Kunyaka omnye emva kokuphumelela isiganeko esiyimbali njengeDreamliner yokuqala ukumisa kumgaqo weenqwelomoya oluhlaza oluhlaza we-Antarctica e-Troll Airfield, iNorse Atlantic Airways iye yaqhuba ngempumelelo itshatha yayo yesibini ejolise ekuququzeleleni uphando lwezenzululwazi kwilizwekazi.
Ngomhla we-15 kaNovemba 2024, ngo-10:55 ngexesha lasekuhlaleni, eNorse AtlanticI-Boeing 787 Dreamliner, ebhaliswe njenge-LN-FNC kwaye yabizwa ngokuba yi "Everglades," yahlala ngempumelelo, ithutha iitoni eziyi-10.5 zezixhobo zophando kunye neenzululwazi ezivela kwiNorwegian Polar Institute kunye ne-Aircontact.
Inqwelomoya yayilandela indlela esuka e-Oslo isiya eKapa, emva koko iye kwi-Troll Airfield, ngaphambi kokuba ibuyele eKapa ize iphinde ibuyele e-Oslo, ifanekisela indawo eyimbali yokufika kwenqwelo moya ukususela kunyaka odlulileyo, ekwaquka nokumisa eKapa, eMzantsi Afrika, phambi komlenze wokugqibela ukuya eAntarctica.
I-Norse Atlantic iceba ukugqiba isimbuku seetshatha ezine ukuya e-Antarctica, zonke ezizinikele ekuxhaseni uphando lwezenzululwazi. Le mpumelelo igxininisa isidima esikhulayo senkampani yeenqwelomoya ngokusebenza ngokugqwesileyo, iqaqambise ubuchule babaqhubi bayo abaqeqeshwe kakhulu kunye nabasebenzi bayo, kunye neenqwelomoya zayo zeBoeing ezikumgangatho ophezulu.
I-Dreamliner, eyilelwe ngokukodwa iihambo zohambo olude, ibhiyozelwa ngokusebenza kwayo ngamandla kwamafutha, eyivumela ukuba ithabathe uhambo lokuya nokubuya ukusuka eKapa ukuya e-Antarctica ngaphandle kwemfuneko yokugalela amafutha, ngaloo ndlela ibonelela ngeenzuzo zombini zoqoqosho nezendalo. Indawo yayo yempahla ephangaleleyo iququzelele ukuthuthwa ngokukhuselekileyo kwezixa ezikhulu zezixhobo zophando eziyimfuneko ekusebenzeni kwizikhululo zophando zenzululwazi ezizimeleyo.
“Ukubuyela e-Antarctica kunye neDreamliner yethu igxininisa amandla eNorse Atlantic yokulawula imiceli mngeni entsonkothileyo. Siyazingca ngokubonisa ukusebenza kunye nokusebenza kakuhle kwenqwelomoya yethu, kunye nokugqwesa kokusebenza kweqela le-charter yaseNorse Atlantic, equka ukucwangciswa okucokisekileyo kunye nokuphunyezwa okuchanekileyo, ukuqinisa isikhundla sethu njengeqabane elithembekileyo kwimishini ukuya nakwiindawo ezikude kakhulu, ” utshilo uMette Birkedahl, uMlawuli weCharter kunye ne-ACMI eNorse Atlantic Airways.
Ukumisa ngempumelelo inqwelomoya enkulu okwesihlandlo sesibini kubonisa impumelelo ebalulekileyo kuthi e-Antarctica. Olu phuhliso luhlahlel indlela yokwandisa amandla olungiselelo e-Troll, okusenza sikwazi ukuthutha umthamo omkhulu wemithwalo kunye nenani elandileyo labakhweli kwinqwelomoya enye. Le nkqubela phambili iya kuba negalelo ekuqinisweni kweenzame zophando zaseNorway e-Antarctica, utsho uJohn Guldahl, uMlawuli weMisebenzi kunye noLungiselelo kwiNorwegian Polar Institute.
UDaniel Carey, i-Air Broker kunye neSithethi se-Aircontact, enye yezona nkampani zindala zokuthengisa umoya kwihlabathi, ugxininise amandla e-Drealiner kunye nemfuneko yokubandakanya abasemagunyeni bezophapho ukuze baqinisekise umgangatho wokusebenza kunye nokhuseleko, kunye nokufumana imvume yabo ngaphambi kokuba ubuthunywa.
"Ukubandakanywa kweNorse Atlantic Airways kunye ne-B787-900 njengento ebalulekileyo yokusebenza kwiTroll ekuxhaseni iNorwegian Polar Institute kubaluleke kakhulu. Iphelisa imfuno yokunyusa i-refueling kunye nokwandisa umthamo wempahla, onikezelwa yi-B787-900. Ngaphaya koko, ukuba noNorse njengomqhubi waseNorway phantsi kweNorwegian Civil Aviation Authority ibonelela ngolunye uncedo olubalulekileyo.
