Izinkontileka zokuthengwa kwezindiza ezinezinkinga ze-Boeing 737 MAX zimiswe unomphela yizinkampani eziningi zezindiza zaseRussia, ngokusho kuka-Vladimir Afonsky, ilungu leKomidi Lezokuthutha Nokwakha laseRussia State Duma (Iphalamende).
Utshele i-TASS, ebhekise kuPhini likaNgqongqoshe wezokuThutha u-Aleksandr Yurchik, ukuthi lezi kwakuyizinkontileka zokuhlinzekwa kwezindiza ezimbalwa e-UTair, Ural Airlines, Pobeda Airlines kanye ne-S7.
Ukumiswa okungapheli kuzoqhubeka "kuze kube yilapho izimo zalesi simo zitholakala [izingozi ezimbili zakamuva zezindiza i-Boeing 737 MAX]," kusho u-Afonsky.
I-Ural Airlines yayi-ode izindiza eziyi-14 MAX ezivela eBoeing, kanti indiza yokuqala kulindeleke ukuthi ifike ngo-Okthoba. I-Pobeda Airlines (ingxenye ye-Aeroflot Group) yayihlela ukuthenga izindiza ezingu-30. Ayikakasivali isivumelwano esiqinile kodwa isivele isiyikhokhe kusengaphambili indiza.
Isikhulu se-Aeroflot u-Vitaly Savelyev uthe phambilini inkampani ingenqaba ukusebenzisa izindiza ezingamashumi amabili ze-MAX ezi-odelwe i-Pobeda.
Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, izindiza ze-Boeing 737 MAX zamiswa emhlabeni wonke ngemuva kwezingozi ezimbili ezifanayo ezihlukene ngezinyanga ezimbalwa. Ngo-Okthoba odlule, indiza iLion Air yaphahlazeka e-Indonesia, kwashona bonke abantu abangu-189 ababekuyo. NgoMashi 10, enye ingozi yabulala abantu abangu-157 e-Ethiopia.
