ISouthwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) ithe ekuseni namhlanje isebenza neNational Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ukuthola imbangela yomcimbi wokucindezeleka ngesikhathi sendiza iPhoenix-Sacramento ngoLwesihlanu ephambukisele eYuma, e-Ariz., ukufika okuphuthumayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkampani yenethiwekhi inqume ukugcina ingxenye yendiza yayo i-Boeing 737 iphume ohlelweni lokundiza ukuze iqale umzamo wokuhlola onamandla ngokubambisana nonjiniyela be-Boeing.
“Ukuphepha kwamakhasimende ethu kanye nabasebenzi yikona esikukhathaza kakhulu, futhi sibonga ukuthi abekho abantu abalimele kabi,” kusho uMike Van de Ven, iphini likamongameli omkhulu waseNingizimu-ntshonalanga kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu. "Sethule abasebenzi e-Yuma ukuze baqale uphenyo ne-NTSB, FAA, kanye nezinhlaka ezifanele ukuze kutholwe imbangela yokudangala."
Bekunabagibeli abangu-118 esikebheni kanye nabasebenzi abahlanu abazinze ePhoenix abebeku-Flight 812. Imibiko yokuqala iveze ukuthi indiza ilahlekelwe wumfutho kwafakwa nezifihla-buso zomoya-mpilo. Ngemuva kokuthi indiza ifike ngokuphepha e-Yuma, abasebenzi baqinisekise imbobo phezulu endizeni, cishe phakathi nendawo. Omunye osebenza endizeni ulashelwe endaweni yesigameko ngenxa yokulimala okuncane, kanye nomgibeli oyedwa. Akukho kulimala obekudinga ukuthuthwa ukuyiswa esibhedlela. Inkampani ihlelele indiza yaseSouthwest Airlines ezothwala Amakhasimende esuka eYuma aya eSacramento izolo ebusuku.
INingizimu-ntshonalanga isebenzisana ne-Boeing ohlelweni lokuhlola indiza ye-Boeing 81 ethintekile engu-737 emkhunjini, embozwe isethi ye-Federal Aviation Administration Airworthiness Directives okuhloswe ngayo ukuhlola ukukhathala kwesikhumba sendiza. Lezi zindiza zizohlolwa phakathi nezinsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo.
INingizimu-ntshonalanga isebenza kanzima ukuze kuncishiswe ukuphazamiseka Kwekhasimende. Amakhasimende akhuthazwa ukuthi ahlole isimo sendiza ku-www.souwest.com ngaphambi kokuya esikhumulweni sezindiza, futhi noma yimaphi Amakhasimende aphazamisekile azohlaliswa kabusha.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Southwest is working with Boeing on an inspection regimen for the 81 affected Boeing 737 aircraft in the fleet, which are covered by a set of Federal Aviation Administration Airworthiness Directives aimed at inspections for aircraft skin fatigue.
- Further, the carrier has decided to keep a subset of its Boeing 737 fleet out of the flying schedule to begin an aggressive inspection effort in cooperation with Boeing engineers.
- LUV) said early this morning it is working with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to determine the cause of a depressurization event during a Phoenix-Sacramento flight on Friday that diverted to Yuma, Ariz.
