Indiza yabagibeli yesifunda ifike yahlala ngokuphuthumayo esikhumulweni sezindiza iSydney ngemuva kokuthi uphephela kubikwe ukuthi iwe ngesikhathi isondela.
Indiza ye-Regional Express esuka e-Albury iya eSydney - ethwele abagibeli abangu-16 nabasebenzi abathathu - ishaye ucingo ngoLwesihlanu ntambama lapho iqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-20 ukusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza.
Abasebenzi be-Saab 340 bathi uhlaka lophephela "luchithiwe", okhulumela iCivil Aviation Safety Authority uPeter Gibson utshele i-AAP, kanti izithombe zendiza iphansi zikhombisa ukuthi uphephela ofanele uwile ngokuphelele.
Indiza ye-Rex yehlele okuphuthumayo cishe ngo-12.05pm ngoLwesihlanu ngemuva kokuthi ilahlekelwe uphephela cishe ngamamitha ayi-6,000.
Isikhumulo sezindiza iSydney kanye neRex Airlines bobabili bakuqinisekisile ukuthi indiza yahlala ngokuphepha naphezu kophephela ohlulekile.
Okhulumela iRex Airlines uthe ngenhlanhla abekho abantu abalimele ngenxa yokufika kwendiza okuphuthumayo.
Okhulumela inkampani yezindiza ukuqinisekisile ukuthi indiza ibe nezinkinga ngophephela bayo, kodwa imbangela yokwehluleka kwendiza bekungakacaci.
Uthe inkampani yezindiza iyaphenya futhi izoba nolwazi oluthe xaxa uma isitholakala.
I-Australian Transport Safety Bureau yabela abaphenyi abathathu kuleli cala, kubika i-ABC.
Ngophenyo, bathemba ukuthi bazothola ukuthi ngabe kukhona yini iphutha kuzo zonke izindiza ze-SAAB 340B noma bekuyindiza eyodwa nje.
Uphephela owalahleka emoyeni awukatholakali kodwa abaphenyi bathi uzoba yingxenye ebalulekile ophenyweni.
