli beLufthansa Flight 2554 - ibisuka ngabo-2:45 ntambama (8:45 am ET), kusho isikhulu sesikhumulo sezindiza. Ngokusho kwesizindalwazi se-Spanair, indiza bekumele isuke ngo-1 emini
UMnu Moleno uthe usebone abantu ababalelwa ku-20 besuka kule ngozi.

'Irekhodi elihle lokuphepha'

Indiza, ebelibhekiselwe eLas Palmas eCanary Islands, yehle ngesikhathi noma ngemuva nje kokusuka eTerminal Four eBarajas.

Izithombe ze-TV zabonisa ukuthi indiza yayifike yaphumula emasimini aseduze nesikhumulo sezindiza.

U-Spanair ukhiphe isitatimende esithi inombolo yendiza i-JK 5022 ibandakanyeke engozini eyenzeke ngo-1445 ngesikhathi sendawo. Inkampani engabazali bale nkampani yezindiza, inkampani yaseScandinavia SAS, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi yathi ingozi yenzeke ngo-1423.

Ngokusho kweziphathimandla zesikhumulo sezindiza eSpain, u-Aena, indiza bekumele isuke ngo-1300 ngesikhathi sendawo.

Ayikho imininingwane yabagibeli abebegibele ubuzwe engakakhishwa.

UNdunankulu waseSpain uJose Luis Zapatero ubesendleleni eya endaweni yesigameko ngemuva kokunqamula iholidi lakhe, kusho ihhovisi lakhe.

Indiza bekuyi-MD82, okuyindiza ejwayele ukusetshenziswa ohambweni olufushane lokuzungeza i-Europe, uchwepheshe wezokundiza uChris Yates utshele i-BBC. Uthe iSpanair inerekhodi elihle kakhulu kwezokuphepha. Indiza yathengwa emoyeni waseKoprean ngokusho kwe-Aljazeera.

I-panair, ephethwe yinkampani yezindiza yaseScandinavia i-SAS, ingesinye sezinkampani ezintathu ezizimele ezinkulu zaseSpain.

Isikhulu sakwa-SAS sithe bekunabagibeli abangu-166 kanye nabasebenzi abayisithupha endizeni, obekuyindiza ye-code share neLufthansa Airline, okukhombisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi le jet ibithwele abavakashi baseJalimane. Ngokusho kwe-AlJazeera iningi labavakashi baseJalimane laligibele. I-Lufthansa ibingakawusunguli ulayini wezimo eziphuthumayo.

Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Barajas sivaliwe ngemuva kwengozi kodwa saphinda savulwa ngemuva kwamahora angaphezu kwamabili, savumela inani elilinganiselwe lokusuka nokufika, kusho isikhulu sezindiza.

Bekuyingozi yokuqala ebulala abantu abaningi esikhumulweni sezindiza kusukela ngoDisemba 1983, lapho kwashona khona abantu abangu-93 njengoba izindiza ezimbili zaseSpain zishayisana ngesikhathi zigibela amatekisi azosuka.

Isikhumulo sezindiza, esingamakhilomitha angu-13) enyakatho-mpumalanga yeMadrid emaphakathi, simatasatasa eSpain, sithwala abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-40 ngonyaka.

I-United States National Transportation Safety Board ithumela ithimba labaphenyi eMadrid ukuyosiza ophenyweni lwengozi ngoba indiza ingeye-McDonnell Douglas MD-82 eyenziwe eMelika, kusho okhulumela i-NTSB uKeith Holloway.

Uthe iqembu lizohamba “ngokushesha uma sesiqoqele ndawonye iqembu.”

Abantu abakhathalela izihlobo noma abangani okungenzeka ukuthi bebegibele indiza bangashayela inombolo yosizo yakwa-Spanair kokuthi +34 800 400 200 (ngaphakathi kwaseSpain kuphela).

I-MD82 AIRCRAFT
Abagibeli 150-170
Isivinini se-Cruise 504mph (811km/h)
Ubude 45.1m (148ft)
Ubude 9m (29.5ft)
I-Wing-span 32.8m (107.6ft)
Ibanga eliphezulu 2,052 nautical miles (3,798km)

UKUphahlazeka KABI KAKHULU KWASESPAIN
27 March 1977
Kushone abantu abangu-583 eLos Rodeos, eTenerife, ngemuva kokushayisana kwamaBoeing 747 amabili - eyodwa iPan Am, eyodwa i-KLM.
23 April 1980
Kushone abantu abangu-146 ngaseLos Rodeos, eTenerife, ngesikhathi i-Dan Air Boeing 727 iphahlazeka ngesikhathi izama ukuhlala.
27 November 1983
Kushone abantu abangu-181, kwasinda abangu-11, ngesikhathi i-Avianca Boeing 747 iphahlazeka edolobhaneni laseMejorada del Campo, eduze kwaseMadrid, ilibangise esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Barajas.
19 February 1985
Abantu abangu-148 bashona ngesikhathi i-Iberia Boeing 727 ishayisa insika ye-TV eduze kwaseBilbao.