EChilean Iinqwelomoya ezihamba zisiya eAntarctica kwaye zithwele abakhweli abangama-38 kunye nabasebenzi kuthathwa ngokuba "yaphahlazeka" kuba ngesele iphelile ipetroli ngoku kwaye ayinakuphinda ibhabhe, utshilo uMlawuli wezokuSebenza koMkhosi woMoya waseChile, utshilo uBrigadier General Francisco Torres namhlanje.
Umsebenzi wokukhangela kunye nokuhlangula waqaliswa emva kokuba inqwelomoya yezothutho yalahleka, ilahlekelwe ngumnxeba ngonomathotholo kwindlela yayo eya kwisiseko eAntarctica.
Kukho "ukuhlala kunokwenzeka" ukuba ikwazile ukuhlala ndaweni ithile, utshilo uBrigadier General Francisco Torres, esongeza ukuba inqwelomoya ayikhange ithumele mixeba.
Ubuchwephesha bezothutho i-C-130 Hercules bususe i-Chabunco Air Base kwisixeko sase-Punta Arenas kumazantsi e-Chile ngo-4: 55 emva kwemini ixesha lendawo ngoMvulo, yaza yacima i-radar malunga neyure kamva. Kwakubhabha kwinkxaso yesiqhelo kunye nomsebenzi wokugcina u-Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva Air Base e-Antarctica, kwaye wayenabantu abangama-38 ebhodini.
UMongameli uSebastian Pinera ubhengeze umsebenzi wokukhangela kunye nokuhlangula kugxilwe ekufumaneni abasindileyo. Okwangoku indiza ayikaziwa.
I-Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva Air Base yeyona ndawo inkulu ekufakweni isigxina e-Chile kwilizwekazi elinomkhenkce, apho ilizwe libanga isiqwenga somhlaba esigubungela iSouth Shetland Islands, iAntarctic Peninsula, kunye nezinye iziqithi ezikufutshane.
Isiseko sixhaswe yidolophu encinci yaseVilla Las Estrellas, enabemi abamalunga ne-150 ehlotyeni- phakathi kuka-Okthobha nangoFebruwari- kwaye ngama-80 kuphela unyaka wonke.
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- The Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva Air Base is the largest of Chile's four permanent installations on the icy continent, where the country claims a slice of territory covering the South Shetland Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula, and several other adjacent islands.
- Isiseko sixhaswe yidolophu encinci yaseVilla Las Estrellas, enabemi abamalunga ne-150 ehlotyeni- phakathi kuka-Okthobha nangoFebruwari- kwaye ngama-80 kuphela unyaka wonke.
- Chilean transport aircraft headed for Antarctica and carrying 38 passengers and crew is considered to have “crashed” because it would have run out of fuel by now and could not fly any longer, the Director of Operations of the Chilean Air Force, Brigadier General Francisco Torres said today.