Umshayeli wendiza waseMelika ubhekene nejele ngenxa yokudakwa ngokomthetho

Umshayeli wendiza yaseMelika uzilungiselele ukushayela indiza ephuma esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Heathrow ngesikhathi eseqa umkhawulo osemthethweni wokuphuza utshwala, kulalele inkantolo.

U-Erwin Vermont Washington, 51, waseLakewood, eColorado, ubekade ezoba ukapteni wendiza yasemini elibangise eChicago enabagibeli abangu-124 kanye nabasebenzi abangu-11 ngesikhathi abasebenzi bemnukela utshwala.

Kubizwe amaphoyisa wabe esehosha umoya emehlweni abagibeli be-Boeing 767, ngaphambi kokuthi akhishwe endizeni.

Urekhode ukufundwa kwama-micrograms angama-31 otshwala ngamamililitha ayi-100 okuphefumula uma kuqhathaniswa nomkhawulo osemthethweni wama-microgram ayisishiyagalolunye.

Izinga lotshwala egazini lakhe lalingamamiligremu angu-50 otshwala ku-100ml wegazi - okulingana nengxenye yephayinti nje likabhiya onamandla ajwayelekile.

Umkhawulo osemthethweni wabasebenzi bendiza ngama-milligrams angu-20 - ingxenye yesine yaleyo yabashayeli bezimoto.

UWashington, owasebenza njengesibhamu e-US Air Force ngaphambi kokuba umshayeli wendiza yezohwebo, walivuma icala eNkantolo yeMantshi yase-Uxbridge lokuba ngaphezu komkhawulo wotshwala ngokushayela indiza ngoNovemba 9 ngonyaka odlule.

Manje ubhekene neminyaka emibili ebhadla ejele futhi angase engezwe nenhlawulo.

Indiza iBoeing 767 eya eChicago “kwakuseduze” lapho amaphoyisa efika, izimantshi zalalela.

UKevin Christie, umshushisi, uthe amaphoyisa amabili abizelwe endizeni enze ukuhlolwa kokuphefumula okuklanyelwe abasebenzi bezindiza, wahluleka.

“Ekuphetheni kokuhlolwa igama elithi ‘fail’ lavezwa esikrinini somshini,” kusho uMnu Christie.

"UMnu Washington uboshiwe njengoba kukholakala ukuthi wayebike emsebenzini futhi wayehlose ukushayela indiza njengokaputeni."

Lapho etshelwa ngokuboshwa kwakhe ngemva kokukhishwa endizeni, uMnu Christie wathi, wavele waphendula: “Kulungile, kulungile.”

Indiza yabe isihoxisiwe futhi abagibeli badluliselwa kwezinye izindiza ngaphandle kokutshelwa isizathu sokuphazamiseka.

I-United Airline kulindeleke ukuthi yenze isinqumo ngekusasa lakhe nenkampani yezindiza ngemuva kokugwetshwa kwakhe, e-Isleworth Crown Court ngoFebhuwari 5.

"Ukuphepha yinto ehamba phambili futhi umshayeli wendiza ususiwe ngesikhathi kuqhubeka icala nophenyo lwethu," kusho umkhulumeli.

Amaphoyisa anqabile ukudalula ukuthi kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi iWashington ibe ngaphezu komkhawulo - noma ngabe ukuphuza ngobusuku bangaphambi kwalokhu noma ekuseni ngaphambi kwendiza, futhi akazange aphawule njengoba ephuma enkantolo izolo.

UChris Humphreys, ezivikela, uthe ikhasimende lakhe "lizisola ngemicimbi".

Uthe umthetho omayelana nabasebenzi bezindiza mayelana nomkhawulo osemthethweni wokundiza ususetshenziswe izikhathi eziyisikhombisa kuphela kusukela wethulwa ngokomthetho iRailway and Transport Act 2003.

"Ngiyabonga, ambalwa kakhulu amacala alolu hlobo," esho.

Kwesinye isigameko esifana nalesi, umshayeli wendiza ye-American Airlines uJoseph Crites, 57, usole ubhiya wangaphandle oqinile ayewuphuze ngobusuku bangaphambi kokuba andize ngokuba ngaphezu komkhawulo.

UWashington udedelwe ngebheyili engenamibandela.