I-Colgan Air esekwe eManassas namhlanje izabalazile ukuzikhusela njengoko iinkcukacha zavela malunga nomvuzo ophantsi wabaqhubi beenqwelo moya, uhambo lwabo olude kunye nemfuno yabanye yokubamba imisebenzi yesibini ukuze baphile.
UColgan ujongene nemibuzo emininzi evela kwiBhodi yeSizwe yoKhuseleko lwezoThutho malunga nabaqhubi bayo kusuku lwesibini lweendibano zovakaliso-zimvo ezibandakanya ingozi ye-Continental Connections Flight 3047 eyabulala abantu abangamashumi amahlanu ngaseBuffalo ngomhla we-50 kaFebruwari kulo nyaka. I-NTSB ikusuku lwayo lwesibini lweendibano zovakaliso-zimvo malunga nale ngozi, eyeyona ngozi yezothutho yaseMelika yabulala abantu abaninzi kwiminyaka esixhenxe.
Phantsi kwemibuzo ephuma kwibhodi, uMary Finnigan, usekela mongameli weColgan kwezolawulo, uxele ukuba uRebecca Shaw, umqhubi wenqwelomoya yengozi, urhola umvuzo wonyaka we-16,200 yeedola ngonyaka. Ibhodi ikwathi uShaw wakhe wabamba umsebenzi wesibini kwivenkile yekofu ngelixa esebenza njengomqhubi wenqwelomoya eNorfolk, eVa.
Ebuzwa yibhodi ukuba ngaba iColgan ilindele ukuba uShaw ahlale kwindawo yaseNew York, kufuphi nendawo ahlala kuyo eNewark, uFinnegan waphendula wathi: “Abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya bayaxelelwa ukuba zithini na izikali zemivuzo. Izikali zethu zemivuzo ziphakathi komgangatho weshishini. "
Emva kwexesha, ebuzwa ukuba ngaba uColgan wenze uhlengahlengiso lweendleko zokuphila ukunceda abasebenzi abahlala kwiindawo ezibiza kakhulu njengeNew York, uHarry Mitchel, usekela mongameli weColgan wokusebenza ngenqwelomoya, wathi akukho nkqubo ikhona yabaqhubi. Kodwa, wongezelela ukuba uColgan wayenomgaqo-nkqubo onjalo wabaphathi.
Ubungqina bubonelela ngokunqabileyo, emva kwe-scenes ukujongwa kwilizwe leenqwelomoya zengingqi elikhule ngokuphawulekayo kule minyaka idlulileyo njengoko iinkampani ezinkulu zeenqwelomoya zikhupha inkonzo yomoya kwiinqwelomoya zengingqi ezikhonza izixeko ezincinci. UColgan wayesebenzisa inqwelo moya yaseBuffalo njengeqabane lengingqi yenqwelomoya yeContinental Airlines. Abathwali bommandla bahlala bebhabha iijethi ezihlala abakhweli abangama-78 okanye ngaphantsi kunye ne-turboprops, njengeBombardier Dash 8 Q400 ebandakanyekayo kwingozi.
NgokoMbutho woMmandla weenqwelomoya, iipesenti ezingama-74 zezikhululo zeenqwelo moya zesizwe ezingama-640 ezinenkonzo yenqwelomoya ecwangcisiweyo zibonelelwa kuphela ziinqwelomoya zengingqi. Kukho iinqwelomoya zengingqi ezingama-70 eMelika. Imisebenzi yokulingwa kwiinkampani zeenqwelomoya ihlala ithathwa njengenqanaba lokungena kwishishini. UMitchel uvumile ukuba imisebenzi yaseColgan “linyathelo” lemisebenzi ehlawula kakhulu kwiinkampani ezinkulu zeenqwelomoya.
Abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abasebenzela abathwali abakhulu ababhabha iinqwelomoya ezinkulu zejethi ngokuqhelekileyo bafumana malunga ne-125,000 yeedola ngonyaka, ngokomndilili.
I-Colgan inabaqhubi be-430 kunye namava okunyuka kwesantya sonyaka ukuya kuma-30 ekhulwini, ngokutsho kwebhodi yokhuseleko. Iikhaptha zaseColgan Air zihlala zirhola phakathi kwe-50,000 yeedola kunye ne-53,000 yeedola ngonyaka.
Ibhodi yokhuseleko iphinde yaphonononga kuhambo olude lwabaqhubi beenqwelomoya zommandla. Ngokutsho kwe-NTSB, abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abangama-93 baseColgan abali-137 base-Newark bazichonge njengabakhweli, kuquka ne-49 yabo abahamba ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezingama-400 kunye nama-29 abahlala ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezili-1,000.
Bobabini abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya babezinze e-ofisini yaseColgan yaseNewark, NJ, kodwa behlala kwezinye izixeko yaye babesiya emsebenzini ngokubambisa iinqwelo-moya. Amaxesha amaninzi, abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya babuyela emsebenzini ngokusebenzisa amalungelo abawafumene ngezivumelwano ezingacwangciswanga phakathi kweenqwelo-moya ezivumela abaqhubi abangaphangeliyo ukuba bahlale kwi-jumpseat, okanye kwisitulo esivulekileyo, xa efumaneka kwaye ngexabiso elincinci ngaphandle kweendleko.
UShaw wayenohambo olude ngakumbi, olunqumla ilizwe. Ngomhla ongaphambi kwengozi, uShaw wemka eSeattle ngenqwelomoya yeFedEx ngobusuku ukuya kuNxweme oluseMpuma. Wafika eNewark ngentsimbi yesi-6:30 emva kotshintsho eMemphis.
Ibhodi ithe uShaw uthumele imiyalezo emininzi imini yonke, ebonisa ukuba akaphumli ngokwaneleyo. Nangona uRenslow wafika eNewark kwiintsuku ezintathu phambi kokubaleka inqwelomoya esuka eTampa, eFla., Wabonwa elele kwindawo yokuphumla yabasebenzi benqwelomoya, umkhwa owalelwe yinqwelomoya, ngokutsho kwe-NTSB. Ibhodi ithe ayifumananga bungqina bokuba ibinayo indawo yokuhlala eNewark.
U-Kitty Higgins, ilungu lebhodi ye-NTSB, ubize ukuhamba umgama omde kunye negumbi labasebenzi abaleleyo njengenye into enxulumene nokudinwa "yindlela yokujongana nengozi kwaye yile nto sinayo apha."
Uqhube wathi, “Idibana phi yonke le nto ukuze umntu athi, 'Yima umzuzu. Kwenzeka ntoni apha?"
Amagosa aseColgan athi inkampani yeenqwelo moya yenze inani lophuculo lomgaqo-nkqubo, kubandakanya nokomeleza umgaqo-nkqubo othintela ukudityaniswa kwabaqhubi abangenamava kwi-cockpit. U-Colgan okwangoku ukwingxoxo kunye nomanyano lwabaqhubi beenqwelo-moya malunga nemithetho yexesha lokubhabha kunye nelomsebenzi kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yokuhamba.
Iinkqubo zokucwangcisa e-Colgan sele ziphantsi kovavanyo lomanyano. I-Federal Aviation Administration ithumele iileta ezili-16 zophando eziphanda ukuba ingaba uColgan wayecwangcisa kakhulu na abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya phakathi kukaNovemba ka-2008 noMatshi ka-2009.
Isithethi se-FAA sithe uphando luyinxalenye yophononongo lwesiqhelo lokuthotyelwa kwemigaqo ye-airline kunye nemithetho yokucwangcisa, efuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba abaqhubi beenqwelomoya bafumana ukuphumla ngokwaneleyo. Le ndedeba ithi uphando lwangoku alubangelwa yingozi yaseBuffalo.
