Usuku lwesibili lwesiteleka esibhekene nenkampani yezindiza ePakistan, iPakistan International Airlines, luphele ngoLwesithathu lapho amaphoyisa ekhokhisa ababhikishi nabagibeli abathukuthele eJinnah International Airport eKarachi, kusho uPervez George, oyisikhulu seCivil Aviation Authority yasePakistan.
UGeorge uthe idlanzana labantu lishaywe ngesikhathi amaphoyisa ezama ukususa lesi sikhumulo nokulungisa isimo.
Lesi siteleka sibizwe ngoLwesibili ngemuva kokuthi izingxoxo ezithathe inyanga yonke phakathi kwenkampani yezindiza nezinyunyana ezimele abashayeli bamabhanoyi kanye nabasebenzi zigcine zingaphumelelanga.
I-PIA imise cishe izindiza eziya kwamanye amazwe nezasekhaya ezicishe zibe ngu-60 zishiye izinkulungwane zabagibeli abakhungathekile esikhumulweni sezindiza iJinnah kanye naseBenazir Bhutto International Airport e-Islamabad. Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Islamabad besivaliwe kubagibeli nabasebenzi be-PIA namaphoyisa abeqaphe zonke izindawo zokungena neziphumayo.
Abasebenzi be-PIA babize isiteleka befuna abaphathi babuyisele abashayeli bezindiza abahlanu abaxoshiwe, ukuthi uMqondisi Ophethe u-Pia Aijaz Haroon asule, kanye nokuthi kuhoxiswe isivumelwano esihlongozwayo sokwabelana ngekhodi neTurkish Airlines.
USuhail Baluch, umongameli wePakistan Airlines Pilots Association kanye nenhloko yekomiti elihlangene elimele bonke abasebenzi bezindiza, uthe "isivumelwano sokwabelana ngekhodi ehlongozwayo, okusadingeka sigunyazwe nguhulumeni nabalawuli, sizokwenza i-PIA ibe yinkampani yezindiza yesifunda njengoba aphikisana nezamazwe ngamazwe futhi alahle imizila yamazwe ngamazwe enenzuzo.”
Ngaphezu kwalokho, isivumelwano sokwabelana ngekhodi sizonciphisa inani labasebenzi ngoba izindiza zizosebenzisa i-Istanbul noma i-Ankara njengendawo yazo futhi zisebenzise abasebenzi baseTurkey Airlines ukundizisa abagibeli baye ezindaweni eziya kwamanye amazwe njengamanje ezihlinzekwa yi-PIA, esho.
U-Haroon uqokwe njengomqondisi ophethe wePakistan International Airlines eminyakeni emibili edlule. Kusukela lapho, ubelokhu egxekwa ngamahlazo enkohlakalo nokuthi inkampani yezindiza ingena ezikweletini ezinkulu.
Ngokuka-Baluch, “Lesi ngesinye isibonelo senkohlakalo ka-Haroon, sinabasebenzi namandla futhi sesineminyaka engama-50 sindiza ngendiza. Angazi ukuthi siyini isizathu sokwabelana ngekhodi.”
Ikomidi elihlangene lenyunyana lindizele e-Islamabad ngoLwesithathu ukuyoxoxisana noNgqongqoshe Wenhlangano uKhurshid Shah, owengamele inkampani yezindiza.
Nokho, akuzange kufinyelelwe esivumelwaneni. UShah uvumelene nezimbili zezimfuno zenyunyana kodwa wenqaba ukucabanga ngokususa u-Haroon njengomqondisi ophethe we-PIA, kusho inyunyana.
Abagadli bafunge bagomela ukuthi bazoqhubeka nokuteleka baze bafinyelele esiphethweni kukhishwe nomphathi. “Simemezele namuhla ukuthi kuze kube bayamxosha uHaroon isiteleka sizoqhubeka,” kusho uBaluch.
Okhulumela izindiza uMashdood Tajwar wenqabile ukuphawula ngalesi simo.
