Indiza yase-Ethiopian Airlines eyaphahlazeka eLebanon ibisetshenziswa yiRyanair kwaze kwaba ngu-Ephreli odlule, kusho isikhulu sayo uMichael O'Leary izolo.
Uthe inkampani yezindiza esabelomali idayise iBoeing 737 - serial number 29935 - ngo-Ephreli nyakenye kanti phambilini ibisetshenziswa emizileni yayo eminingi yase-Europe.
I-Irish Aviation Authority ikuqinisekisile ukuthi le ndiza bekuyindiza ye-Ryanair eyayingene amahora endiza ayi-17,750 eminyakeni eyisikhombisa yokusebenza kwayo.
Futhi ababuki bezindiza beza ngaphambili bethi bayithwebule indiza ezikhumulweni zezindiza zaseBrithani phakathi kuka-2002 nonyaka odlule.
UMnu O'Leary ukuphikile ukuthi unecala kule ngozi, ebulale abagibeli abangu-90, okuhlanganisa no-Britons Afif Krisht, usomabhizinisi oneminyaka engu-57 ubudala wasePlymouth, noKevin Grainger, 24.
'Okwenzekile asazi,' esho.
'Kufana nokudayisa imoto yakho bese kuthi ngemva kwezinyanga ezingu-11 umuntu oyishayelayo ashayeke. Akuhlangene nathi.'
Ingozi yenzeke ngoMsombuluko ngemuva kokuba indiza isuke eBeirut ilibangise e-Addis Ababa, enhlokodolobha yase-Ethiopia.
Ofakazi bachaze ngokubona indiza iphahlazeka olwandle futhi iqhuma 'ibhola lomlilo'. Abaphenyi bathi ishiye isikhumulo sezindiza isendleleni engafanele yabe isindiza yaqondana nesiphepho.
Kwenzeka lokhu nje ungqongqoshe wezokuthutha eLebanon eveze ukuthi umshayeli wendiza owayegibele indiza uhambe kwelinye icala lendlela enconywe umbhoshongo wokulawula iBeirut.
U-Ghazi Aridi uthe utshelwe 'ukuba alungise indlela yakhe kodwa wajika ngokushesha nangendlela exakile ngaphambi kokunyamalala ngokuphelele ku-radar' ngemva kokusuka e-Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport.
Bonke abantu abangu-90 abebesesikebheni kusatshwa ukuthi bashonile - kanti kuze kube manje izidumbu ezingu-34 zikhishwe olwandle - ngemuva kokuba indiza igqamuke amalangabi ngabo-2.30 ekuseni phakathi nombani nokuduma kwezulu.
Izikhulu zaseLebanon zibukhiphile ubushokobezi noma 'ukucekela phansi'. Indiza ibibheke enhlokodolobha yase-Ethiopia, i-Addis Ababa.
Abaseshi bazama ukuthola ibhokisi elimnyama lendiza kanye nesirekhodi sedatha yendiza, okuwukhiye ekutholeni imbangela yokuphahlazeka.
Namuhla, amaqembu abatakuli kanye nezinto zokusebenza ezithunyelwe zivela ku-UN kanye namazwe ahlanganisa i-US ne-Cyprus ziyasiza ekusesheni.
Izingcezu zendiza nenye imfucumfucu bezikhukhuleka ogwini, futhi abezimo eziphuthumayo bakhiphe ucezu lwendiza olukhulu, oluyimitha elilodwa ubude emanzini.
Umhlaziyi wezindiza owazi uphenyo uthe iBeirut air traffic control ibiqondisa indiza yase-Ethiopia phakathi nokuduma kwezulu emizuzwini emithathu yokuqala yokundiza kwayo.
Lesi sikhulu, esicele ukungadalulwa, sithe lena yinqubo ejwayelekile yabaphathi baseLebanon ukusiza izindiza ezisuka esikhumulweni sezindiza esimweni sezulu esingesihle.
Akukacaci kahle ukuthi kwenzekeni emizuzwini emibili yokugcina yendiza, kusho lesi sikhulu.
UPatrick Smith, ongumshayeli wendiza nombhali wezindiza ezinze eMelika, uthe ziningi izinto ezingaba yimbangela yengozi.
'Ukube indiza ihlangabezane nesiyaluyalu esidlulele, noma ishaywe wumbani onamandla owakhipha amathuluzi ngenkathi ingena enyakaza, ukwehluleka kwesakhiwo noma ukulahlekelwa ukulawula, okulandelwa ukuphuka kwendiza, yizimbangela ezingenzeka,' esho.
I-Ethiopian Airlines ithe ngoMsombuluko umshayeli wendiza ube nesipiliyoni seminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20.
Ayizange inikeze igama lomshayeli wendiza noma imininingwane yezinye izindiza umshayeli ayeyindisile.
I-Ethiopian Airlines ithi ibhanoyi elineminyaka eyisishiyagalombili liqashwe ophikweni lwenkampani yase-US exhasa ngezimali i-CIT Group futhi yagcina ukulungiswa ngo-December, 25 ngonyaka odlule.
Ithe indiza, okuwuhlobo lwakamuva lwemodeli yeBoeing edayise kakhulu, yasuka embonini yase-US ngo-2002.
