MOSCOW – Izwe laseRussia ngeSonto liyalele bonke abathwali bezwe ukuthi bamise izindiza i-Tu-154B kuze kutholakale imbangela yokuqhuma kwendiza yabagibeli ngoMgqibelo.
Umkhulumeli wale nhlangano, uSergei Romanchev, uthe izinkampani zezindiza kumele zithobele lo myalelo. Isikhungo sezindaba sikahulumeni i-RIA Novosti sithe kukhona ama-Tu-14B angu-154 asebenzayo eRussia.
I-Tu-154B iwuhlobo olulodwa lwemodeli ye-Tu-154, ebilokhu isebenza kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-1970 futhi ibisetshenziswa kabanzi ezindizeni zangaphakathi zaseRussia nakwamanye amazwe, okuhlanganisa i-Iran namarephabhuliki angaphambili aseSoviet.
I-Associated Press ibika ukuthi akukatholakali imbangela yomlilo wangoMgqibelo, obulale abathathu kwalimala abangu-3. Umlilo uqale ngesikhathi indiza ebithwele abantu abangu-43 itekisi izosuka esikhumulweni sezindiza eSurgut entshonalanga yeSiberia, cishe amakhilomitha angu-124 (2,100 miles) empumalanga yeMoscow. Abagibeli abebethukile bangene egunjini eligcwele intuthu futhi iningi lakwazi ukubaleka ngaphambi kokuqhuma.
Abaphenyi bathole amarekhodi endiza yendiza base bethatha amasampula kaphethiloli namadokhumenti enkampanini yezindiza yesifunda, i-Kogalymavia, esebenzise le ndiza.
Ngokusho kwe-AP, iTu-154, efana ne-Boeing 727, inezinjini ezintathu ezibekwe ngemuva kwendiza. Indiza ephakathi nendawo iphawuleka ngekhono layo lokusebenza ezinkundleni zezindiza ezingagandayiwe. Kodwa-ke, imithethonqubo yomsindo yagcina ivimbe amaTu-154s ekundizeni amaningi aseYurophu. Umthwali wefulegi laseRussia i-Aeroflot wayikhipha indiza ngoDisemba 2009.
Kube nezigameko ezibulalayo ezingaphezu kuka-30 ezibandakanya ama-Tu-154 emlandweni wawo omude, kodwa eziningi zazo zidalulwe iphutha lomshayeli wendiza, ukulungiswa okungalungile noma ukusebenza ngokunganaki.
NgoZibandlela, iTu-154 esetshenziswa yiRussian Dagestan Airlines, yahlala ngokuphuthumayo eMoscow ngemuva kokuthi izinjini zayo ezimbili kwezintathu zingasebenzi. Injini yesithathu yanqamuka ngaphambi nje kokuba ihlale futhi indiza yashibilika emzileni wezindiza owawuneqhwa e-Domodedovo Airport, kwashona abantu ababili.
NangeSonto, i-Kogalymavia imemezele ukuthi izokhokhela abagibeli abathintekile engozini yangoMgqibelo ama-ruble angu-20,000 650 ($XNUMX) umuntu ngamunye njengesinxephezelo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- I-Tu-154B iwuhlobo olulodwa lwemodeli ye-Tu-154, ebilokhu isebenza kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-1970 futhi ibisetshenziswa kabanzi ezindizeni zangaphakathi zaseRussia nakwamanye amazwe, okuhlanganisa i-Iran namarephabhuliki angaphambili aseSoviet.
- The fire began as the plane carrying 124 people taxied for takeoff at the airport in Surgut in western Siberia, about 2,100 kilometers (1,350 miles) east of Moscow.
- The third engine cut out just before the landing and the plane skidded off the snowy runway at Domodedovo Airport, killing two people.
