Ngomhla kaFebruwari 1, 2021, iLufthansa izakuhamba ngenqwelomoya yomkhweli omde kwimbali yenkampani yayo, iphawula enye yeenqwelo moya ezizodwa eyakha yenziwa.
Esikhundleni seAlfred Wegener Institute, iZiko leHelmholtz loPhando lwePolar kunye nolwandle (i-AWI) eBremerhaven, inqwelomoya yeQela laseLufthansa, iAirbus A350-900, iyakubhabha iikhilomitha ezili-13,700 ingaphumli ukusuka eHamburg iye kwiNtaba ePleasant kwiiFalkland Islands. Ixesha lokuhamba ngenqwelo moya libalwa malunga neeyure eziyi-15: 00.
Kukho abakhweli abangama-92 ababhukishe oku Lufthansa I-charter flight LH2574, isiqingatha sayo zizazinzulu kwaye esinye isiqingatha, ukuba ngabasebenzi beenqanawa zohambo oluzayo kunye nenqanawa yophando yePolarstern.
“Kuyasivuyisa ukukwazi ukuxhasa uhambo lophando olusemazantsi kula maxesha anzima. Ukuzinikela kuphando lwemozulu kubaluleke kakhulu kuthi. Sisebenze kule ndawo ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-25 kwaye sixhotyise iinqwelo-moya ezikhethiweyo zinezixhobo zokulinganisa. Ukusukela ngoko, izazinzulu kwihlabathi liphela zisebenzisa idatha eqokelelwe kolu hambo ukwenza imodeli yemozulu ichaneke ngakumbi kwaye iphucule uqikelelo lwemozulu, utshilo uThomas Jahn, umphathi wenqanawa kunye nomphathi weprojekthi uFalkland.
Kuba iimfuno zococeko kule nqwelo moya ziphezulu kakhulu, uKaputeni Rolf Uzat kunye neqela lakhe elinamalungu ali-17 bangene bodwa iintsuku ezili-14 ngoMgqibelo odlulileyo, ixesha elifanayo nabakhweli. URolf Uzat uthi: "Ngaphandle kokuthintelwa kwabasebenzi kule nqwelo moya, bangama-600 abantu abafake izicelo zokuhamba.
Amalungiselelo ohambo olukhethekileyo abaluleke kakhulu. Babandakanya uqeqesho olongezelelweyo kubaqhubi beenqwelomoya ngokusebenzisa iimephu ezikhethekileyo ze-elektroniki zokubhabha kunye nokufika kunye nokulawula iparafini efumaneka kwiziko lomkhosi iMount Pleasant ngenqwelomoya ebuyayo.
I-Airbus A350-900 okwangoku imi eMunich, apho ilungiselelwa ukubhabha. E-Hamburg, inqwelomoya ilayishwe imithwalo eyongezelelweyo kunye nemithwalo, esele ichithwe iintsholongwane kwaye iya kuhlala itywinwe kude kube sekumkeni. Ngaphandle kokutya, kukho ezinye izikhongozeli zenkunkuma eseleyo ebhodini, kuba oko kungalahlwa kuphela emva kokuba inqwelo-moya ibuyile eJamani.
Abasebenzi baseLufthansa babandakanya amagcisa kunye nabasebenzi basemhlabeni ekusingatheni nasekulondolozeni indawo abaza kuba yedwa emva kokufika kwiiFalkland Islands ngenxa yeemfuno zikarhulumente. Inqwelo moya ebuyayo eyi-LH2575, icwangciselwe ukuba iye eMunich ngomhla we-03 kuFebruwari kwaye izakube ithwele abasebenzi basePolarstern, ababephume eBremerhaven ngoDisemba 20 ukuyokuphinda bavuselele iSitishi seNeumayer III eAntarctica, kwaye ngoku kufuneka bakhululeke.
“Besilulungiselela kakuhle olu hambo, ebesilungiselela lona iminyaka kwaye ngoku siyakwazi ukuluqhuba nangona bukhona ubhubhane. Kumashumi eminyaka, besikade siqokelela idatha esisiseko kumaza olwandle, umkhenkce wolwandle kunye nomjikelo wekhabhoni kuLwandlekazi lwaseMazantsi. Njengoko le milinganiselo yexesha elide isisiseko sokuqonda kwethu iinkqubo ze-polar kunye noqikelelo lwemozulu olufunekayo ngokukhawuleza, kubalulekile ukuba uphando e-Antarctica luqhubeke kula maxesha anzima. Asinakho ukuvumela izithuba ezinkulu zedatha kuphando lwemozulu. Ingxelo yeWorld Economic Forum esandula ukupapashwa iya kubeka ukungaphumeleli ekulweni utshintsho lwemozulu kwezona zinto zisisisongelo ebantwini, utshilo uGqirha Hartmut Hellmer, ugqirha wezolwandle kwi-AWI kunye nenkokheli yezenzululwazi yephulo elizayo lasePolarstern.
“Umbulelo wethu uye nakwabo sisebenza nabo kulungiselelo lwe-AWI. Ingqondo yabo yezothutho kunye nococeko iyasivumela ukuba siphonononge iAntarctica kunye neqela lesayensi lamazwe aphesheya - ngexesha apho amanye amaphulo amakhulu apho kwakufuneka arhoxisiwe, ”utshilo uHellmer.
Ukwenza uphando lubenakho ukutshintsha imozulu kangangoko, iAlfred Wegener Institute iyakulungisa ukukhutshwa kwe-CO2 kwiinqwelomoya ngeenqwelo-moya ngombutho ongajonganga nzuzo wokukhusela imozulu - ikwayimeko yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya. Iziko linikezela ngemali yezityalo ze-biogas eNepal kuyo yonke imayile yokuhamba, ngalo ndlela kuncitshiswa inani elifanayo lokukhutshwa kwe-CO2. Oku kunceda ukugcina ibhalansi ye-CO2 iyonke ngaphandle kokukhutshwa kwehlabathi ukuphuma kwe-CO2. Ukongeza ukukhutshwa kwe-CO2 emsulwa, ezinye izinto ezingcolisayo ezinjenge-nitrogen oxides kunye neotoy particles nazo zithathelwa ingqalelo.
Amalungiselelo ohambo ngenqwelomoya aqala kunye neAlfred Wegener Institute ngehlobo lowama-2020. Indlela eqhelekileyo edlula eKapa ibingenakwenzeka ngenxa yemeko yosulelo eMzantsi Afrika, ishiya kuphela indlela enqumla kwiiFalkland Islands. Emva kokufika kwiiFalkland Islands, abasebenzi bezenzululwazi kunye nabasebenzi baya kuqhubeka nohambo lwabo lokuya eAntarctica kwinqanawa yophando iPolarstern.
