O'Leary: Ijethi yase-Ethiopia eyaphazamiseka yayiyindiza yangaphambili yeRyanair

Ijethi ye-Ethiopian Airlines eyantlitheka eLebhanon isetyenziswe yiRyanair kude kube ngu-Epreli ophelileyo, umphathi wayo oyintloko uMichael O'Leary utyhile izolo.

Ijethi ye-Ethiopian Airlines eyantlitheka eLebhanon isetyenziswe yiRyanair kude kube ngu-Epreli ophelileyo, umphathi wayo oyintloko uMichael O'Leary utyhile izolo.

Uthe i-airline yebhajethi yayithengise i-Boeing 737 - inombolo ye-serial 29935 - ngo-Ephreli wonyaka ophelileyo kwaye yayisetyenziswe ngaphambili kwiindlela ezininzi zaseYurophu.

I-Irish Aviation Authority yaqinisekisa ukuba inqwelomoya yayiyinqwelomoya ye-Ryanair eyayifake iiyure ze-flight ze-17,750 kwiminyaka eyisixhenxe yenkonzo.

Kwaye ababonisi beenqwelomoya beza ngaphambili besithi bafota ijethi kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseBritane phakathi kuka-2002 kunye nonyaka ophelileyo.

Umnumzana O'Leary ulikhanyele naliphi na ityala kule ngozi, ethe yabulala abakhweli abangama-90, kuquka uBritons Afif Krisht, usomashishini oneminyaka engama-57 ubudala wasePlymouth, kunye noKevin Grainger, 24.

'Okwenzekileyo asiyazi,' watsho.

'Kufana nokuthengisa imoto yakho kwaye kwiinyanga ezili-11 kamva umntu oyiqhubayo uye wafumana ingozi. Yayingenanto yakwenza nathi.'

Le ngozi yenzeke ngoMvulo emva kokuba inqwelomoya indulukile eBeirut isingise eAddis Ababa, ikomkhulu lase-Ethiopia.

AmaNgqina achaza ukubona inqwelomoya iphahlazeka elwandle kwaye iqhuma 'kwibhola lomlilo'. Abaphandi bathi ishiye isikhululo seenqwelomoya kwindlela engalunganga kwaye ibhabhele ngqo kwisiphango.

Iza njengoko umphathiswa wezothutho waseLebhanon eveze umqhubi wenqwelomoya kwinqwelomoya waya kwelinye icala lendlela ecetyisiweyo yiBeirut control tower.

UGhazi Aridi uthe uxelelwe ukuba 'alungise indlela yakhe kodwa uye wajika ngokukhawuleza kakhulu nangendlela engaqhelekanga ngaphambi kokuba anyamalale ngokupheleleyo kwi-radar' emva kokusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBeirut sikaRafik Hariri.

Bonke abantu abangama-90 abakhweleyo boyikwa ukuba babhubhile - ukuza kuthi ga ngoku imizimba engama-34 itsalwe elwandle - emva kokuba inqwelomoya yehle ngamadangatye nge-2.30am ngobusuku bemibane kunye neendudumo.

Amagosa aseLebhanon abuhoxile ubunqolobi okanye 'ukutshatyalaliswa'. Inqwelomoya yayisingise kwikomkhulu lase-Ethiopia, iAddis Ababa.

Abakhangeli bazama ukukhangela ibhokisi emnyama yenqwelomoya kunye nesishicileli sedatha yenqwelomoya, ezingundoqo ekufumaniseni unobangela wokuntlitheka.

Namhlanje, amaqela okuhlangula kunye nezixhobo ezithunyelwe kwi-UN kunye namazwe aquka i-US kunye ne-Cyprus bancedisa ekufuneni.

Iziqwenga zenqwelomoya kunye nobunye ubugoxo bezihlanjwa elunxwemeni, kwaye abasebenzi bongxamiseko baye bakhupha isiqwenga esikhulu esinobude obuyimitha enye senqwelomoya emanzini.

Umhlalutyi weenqwelomoya onolwazi ngophando uthe ulawulo lweenqwelo moya lwaseBeirut lwalukhokela inqwelomoya yase-Ethiopia ngeendudumo kwimizuzu emithathu yokuqala yokubhabha kwayo.
Igosa, elicele ukuba lingachongwa, lathi le yinkqubo eqhelekileyo yabalawuli baseLebhanon ukuncedisa iinqwelomoya ezisuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kwiimeko zemozulu ezimbi.

Akukacaci kakuhle ukuba kwenzeke ntoni kwimizuzu emibini yokugqibela yokubhabha, longeze igosa.

UPatrick Smith, umqhubi wenqwelomoya wase-US kunye nombhali wenqwelomoya, uthe zininzi izinto ezinokubangela le ngozi.

'Ukuba inqwelomoya ibikhe yadibana nesiphithiphithi esimandla, okanye ifumene ukubetha kombane onamandla okuwisa izixhobo ngelixa ingena kwisiphithiphithi esinamandla, emva koko ukusilela kulwakhiwo okanye ukulahleka kolawulo, okulandelwa kukwaphuka kwenqwelomoya, zizizathu ezinokwenzeka,' utshilo.
I-Ethiopian Airlines ithe ngoMvulo ukuba umqhubi wenqwelomoya uneminyaka engaphezu kwama-20 yamava.

Ayizange ilichaze igama lomqhubi wenqwelo-moya okanye iinkcukacha zezinye iinqwelo-moya awayeziqhube.

I-Ethiopian Airlines ithi le nqwelo-moya ineminyaka esibhozo ubudala yaqeshwa kwicandelo le-CIT Group yenkxaso-mali yase-US kwaye yayinokugcinwa kwayo okokugqibela ngoDisemba, wama-25 kulo nyaka uphelileyo.

Yathi ijethi, uhlobo lwamva nje lwemodeli yeBoeing ethengiswa kakhulu, yawushiya umzi-mveliso wase-US ngo-2002.

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  • It comes as Lebanon's transport minister revealed the pilot on board the flight went in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the Beirut control tower.
  • ‘Had the plane encountered extreme turbulence, or had it suffered a powerful lightning strike that knocked out instruments while penetrating strong turbulence, then structural failure or loss of control, followed by an in-flight breakup, are possible causes,' he said.
  • Iziqwenga zenqwelomoya kunye nobunye ubugoxo bezihlanjwa elunxwemeni, kwaye abasebenzi bongxamiseko baye bakhupha isiqwenga esikhulu esinobude obuyimitha enye senqwelomoya emanzini.

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