Ama-ejenti wokuhamba afaka isihlungi sosesho esivumela izivakashi ukuthi zivimbe iBoeing 737 MAX emibuzweni yazo

Ama-ejensi ezivakashi namawebhusayithi ezokuvakasha aseqalile ukulungisa izinketho zokusesha ezivumela amakhasimende azo ukuthi akhethe uhlobo lwendiza endizela kulo phakathi kwezinkinga zokuphepha ezingozini ezimbili ezibulalayo ezihilela izindiza ze-Boeing ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula.

I-Kayak, i-aggregator yemali yokugibela kanye nenjini ye-travel metasearch esetshenziswa yi-Booking Holdings, isibe yisevisi yokuqala yokuvakasha yokumemezela izinhlelo zokushintsha izihlungi zokusesha ukuze avumele amakhasimende awo ukuthi avimbe amamodeli angathandwayo ezindiza emibuzweni yawo. Lesi sinyathelo kubikwa ukuthi sithathwe phakathi kokukhathazeka okukhulayo ngabahambi ngokusebenzisa izinkundla zokuxhumana.

"Sisanda kuthola impendulo yokwenza izihlungi ze-Kayak zibe yimbudumbudu ukuze singafaki izinhlobo ezithile zezindiza emibuzweni yosesho," kusho umkhulumeli wewebhusayithi.

"Sikhipha lesi sithuthukisi kuleli sonto futhi sizibophezele ekunikezeni amakhasimende ethu lonke ulwazi aludingayo ukuze ahambe ngokuzethemba," kwengeza inkampani.

Isiyaluyalu phakathi kwabahambi sidalwe ukuphahlazeka kwakamuva kwendiza entsha yakwa-Boeing e-Ethiopia, okuphoqe abalawuli bezindiza emhlabeni wonke ukuthi bawise izindiza ze-Boeing 737 MAX 8.

Phakathi nenqwaba yokukhanselwa kwendiza, abathwali bezindiza kwadingeka babhekane nokwesaba kwamakhasimende abo. Umenzeli wezokuvakasha waseNorway uBerg-Hansen utshele abeReuters ukuthi iningi lamakhasimende ayo akhathazekile ngokuthi izindiza zabo zisahlelelwe ukundiza kanye nesidingo sokuphinda babhukhe uma kunjalo.

“Sikhuphule abasebenzi bethu kusukela izolo ebusuku, ebusuku namanje. Kuyamangaza ukuthi sinezingcingo ezincane kunalokho ebesikulindele, nakuba zingaphezu kokujwayelekile. Sibe nezingcingo ezingaba ngu-100 kusukela phakathi kwamabili kuya ku-7am namhlanje ekuseni futhi zilokhu zifika,” kusho isikhulu esiphezulu seBerg-Hansen uPer-Arne Villadsen.

Inkampani edayisa kakhulu iBoeing iphahlazeke ngeSonto budebuduze nenhlokodolobha yase-Ethiopia, i-Addis Ababa, ngemva kwemizuzu eyisithupha isuka endleleni eya eNairobi, eKenya. Le nhlekelele, ebulale abantu abangu-157, iphawule okwesibili ukuphahlazeka kwendiza efanayo esikhathini esingaphansi kwezinyanga ezinhlanu. Ngo-Okthoba, i-Boeing 737 MAX 8 esetshenziswa yi-Lion Air yase-Indonesia yaphahlazeka oLwandle lwaseJava ngemva nje kokusuka, kwashona abantu abangu-189.