An American Airlines Umkhandi wabanjwa ngoLwesine kwaye watyholwa ngokonakalisa inqwelomoya ye-AA enabantu abali-150 ababekhwele ngokuvala inkqubo yokuhamba kwenqwelomoya.
Ngokwe-afidavithi yesikhalazo solwaphulo-mthetho efakwe kwinkundla yenkundla yaseMiami, u-Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani wavuma ngexesha lodliwano-ndlebe ngoLwesine ukuba waphazamisa indiza ngaphambi kwe-17 kaJulayi.
Umkhandi kutyholwa ukuba wayecatshukiswa luthethathethwano lwekhontrakthi ezimisiweyo kwaye wayefuna ukufumana ixesha elongezelelekileyo lokulungisa inqwelomoya.
U-Alani ebeza kuvela okokuqala enkundleni ngesityholo emva kwemini yangoLwesihlanu. Wabekwa ityala lokonakalisa ngabom okanye ukuvala inqwelomoya. Le ndoda ineminyaka engama-60 ibisebenzela eMelika ukusukela ngo-1988 kodwa yanqunyanyiswa emva kokubanjwa kwayo.
Isiganeko senzeke ngaphambi kokuba ijethi yaseMelika icwangciselwe ukuba ibhabha isuka eMiami iye eNassau kwidolophu Bhahamas kunye nabantu abali-150 enqanaweni. Njengoko abaqhubi beenqwelomoya benyusa inqwelomoya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseMiami, babona umyalezo wempazamo kwinkqubo elandelela isantya, isalathiso seempumlo kunye nolunye ulwazi olubalulekileyo lwenqwelomoya kwaye bakhuphela ecaleni ukunduluka.
Xa oomatshini behlola inqwelo-moya, bafumana iqhekeza legwebu elincanyathiselwe ngaphakathi kwenxalenye yenkqubo yokukhangela ebizwa ngokuba yimodyuli yedatha yomoya. Ividiyo evela kwikhamera yokujonga i-American Airlines yabamba umntu oqhube waya kwinqwelomoya, waphuma kwaye wachitha imizuzu esixhenxe esebenza ejikeleze igumbi elinenkqubo yokuhamba, ngokwengxelo efungelweyo.
Umntu kamva wachongwa ngabasebenzi asebenza nabo njengoAlani, ngokuyinxenye ngokuqhwalela kwakhe okwahlukileyo, ingxelo efungelweyo yatsho.
Akukho nto kwisikhalazo solwaphulo-mthetho esichasene no-Alani ecebisa nayiphi na ikhonkco lobunqolobi, kwaye abatshutshisi abazange babonise ukuba kukho naziphi na izityholo ezilindelekileyo. IOfisi yeGqwetha laseMelika eMiami yalile ukuthetha.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ngokwe-afidavithi yesikhalazo solwaphulo-mthetho efakwe kwinkundla yenkundla yaseMiami, u-Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani wavuma ngexesha lodliwano-ndlebe ngoLwesine ukuba waphazamisa indiza ngaphambi kwe-17 kaJulayi.
- As the pilots powered up the plane at Miami International Airport, they saw an error message for a system that tracks speed, nose direction and other critical flight information and aborted the takeoff.
- Video from an American Airlines surveillance camera captured a person who drove up to the plane, got out and spent seven minutes working around the compartment containing the navigation system, according to the affidavit.
