- “Indawo yomoya e-Afghanistan ibhengeziwe ivaliwe, ngoko ke akukho nqwelo moya inokusebenza apho. Inqwelomoya ebalekele eKabul nayo ayinakuhamba, ”utshilo isithethi seAir India.
- Izolo, inqwelomoya iAir India Flight 243 isuka eDelhi isiya eKabul ngo-8: 50 ekuseni ixesha lase-India lalibambezeleka kancinci xa lishiya abakhweli abangama-40 base-Afghan kwi-Airbus A320.
- Yiyure-2, inqwelo moya yemizuzu emi-5 ukuya eAfghanistan engummelwane. Emva kokuwela umda kwi-AI 243 nge-15 ka-Agasti kwaye indlela ekulindeleke ukuba iqale, inqwelomoya ye-Air India yayalelwa ukuba ibambe kwaye ijikeleze kwi-16,000 yeenyawo ukuphakama eminye imizuzu engama-90 ngaphambi kokuba ivunyelwe ukuba iwele.
Ukufika ngamanye amaxesha kunokulibaziseka ngenxa yokunxibelelana komoya okungafanelekanga kwindawo yomoya eAfghanistan.
Njengoko amaIndiya ayebhiyozela uSuku lwe-Independence ngeCawa, nge-15 ka-Agasti, iTaliban yayinjalo ukudala isiphithiphithi kunye noloyiko ekuthatheni iKabul, ikomkhulu lase-Afghanistan.
Abantu baseKabul basala benoloyiko njengoko iindaba zaqengqayo zathi iTaliban yayijikeleze isixeko ngalo mini. Urhulumente wase-Afghanistan wayebaleka ilizwe, kwaye isixeko ngokwaso sasisiphithiphithi.
Air India 243, ukuya Star Alliance Inqwelomoya eqhutywa yiAir India, yayithwele abasebenzi abathandathu kunye nabakhweli abangama-6 ukusuka eDelhi ukuya eKabul bengazi ukuba bazakuvunyelwa na ukuhlala nasemva kokuba befike kwindawo yomoya eKabul. Inqwelomoya iyalelwe ukuba ijikeleze isibhakabhaka ngaphandle kwesizathu.
Kwimizuzu engama-90 elandelayo, i-Air India yajikeleza isibhakabhaka kumphakamo weenyawo ezili-16,000. Inqwelomoya yeAir India yayihambile nepetroli eyongezelelweyo. Umqhubi wenqwelomoya onamava wayesazi ukuba kunokubakho ukulibaziseka kokufika ngenxa yokunxibelelana ngenqwelomoya okungafanelekanga e-Kabul airspace ngamanye amaxesha.
Njengeenqwelo moya zaseIndiya, zimbini nangaphezulu iinqwelomoya ezazibhabha ngaphandle kwemvume yokuhlala emhlabeni. Ukongeza kwiTaliban ethatha isixeko, ukusebenza ngenqwelomoya ngaphezulu kweKabul ngumceli mngeni othile.
Isikhululo seenqwelomoya iKabul sihlala "sixakekile kwaye siyadinisa" abaqhubi beenqwelomoya bathi. Ngeli xesha lonyaka, ukubhabha esixekweni kubeka ucelomngeni olongezelelekileyo: imimoya inamandla kwaye inamandla.
Iinqwelo-moya ezihleli ezili-160 zavavanywa nguKapteni Aditya Chopra.
Imvume ekugqibeleni yanikwa nge-3: 30 emva kwemini ixesha lokuba indiza yehle.
Abakhweli kunye nabasebenzi babengazi, nangona kunjalo, ukuba imeko yezopolitiko eKabul yayiba mandundu. Nokuba emva kokufika kwenqwelomoya, akukho namnye kubasebenzi oshiye i-cockpit, exhaphake eKabul. Emva kokulinda malunga neyure enesiqingatha, inqwelomoya ye-India India yakhwela abakhweli abali-129 yaza yaya eDelhi kwakhona.
Inqwelomoya yayiphethe abameli boonozakuzaku baseIndiya, amagosa aseburhulumenteni eAfghan, ubuncinci amalungu ePalamente amabini eAfghan, kunye nomcebisi omkhulu kulowo wayesakuba nguMongameli Ashraf Ghani.
Umgibeli wathi unokubona abantu kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseKabul bedakumbile bezama ukuhamba.
NgoMvulo, i-Air India yayinenqwelomoya ehleliweyo yeKabul esuka eDelhi nge-8: 50 kusasa. Okokuqala kwalibaziseka ukuya kwi-12: 50 pm kwaye emva koko yamiswa emva kokuvalwa kwendawo yomoya e-Afghanistan emva kwe-NOTAM-Isaziso ku-Airmen, isaziso esisemthethweni esineenkcukacha malunga nokusebenza kwendiza, sikhutshiwe.
Abanye abakhweli kwinqwelo-moya babalisa ukuba “bayayiva ingxwabangxwaba esemhlabeni,” kodwa kwakungacaci ukuba yayingantoni na.
Kwakukho amajoni ebaleka kwiindlela zeenqwelo-moya. Kwakukho nokugquma kwemisebenzi yomoya: I-C-17 Globemaster yezothutho lomkhosi wenqwelomoya kunye neenqwelomoya zeChinook zaziphaphazela zingena zingena.
Kwaye babona iinqwelomoya zasePakistan (PIA) kunye neQatar Airways zipakishwe kwitela.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- After crossing the border on AI 243 on August 15 and the approach was expected to start, the Air India plane was ordered to hold and circle at 16,000 feet altitude for another 90 minutes before it was allowed to land.
- In addition to the Taliban taking over the city, operating an aircraft over Kabul is a bit of a challenge.
- Air India 243, a Star Alliance flight operated by Air India, was carrying 6 crew members and 40 passengers from Delhi to Kabul without knowing if they were going to be allowed to land even after they reached Kabul airspace.
