A I-Pakistan International Airlines (i-PIA) Inqwelomoya yenqwelomoya enabantu abangaphezulu kwe-100 ebhodini iye yengozi kwisixeko sasePakistan iKarachi namhlanje. Le jet yaphahlazeka kwindawo yokuhlala iModeli Colony, emi ngaphandle kweKarachi, kufutshane neJinnah International Airport.
Ngokwesithethi se-PIA, iA320 Airbus yayinabantu abali-107 ababekhwele kuyo kwaye yayisendleleni esuka eLahore isiya eKarachi. Ucacisile ukuba bekukho abakhweli abangama-99 kunye nabasebenzi abasibhozo.
Usodolophu waseKarachi uqinisekisile ukuba akukho bantu basindayo kule nqwelo-moya yengozi. Akukacaci ukuba bangaphi abantu ababhubhileyo phakathi kwabo bachaphazelekayo emhlabeni, kodwa abasebenzi bezokuhlangula bathi malunga ne-15-20 baye bancedwa phantsi kwengqushu, ngokwejelo leendaba laseGeo.
I-Dawn iwebhusayithi yasePakistan inika ingxelo yokuba uMphathiswa wooRhulumente baseKhaya baseSindh uSyed Nasir Hussain Shah uyalele abezomlilo besi sixeko kwindawo yengozi ukuba baqale imisebenzi yokuhlangula. Umkhosi ophendula ngokukhawuleza wasePakistan nawo ufikelele kwisiza ukunceda abasebenzi bokuhlangula.
Isithethi se-PIA sathi unxibelelwano nenqwelomoya lwalahleka ngo-2: 37 kusasa, kodwa "kwakusekutsha kakhulu ukuba singatsho" ukuba yintoni ebangele le ngozi.
Ngokuka-Geo, umphathi we-PIA u-Air Marshal Arshad Malik uqinisekisile ukuba umqhubi wenqwelomoya wayexelelwe ukuba zombini iinqwelomoya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseKarachi zikulungele ukuhla, kodwa isiphoso sobuchwephesha simenze ukuba ajikeleze ngaphambi kokuzama umhlaba. .
Inkulumbuso yase-Pakistan u-Imran Khan ubhale amazwi ovelwano kwiintsapho zamaxhoba kwaye wathi "uphando kwangoko" luzakuqala.
Umphathiswa wezangaphandle u-Shah Mahmood Qureshi wathi ku-Twitter "ukhathazeke kakhulu" ngenxa yengozi "etshabalalisayo", ngelixa Umphathiswa wamalungelo oluntu kweli lizwe u-Shireen Mazari ebize le ntlekele "njengentlekele yesizwe."
Ingozi iza kuphela kwiintsuku emva kokuba iinqwelo-moya zorhwebo ziqale ukusebenza kwakhona kulandela ukuvalwa kwe-COVID-19 elizweni.
