SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Indiza yangasese iphahlazeke endaweni esenyakatho ye-Indiana ngeSonto, yashiya abantu abaningi beshonile ngemuva kokushayisa imizi emithathu, yalala kwenye yazo, kusho iziphathimandla kanye nofakazi.
Ngokusho kwe-AP, i-twin-jet ye-Beechcraft Premier I isuke e-Tulsa, e-Okla.'s Riverside Airport yaphahlazeka ngase-South Bend Regional Airport, kusho okhulumela i-Federal Aviation Administration u-Roland Herwig e-Oklahoma City.
"Izidumbu ziqinisekisiwe endaweni yesigameko," kusho iPhini likaSt. Joseph County Coroner uMichael O'Connell. Angeke asho ukuthi bangaki abantu abashonile.
Indiza ibhaliswe kwa-7700 Enterprises of Montana LLC e-Helena, Mont. Le nkampani ngeye-Wes Caves futhi yenza ibhizinisi njenge-DigiCut Systems e-Tulsa, e-Okla. Yenza ifilimu yewindi nembondela yopende yezimoto. UHerwig uthe akazi ukuthi bangaki abantu abebegibele indiza.
Owesifazane ozibiza ngomkaCaves waphendula ucingo emzini wabo ngeSonto wathi, “Ngicabanga ukuthi ushonile,” ngaphambi kokuvala ucingo.
ESouth Bend, u-Assistant Fire Chief John Corthier uthe abanye abantu abalimele baphuthunyiswe esibhedlela, kodwa akazi ukuthi bangaki nokuthi banjani impilo yabo.
Ukuba khona kukaphethiloli wendiza endizeni kwenza isimo “siyingozi kakhulu,” kusho uCorthier. Indiza yayingene endlini.
"Kusewumsebenzi wokuhlenga," kusho uCorthier cishe amahora amathathu ngemuva kwengozi. Ebhekise kwenye yezindlu ezilimele, uthe, “Ngenxa yokuwa kwendlu yisimo esiyingozi kakhulu. Kufanele silungise indlu ngaphambi kokuthi singene endlini. ”
I-Associated Press ibika ukuthi ingxenye yendawo eseningizimu-ntshonalanga yesikhumulo sezindiza ikhishiwe. Amabhasi abethutha abantu abangaba ngu-200 ebayisa endaweni eseduze, kusho ivolontiya leRed Cross uJackie Lincoln.
UMike Daigle, umqondisi omkhulu we-St. Joseph County Airport Authority, uthe indiza izame ukuhlala, yaphindela emuva yabheka eningizimu ukuze izame enye indawo yokuhlala, kodwa ngemva kwemizuzu eyisishiyagalombili isikhumulo sezindiza sathola ukuthi indiza ayisahambi.
"Kube khona inkomba yenkinga yemishini," kusho uHerwig.
UStan Klaybor, ohlala ngaphesheya komgwaqo endaweni yesigameko, uthe indiza igeze uphahla lwendlu eyodwa, yalimala kakhulu umzuzwana, yaze yalala eduze kweyesithathu. Omakhelwane bebengazi noma owesifazane ohlala endlini eyonakele kakhulu ubesekhaya yini ngaleso sikhathi, kanti nomfana omncane endlini yesithathu ubengabonakalanga elimele kakhulu, kusho uKlaybor.
“Umfanyana wakhe ubesekhishini wabe esehlaselwa lapha,” kusho uKlaybor, ekhomba isiphongo sakhe.
Umkakhe, uMary Jane, uhlale ebuka izindiza zisondela esikhumulweni sezindiza.
“Bengilunguza ngefasitela lesithombe sami. Indiza iyeza, bese ngiyahamba, 'Yima kancane,' bese ngiyahamba," kusho yena.
“Lona ubeza ngqo emzini wami. Ngaya, 'Huh?' kwase kuba nokuphahlazeka okukhulu, futhi wonke ama-insulation ahamba phezulu,” kusho yena.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Neighbors did not know if a woman living in the most heavily damaged house was home at the time, and a young boy in the third house did not appear to be seriously injured, Klaybor said.
- Stan Klaybor, who lives across the street from the crash scene, said the jet clipped the top of one house, heavily damaged a second, and finally came to rest against a third.
- Referring to one of the damaged houses, he said, “Because of the collapse in the house it’s a very dangerous situation.
