Ilahleko yezigidi ezingama-830 zeedola: I-United Airlines isitokhwe siwela emva komkhweli we-fiasco

Ixabiso lesitokhwe se-United Continental Holdings Inc. lehle kakhulu ngoLwesibini njengoko i-fallout iqhubeka malunga nokuphathwa kwenqwelomoya yomkhweli otsalwa kwenye yeenqwelomoya zayo zase-US.

Ukwehla kwemarike kulandela isiganeko apho umkhweli wase-United wakhutshelwa ngaphandle ngenkani kwinqwelomoya ebigcwele kakhulu isuka eChicago isiya eKentucky.

Umzobo odutyulwe ngabanye abakhweli ubonise le ndoda ikhala kwaye itsala nzima njengoko amapolisa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya emsusile esihlalweni sakhe amtsala ezantsi kwendlela yenqwelomoya. Kamva iividiyo zambonisa ekhwele inqwelo-moya enobuso obunegazi kwaye ebonakala edidekile.

I-airline yeza ukugxekwa ngokubanzi malunga nesiganeko kwi-intanethi kunye nabasebenzisi beendaba zoluntu bevakalisa ukucaphuka kwindlela umkhweli aphethwe ngayo kwaye ethembisa ukuba akasayi kuphinda abhabhe kunye ne-United.

Esi siganeko asikhange samkelwe kakuhle kakhulu eChina apho abantu bathi le ndoda yayicalulwe kuba ibonakala ngathi inzalelwane yaseAsia. Ividiyo yayiyeyona nto iphambili kwimithombo yeendaba yaseTshayina iWeibo ngoLwesibini.

Kwileta eya kubasebenzi iGosa eliyiNtloko yeSigqeba u-Oscar Munoz uthe umkhweli "uwachasile" amagosa okhuseleko.

“Siye safuna amavolontiya emva koko salandela ukwala kwethu ngokuzimisela inkqubo yokukhwela (kubandakanywa nokubonelela ngembuyekezo ukuya kuthi ga kwi-1,000 yeedola),” utshilo uMunoz. “Xa sasisiya komnye waba bakhweli siyokuchaza ngokuxolisa ukuba akavunyelwa ukuba akhwele, waphakamisa ilizwi lakhe waza wala ukuthobela imiyalelo yabasebenzi.”