I-Uganda Airlines ithathe unikezelo lokuqala lwe-2 entsha kraca Airbus A330-800 Neo. Inqwelo moya yenqanawa ebanjwe nguKapteni uMichael Etyang yehla kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Entebbbe nge-22 kaDisemba ngo-2020, ngo-10: 30 ekuseni ukuya kukhahlela amanzi.
Ukufumana inqwelomoya yayingu-Mongameli u-Uganda u-J. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni owayelumkisa i-airline ngokuchasene norhwaphilizo.
Ngaphambi kwalo msitho, wathumela umyalezo wokuvuyisana naye esithi: “Siyavuyisana! Ii-Airlines zaseUganda ezihlaziyiweyo ziya kuxhasa ukukhula koqoqosho ngokuququzelela ezothutho nezokhenketho. Iya kuba yinto enkulu xa abantu baseUganda bachitha inkcitho ngonyaka kuhambo lwethu. ”
Abathunywa babekhokelwa ngu-Mphathiswa Wezemisebenzi, u-General Katumba Wamala, kunye namagosa asuka e-Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, e-Uganda Airlines, kunye ne-Ofisi yoMphathiswa Wezimali abashiya i-Toulouse, e-France, ukuba bamkele ngokusemthethweni inqwelomoya.
Ukuthethelela olo hambo, uWamala ucacise ukuba iqela lezobuchwephesha lihambe kwangoko ukuphanda zonke iinkcukacha kunye nokujonga incwadi kunye nenqwelomoya ngokwasemzimbeni. Yiloo nto abaphathiswa namasebe bahamba kuyo kuvavanyo lwaphambi kokuhanjiswa ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba yintoni esencwadini yemigaqo yenqwelomoya.
“Ndiziva ndinekratshi. Ayisiyiyo kuphela ukufumana iasethi yolu hlobo kodwa abafana abasemva kwe-cockpit ngabantu baseUganda. Ukusekwa kweenqwelo moya, saqaphela ukuba sinabantu abaninzi baseUganda abaneziqinisekiso ezininzi ezisasazeke kuyo yonke indawo ababenika iinkonzo kwabanye abantu. Kutheni unganiki ezi nkonzo kubantu baseUganda? Ndonwabe kakhulu, ”utshilo.
UCornwell Mulewa, umphathi we-Uganda Airlines owayekwelo gqiza, uphawule wathi: “Olu lusuku lwembali kwimbali ye-Uganda Airlines. Sonwabile ngokuhanjiswa kwe-A330 neo entsha eqinisa amandla ethu kwezithuthi kwaye yazisa ngemigangatho yeenkonzo ezinqwenelekayo kwimisebenzi yokuhamba ixesha elide. ”
Ingxelo yakutshanje ye-airbus kwiwebhusayithi yabo ithi esi sizukulwana se-airbus sithathwa njengeyona nqwelo moya ifanelekileyo yokusebenza njengenxalenye yokubuyiswa kwe-COVID-19.
Inqwelomoya entsha yongeza Iinqanawa zangaphambili ze-4 CRJ 900 eyokuqala eyaziswa ngo-Epreli 2019. I-Airbus yesibini A330-800 neo kulindeleke ngoJanuwari 2021.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Justifying the trip, Wamala explained that a technical team had traveled earlier to investigate all the details as well as check the manual and the aircraft physically.
- Ingxelo yakutshanje ye-airbus kwiwebhusayithi yabo ithi esi sizukulwana se-airbus sithathwa njengeyona nqwelo moya ifanelekileyo yokusebenza njengenxalenye yokubuyiswa kwe-COVID-19.
- This is what ministries and departments go through in pre-delivery inspection to confirm what is on the manual is the actual aircraft.
