CARACAS – Indiza yabagibeli baseVenezuela ebinabantu abangu-46 ilahleke okungenzeka ukuthi yaphahlazeka endaweni ekude ezintabeni ngemuva nje kokusuka edolobheni lase-Andean ngaphambi kokuhwalala ngoLwesine, kusho iziphathimandla.
Izakhamuzi zasezintabeni zibike ukuthi zizwe umsindo omkhulu ebezicabanga ukuthi ungahle uphahlazeke ngemuva kokuthi indiza enenjini ezimbili indize isuka edolobheni laseMerida ilibangise enhlokodolobha iCaracas eqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-300, kusho isikhulu seCivil Defense uGerardo Rojas.
"Sinemininingwane mayelana nokuthi yini engase itholwe," kusho isikhulu seNational Civil Defense u-Antonio Rivero, nakuba engezelele ukuthi indiza ibisabhalwe ngokusemthethweni njengelahlekile.
“Asazi ukuthi abagibeli bakusiphi isimo,” usho kanje.
Isebenza inkampani yezindiza yendawo i-Santa Barbara, indiza engu-518 ibikade ingaxhumani nabalawuli bezindiza zezindiza amahora amaningi ngasekupheleni kukaLwesine kanti amathimba okusesha abelibangise endaweni esezintabeni ezimazombezombe lapho bekucatshangwa ukuthi indiza yehle khona.
Amaqembu abatakuli asethuthukile ahambela esigodini saseParamo Mifafi, indawo ebandayo endaweni eneziqongo ezimbozwe yiqhwa ezingafika kumafithi angu-13,000 (amamitha angu-4,000) okuyikhaya lamakhondomu nezindlela zokuhamba izintaba ezenza idume izivakashi ezifika ngojosaka.
Isimo sezulu kanye nokubonakala kwachazwa njengokuhamba phambili ngesikhathi sokundiza yisikhulu esisodwa sokutakula emoyeni. Uthe amaqembu azocinga ngezinyawo kuze kube kukhanya kuqala, lapho kuzobe sekuthunyelwa izindiza ezinophephela emhlane ezimbili.
Isikhulu sezindiza eVenezuela sithe indiza ibithwele abagibeli abangu-43 nabasebenzi abathathu. Uhlu lwabagibeli luhlanganisa nomhlaziyi wezepolitiki owaziwayo waseVenezuela kanye nezihlobo zesikhulu sikahulumeni, kusho iziphathimandla.
Amalungu omndeni ayelinde abathandekayo bawo ukuba bafike eCaracas athola usizo ochwepheshe bezengqondo bombuso ukuze babhekane nokukhathazeka.
Inhloko yeSanta Barbara, inkampani yezindiza encane yaseVenezuela ehlanganisa imizila yasekhaya futhi enezindiza eziyisikhombisa zeMerida ngosuku, ithe le ndiza eneminyaka elinganiselwa kwengama-20 ibinakekelwa kahle futhi ibingenarekhodi lezinkinga zobuchwepheshe.
Umshayeli wendiza wayesebenze nenkampani yezindiza iminyaka engu-XNUMX futhi wathola ukuqeqeshwa okukhethekile kokuhamba ngezindiza e-Andes. UMengameli waseSanta Barbara uJorge Alvarez utshele isiteshi sikamabonakude iGlobovision.
"Kufanele ngikholwe ukuthi umshayeli wendiza ubenekhono futhi eyifanele kahle" indiza, esho.
Ushicilelo lwakuqala lwamaphephandaba amaningi aseVenezuela lufafaze izindaba zendiza elahlekile emakhasini awo okuqala, kanti ezinye izakhamuzi zasemaphandleni zithi zibona indiza iphahlazeka.
Indiza bekuyi-ATR 42-300, okuyindiza eyi-turboprop eyakhiwe inkampani yaseFrance-Italy i-ATR, kusho isikhulu sezindiza esitatimendeni.
I-ATR 42 series ihileleke okungenani ezingozini ezingu-17 kusukela indiza yaqala ukundiza ngo-1984, ngokusho kwe-Aviation Safety Network, i-ejensi ezimele eqapha ukuphepha emoyeni.
NgoLwesine bekuyisigameko sesibili esibucayi esibandakanya indiza yaseVenezuela eVenezuela kulo nyaka ngemuva kokuba indiza ebithwele abantu abangu-14, okuhlanganisa namaNtaliyane ayisishiyagalombili noyedwa umgibeli waseSwitzerland, iphahlazeke olwandle eduze neziqhingi zaseVenezuela ngoJanuwari.
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