E-WASHINGTON - I-American Airlines ayiphumelelanga ukubamba iimpazamo zabasebenzi bezolondolozo abangazange balandele inkqubo ngaphambi kwe-flight kaSeptemba 2007, ebangela ukuba injini ye-airplane yasekhohlo ibambe umlilo ngexesha lokuhamba ukusuka eLambert-St. Louis International Airport, abaphandi bokhuseleko baqukunjelwa ngoLwesibini.
Iziphumo zabaphandi beBhodi yoKhuseleko lweSizwe yezoThutho ziza njengoko inqwelomoya ijongene nokuphononongwa okuphezulu yiFederal Aviation Administration.
Kutshanje lo mbutho unike iqela elikhethekileyo labahloli abali-17 ukuba bahlole indlela ezilungiswa ngayo iinqwelo-moya zaseMerika kunye neminye imisebenzi. Uphicotho olukhethekileyo kulindeleke ukuba luthathe malunga neenyanga ezintathu.
NgoLwesibini, i-NTSB yenze indlebe yokuphanda i-American Flight 1400 ngoSeptemba 28, 2007, xa injini ye-MD-82 ibanjwe ngomlilo.
Umqhubi wenqwelomoya wabuyela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, kodwa isixhobo sokumisa impumlo senqwelomoya asiphumelelanga kwandiswa ngexesha lokuzama ukuhla. Umzamo wesibini wokumisa waphumelela. Akukho namnye kwaba bantu be-143 ababekhwele apho wonzakeleyo, kodwa inqwelomoya iye yafumana umonakalo omkhulu.
Abaphandi bathi i-injini ye-aircraft yasekhohlo yayinengxaki ephindaphindiweyo ukuqala ukuqala kweentsuku ezili-10 ngaphambi kwesiganeko. Abasebenzi bokulungisa batshintsha ivalve yokuqalisa injini izihlandlo ezithandathu ngelo xesha. Ngomhla wesiganeko, injini yasekhohlo yaphinda yasilela ukuqalisa kwaye kwafuneka ukuba iqalwe ngesandla ngabasebenzi bolondolozo ngaphambi kokuba iFlight 1400 isuke.
Kwavela ukuba oomatshini abaphumelelanga ukugcina ngokufanelekileyo isihluzo somoya sesinyithi esaqhekekayo, abaphandi bathi. Ukutshatyalaliswa kwesihluzi kwakhokelela kuthotho lwezinye iingxaki zoomatshini, kubandakanywa nephini eligobileyo, elikhokelele ekubeni iivalve zitshintshwe kwaye zanceda zabangela umlilo wenjini.
Inkqubo yokubeka iliso yokugcinwa kweMelika ayiphumelelanga ukubamba le ngxaki ephindaphindiweyo, abaphandi bathi.
Xa umlilo usenzeka emva kokunduluka, abasebenzi benqwelo-moya nabo abazange balandele iinkqubo zoluhlu olungxamisekileyo, abaphandi bathi. Umqhubi wenqwelo-moya wayezixakekise ekuzameni ukujijisana nocango lwe-cockpit luvaliwe emva kokuba umlilo uvale inkqubo yombane yenqwelomoya, ekhuphe isitshixo socango oluzenzekelayo, batsho.
"Kum kubonakala ngathi yayiluthotho lwabantu abathatha iindlela ezimfutshane abaqokelele ngolu suku luthile kwinto enokuba yintlekele enkulu," utshilo ilungu lebhodi yezokhuseleko uKitty Higgins.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo ijethi yeAmerican Airlines yenze imeko kaxakeka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iJohn F. Kennedy International eNew York kulandela ukusilela kwenjini kamsinya nje emva kokusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseLaGuardia. Iziqwenga enye yeenjini ezimbini zejethi zafunyanwa zifakwe kwifuselage, kunye nezinye iintsimbi zentsimbi zahlala kuphahla lweshishini lemibhobho yamanzi.
Ngo-Agasti ophelileyo, i-FAA yathi iya kuhlawulisa i-American $ 7.1 yezigidi ngokuqhubeka nokubhabha ngeenqwelo-moya emva kokuba iingxaki zokhuseleko zichazwe kunye nokuphulwa kovavanyo lweziyobisi. I-FAA yathi i-airline yaseTexas ilibazise ukulungiswa kwii-MD-80s ezimbini - i-airliner ephakathi-emva kokuba iingxaki zichazwe kwiinkqubo zabo zokuzimela kwaye ziqhube ngamaxesha angama-58 ngokuphulwa kwemimiselo ye-federal. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ithethathethana ngesohlwayo kunye ne-arhente.
