I-World Travel & Tourism Council ivakalisa amazwi ovelwano ngentlekele yakutshanje eKerala, e-India.
“Iyonke WTTC Usapho luvakalisa uvelwano lwalo olusuka entliziyweni kunye novelwano kubakhweli, abasebenzi kunye nosapho kunye nabahlobo babo bachatshazelwe sisiganeko esibuhlungu se-Air India Express, ebibuyisela abo babhadule phesheya ngexesha lentlekele ye-COVID-19. Icandelo lehlabathi lokuHamba kunye noKhenketho limi ecaleni kweentsapho kunye nabantu esibathandayo, inqwelomoya, urhulumente waseIndiya, kunye nabo bonke abachaphazelekayo ngeli xesha linzima. "
Ibhokisi emnyama-okanye irekhodi lendiza-yenqwelomoya ye-Air India Express eyaphaphama kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseKerala eKozhikode emva kwemini yangoLwesihlanu. Inqwelomoya i-IX-1344, ethwele abantu abali-184, kubandakanya abakhweli kunye nabasebenzi abavela eDubai, baqhekeka baba ziingceba emva kokubaleka kwindlela yetafile phakathi kwemvula enkulu kunye nokuwisa intlambo ngo-7.41 ngolwesiHlanu wesihlanu.
Inqwelomoya ibisebenza phantsi kweVande Bharat Mission ukubuyisela amaIndiya ashiyeke phesheya ngenxa yokutshixeka kwecoronavirus. Kwakukho abantu abayi-184 ababekhwele kwinqwelomoya, kubandakanya abantwana abalishumi kunye namalungu amane abasebenzi. Uninzi lwabakhweli bebebuyela emakhaya emva kokuphulukana nemisebenzi ngenxa yesifo. Abagibeli abonzakeleyo bayanyangwa kwizibhedlele ezili-10 ezikufutshane nase-Kozhikode kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya nakwisixeko, utshilo uMphathiswa weManyano u-V Muraleedharan nge-NDTV kusasa kusasa.
Ubuncinci abantu abali-18, kubandakanya nabaqhubi beenqwelomoya, babulawa kwaye abanye abali-127 benzakala. UMphathiswa wezoKhuselo loLuntu u-Hardeep Singh Puri, ofike e-Kozhikode ngale mvakwemini, uthe uzakubamba indibano kunye namagosa aphezulu ezokundiza. Iqela elivela kumlindi wesizwe wokujonga ezokundiza i-DGCA (iCandelo loMlawuli wezoPhapho lwaBantu) sele lifikile kwindawo yengozi. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya, esakhiwe phezu kwenduli esinendawo encinci ekupheleni kwendlela yeenqwelo moya, yenye yezona zixhobo zibalaseleyo zamazwe aphesheya eKerala kwaye siphatha iinqwelomoya ezininzi ezivela phesheya.
Amagama amalungu abasebenzi abafileyo akhululwa:
U-Akhilesh Kumar (Iqela labasebenza ngenqwelomoya), u-Deepak Sathe (abasebenzi beenqwelo moya), Aysha Dua, Iminyaka emi-2-Palakkad, Shivathmika, 5 iminyaka- Kozhikode, Zhenobia, 40 iminyaka-Kozhikode, Sahira Banu, 29 iminyaka-Kozhikode
Urhulumente waseKerala uzakuqhuba iimvavanyo ze-COVID-19 zabo bonke abantu ababandakanyekayo kwimisebenzi yokuhlangula kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseKozhikode njengenxalenye yokhuseleko, utshilo uKK Shailaja, Umphathiswa Wezempilo waseKerala esongeza ukuba kufuneka bangene bodwa. “Bonke abo babebandakanyeka kwimisebenzi yokuhlangula kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseKozhikode kufuneka baye kuzihlalela bodwa. Urhulumente woRhulumente uzakuqhuba iimvavanyo ze-COVID-19 zazo zonke, utshilo uKK Shailaja.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The airport, built on top of a hill with limited space at the end of the runway, is one of Kerala’s most prominent international terminals and handles many flights from abroad.
- The Kerala government will conduct COVID-19 tests of all the people involved in rescue operations at Kozhikode Airport as part of the precautionary measure, said KK Shailaja, Kerala Health Minister adding that they should go into self-quarantine.
- “Iyonke WTTC family expresses its heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the passengers, crew and the family and friends of those impacted by the tragic Air India Express events, which was repatriating those stranded abroad during the COVID-19 crisis.
