I-Ethiopian Airlines ithe sekuseduze kakhulu ukuthi ikhiphe noma yikuphi okungase kube nokucekela phansi njengembangela yengozi yeBoeing Co. 737 eyashona abantu abangu-90 ogwini lwaseLebanon ngenyanga edlule.
"Uphenyo lusaqala," kusho inkampani yenethiwekhi esitatimendeni esisengosini yayo izolo. Inkampani yezindiza "ayizikhiphi zonke izimbangela ezingase zibe khona okuhlanganisa nokucekela phansi okungenzeka kuze kube kwaziwa umphumela wokugcina wophenyo."
Indiza engu-ET409, eyayilibangise e-Addis Ababa, e-Ethiopia, ayizange ixhumane nabalawuli bezindiza ngenxa yesimo sezulu esibi esivunguvungu emizuzwini embalwa ngemva kokusuka e-Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport ngo-Jan. 25. Abekho abasindile abatholakele.
AbakwaReuters babike ngoFebhuwari 9 ukuthi iphutha lomshayeli lidale ingozi, licaphuna umuntu ongaziwa ojwayelene nophenyo. UNgqongqoshe Wezolwazi waseLebanon uTariq Mitri uthe ngalo lolo suku imbangela ibingakaqinisekiswa.
Abasebenzi bokusesha bathole isiqophi esisodwa sebhokisi elimnyama ngoFebhuwari 7 esithunyelwe e-France ukuze siphenywe. Kutholwe ibhokisi lesibili elimnyama izolo. Amabhokisi amnyama aqopha ukuxhumana komshayeli nedatha yobuchwepheshe efana nokuphakama kwendiza, isivinini kanye nendlela elandelana ngayo, engasiza abaphenyi babone isizathu sokuphahlazeka.
UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela eLebanon u-Elias Murr uthe "isimo sezulu" yisona esingaba yimbangela yesigameko, kanti izazi zezulu kwa-AccuWeather.com zithi kukholakala ukuthi umbani ushaye indlela yendiza ngesikhathi isuka. UMengameli waseLebanon uMichel Suleiman uthe abukho ubufakazi bobushokobezi ngosuku lwengozi.
Le ngozi bekungeyokuqala ebandakanya i-Ethiopian Airlines kusukela ngo-1988, ngaphandle kokudunwa kwendiza okwabulala abantu abaningi ngo-1996, ngokusho kwemininingwane evela kumeluleki wezindiza i-Ascend, futhi kwakuyingozi yesine ehlanganisa isizukulwane esisha i-737, eyethulwa eminyakeni engu-12 edlule.
