Ukusebenza kumisiwe endizeni yezindiza i-Milford Sound ngemuva kokulimala kwabashayeli bayo ababili ngesikhathi indiza yokuzilolongela namhlanje ekuseni.
I-Milford Sound Flights ithe ibhanoni lendawo yezimo eziphuthumayo lasebenza ngo-9.15 ekuseni lisuka kwenye yezindiza zayo, indiza i-Cessna, ngesikhathi indiza yokuqeqesha enabasebenzi ababili.
Umxhumanisi wenhlangano yokuhlenga iRescue Coordination Centre yaseNew Zealand uChris Wilson uthe ibhanoyi litholakale libheke phansi endaweni engamakhilomitha angu-5 eningizimu yeMt Nicholas futhi lihanjelwe yizindiza ezinophephela emhlane ezivela eQueenstown naseTe Anau.
Owesilisa oyedwa uphuthunyiswe esibhedlela i-Kew e-Invercargill kanti uphuke kaningi, kanti omunye uphuthunyiswe esibhedlela iLakes District Hospital eQueenstown kodwa manje useDunedin Hospital. Usesimweni esizinzile.
USergeant Pete Graham wamaphoyisa ase-Te Anau uthe indiza kubukeka sengathi ishayise ibhange ebeliseduze nendiza yaphaphalaza yahlala emhlane.
"Siyazisa imindeni njengoba sithola eminye imininingwane kodwa okwamanje lesi sigameko sisezandleni zabezimo eziphuthumayo," kusho imenenja yezokuxhumana ezinkampanini uLenska Papich.
Isikhulu seMilford Sound Flights, uJeff Staniland, uthe abashayeli bezindiza banesikhathi eside benenkampani futhi banolwazi.
Uthe ngenxa yokuhlonipha izimo inkampani yezindiza izomisa ukusebenza kwayo kwezentengiselwano kule mpelasonto.
“Kube wusuku olunzima eqenjini nemindeni yabo lapha eMilford Sound Flights. Imicabango yethu ikubashayeli bethu bezindiza ngalesi sikhathi,” kusho uMnu Staniland.
Amaphoyisa enze uphenyo endaweni yesigameko egameni le-CAA ezophenya kabanzi ngalolu daba.
I-Milford Sound Flights iyibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe phakathi kwe-Skyline Enterprises kanye ne-Real Journeys.
