WASHINGTON - Abashayeli bezindiza baseNorthwest Airlines abadubule iMinneapolis ngamamayela ayi-150 bafake izicelo zokuhoxiswa kwamalayisensi abo kubhodi leNational Transportation Safety Board.
Izikhalazo zifakwe ngasekupheleni kukaLwesithathu, kusho okhulumela ibhodi uTed Lopatkiewicz. Uthe izikhalo zivame ukulalelwa yijaji lomthetho wezokuphatha nebhodi zingakapheli izinsuku eziyi-120.
I-Federal Aviation Administration ihoxise amalayisense kaKapteni Timothy Cheney wase-Gig Harbor, eWashington, kanye ne-First Officer u-Richard Cole wase-Salem, e-Oregon, ngesonto eledlule. Lesi sikhungo sithe abashayeli bezindiza babeka abagibeli abangu-144 be-Northwest Flight 188 engozini enkulu ngo-Okthoba 21 ngesikhathi behluleka ukuxhumana nanoma ubani phansi imizuzu engu-91 naphezu kwemizamo ephindaphindiwe yabalawuli bezindiza kanye nenkampani yabo yezindiza ukubafinyelela.
UCheney noCole batshele abaphenyi ukuthi balahlekelwe isikhathi nendawo ngenkathi besebenza ukuhlela iqembu kumalaptop abo. Bathe bebengasiboni isimo sabo kwaze kwaba yilapho umuntu osebenza endizeni ebathinta nge-intercom ebabuza ukuthi izofika nini indiza. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Airbus A320 yayisingaphezu kweWisconsin ngamamitha angama-37,000. Abashayeli bezindiza bajikisa indiza base behlala ngokuphepha eMinneapolis.
Abameli babashayeli bezindiza banqabile ukuphawula.
Lesi sigameko siphakamise ukukhathazeka kwezokuphepha kuzwelonke. Izikhulu eziphezulu ze-White House zaziswe yigumbi le-White House ngesikhathi sesigameko. Izindiza zokulwa ezindaweni ezimbili zazikude nesikhashana ukuthi zisuke ukuze zilandelele indiza elahlekile lapho ukuxhumana kusungulwa kabusha.
USen. Robert Menendez, DN.J., wethule umthethosivivinywa ngoLwesine wokuvimbela izinto zikagesi ezingabalulekile, okuhlanganisa namalaptop omuntu siqu, endaweni yabashayeli.
"Sifuna nje ukuqinisekisa ukuthi, ngazo zonke iziphazamiso ze-elekthronikhi ezikhona kulezi zinsuku, ukushayela indiza kuhlala kuwukuphela kokugxila," kusho uMendez esitatimendeni.
Umqondisi we-FAA u-Randy Babbitt uthe ngoLwesithathu isigameko saseNyakatho-ntshonalanga siwumphumela wokuwohloka kobuchwepheshe phakathi kwabashayeli bezindiza zezindiza.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kuwuphawu lwenkinga enkulu kakhulu," kusho u-Babbitt enkulumweni yakhe neqembu lezindiza. “Angikwazi ukulawula ubungcweti. Kukho konke esikwaziyo ngezinto ezithinta abantu, basekhona abangayinaki imithetho yokuphepha ye-commonsense.”
