I-SAO PAULO, eBrazil - Inqwelomoya yeAir France eyayithwele abantu abangama-228 ukusuka eRio de Janeiro isiya eParis ilahlekile emva kokudibana nombane kunye neendudumo ezinamandla phezu koLwandlekazi lweAtlantic, amagosa athi ngoMvulo. IBrazil yaqala umsebenzi wokukhangela kunxweme olusempuma mpuma.
Isithethi seChief Air France uFrancois Brousse uthe inqwelomoya inokuba ibethwe ngumbane.
I-Air France Flight 447, iAirbus A330, ishiye iRio ngeCawa ngentsimbi yesi-7 ngokuhlwa (2200 GMT, 6 pm EDT) enabakhweli abangama-216 kunye nabasebenzi abali-12 ebhodini, isithethi senkampani uBrigitte Barrand.
Malunga neeyure ezine kamva, inqwelomoya yathumela umqondiso ozenzekelayo obonisa iingxaki zombane ngelixa ujongene nesiphithiphithi esinamandla, utshilo inkampani.
Inqwelomoya "inqumle kwindawo enendudumo kunye noxinzelelo olukhulu" nge-0200 GMT ngoMvulo (nge-10 ngokuhlwa nge-EDT ngeCawa). Umyalezo ozenzekelayo wafunyanwa kwimizuzu elishumi elinesine kamva "ebonisa ukungasebenzi kakuhle kwesekethe yombane."
Umkhosi womoya waseBrazil wathi unxibelelwano lokugqibela awayenalo ngenqwelomoya yaseFrance yayingo-10: 36 ngokuhlwa (nge-0136 GMT ngoMvulo, nge-9: 36 nge-EDT ngeCawa), kodwa khange atsho ukuba iphi inqwelo-moya ngelo xesha.
Umkhosi womoya wawukhangela kufutshane ne-archipelago yaseFernando de Noronha, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-300 (i-180 yeekhilomitha) kumantla mpuma edolophu yonxweme yaseNatali, utshilo isithethi.
Kwakungekho bonakaliso kwangoko kwinto enokwenzeka kwindiza, wongeze, ethetha ngemeko yokungachazwa ngokuhambelana nomgaqo-nkqubo wesebe.
Ummandla umalunga neekhilomitha ezili-1,500 kumantla mpuma eRio.
Intloko yophando kunye nothintelo lwengozi kwiArhente yeAeronautics yaseBrazil, uDouglas Ferreira Machado, uxelele iGlobo TV yaseBrazil ukuba uyakholelwa ukuba inqwelomoya kufuneka ishiye amanzi aseBrazil kwaye ibikufuphi nonxweme lwaseAfrika ngexesha lokudibana kulahlekile, ngokusekwe isantya ebesihamba ngaso.
"Kuza kuthatha ixesha elide ukwenza olu phando," utshilo. “Inokuba libali elide, elibuhlungu. Ibhokisi emnyama iya kuba sezantsi kolwandle. ”
Umphathi omkhulu weAir France-KLM uPierre-Henri Gourgeon, kwinkomfa yeendaba eParis, uthe umqhubi wenqwelomoya unamava eeyure ezili-11,000 zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, kubandakanya iiyure ezili-1,700 XNUMX ukubhabha kule ndiza. Akukho gama likhutshiweyo.
Iingcali zezokuphapha zithi kuyacaca ukuba inqwelomoya ayisekho esemoyeni, ngenxa yobuninzi bepetroli ebiya kuba ibiphethe.
"Isiphetho ekufuneka sithathiwe kukuba kwenzeke into embi ebhodini ebangele ukuba le nqwelo-moya ijike ngendlela elawulwayo okanye engalawulekiyo," utshilo umhlalutyi weJane wezoPhapho uChris Yates kwi-Associated Press.
"Ndingacebisa ukuba kungenzeka ukuba yehle ngokukhawuleza kwaye ngokukhawuleza kangangokuba umqhubi wenqwelomoya akazange abenalo ithuba lokwenza umnxeba ongxamisekileyo," utshilo u-Yates, esongeza ukuba amathuba anokubakho ukusilela koomatshini ukuya kubunqolobi.
U-Barrand uthe inqwelomoya yenze iziko lolwazi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseCharles de Gaulle eParis kwiintsapho zabo bakhweleyo. Elo ziko lathi abemi abangama-60 baseFrance babekwinqwelomoya, kwaye i-Italiya bathi ubuncinci abathathu abakhweli yayingamaTaliyane.
"I-Air France yabelana ngemvakalelo kunye nexhala leentsapho ezichaphazelekayo," utshilo uBarrand.
Inqwelomoya kwakufuneka ifike eParis ngo-0915 GMT (5:15 am EDT), ngokwesikhululo seenqwelomoya.
I-Airbus yenqabile ukuphawula de kwavela ezinye iinkcukacha.
I-Airbus A330-200 yi-injini yamawele, ukuhamba ixesha elide, ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya, kwaye ziimitha ezingama-58.8 (iinyawo ezili-190) ubude, ngokwe-Airbus. Luhlobo olufinyeziweyo lomgangatho we-A330, kwaye inokubamba ukuya kuthi ga kubakhweli abangama-253. Iqale ukusebenza ngo-1998, kukho ezingama-341 ezisetyenziswayo kwihlabathi jikelele namhlanje. Inokubhabha inyukele kwii-7,760 zeekhilomitha (12,500 yeekhilomitha)
Umongameli wase-France u-Nicolas Sarkozy uvakalise "ukukhathazeka kakhulu" kwaye wathumela abaphathiswa kwisikhululo senqwelomoya sase-Paris uCharles de Gaulle ukuba bayokujonga imeko.
