Abahambi ngenqwelo moya yeBritish Airways besuka eBahamas besiya eLondon badibane nokulibaziseka okumalunga neeyure ezili-11 ngaphaya kwexesha ababelindelekile lokufika ngenxa yophambuko olungxamisekileyo kabini ngexesha lohambo.
Indiza ye-BA i-BA252 indulukile kwiSiqithi saseGrand Cayman ngo-6:21 PM EST ngoLwesibini, ngo-Epreli 8, ukuya kwindawo yayo eqhelekileyo yeyure enye ukuya eNassau, ikomkhulu laseBahamas, phambi kokuqhubeka kwindlela ende yeeyure ezisibhozo ukuya eLondon.
Inqwelomoya yayiqhuba njengoko bekucwangcisiwe kuLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki xa yaphinda yathunyelwa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseGander eNewfoundland, eCanada, ngenxa yemeko kaxakeka yonyango ebandakanya umkhweli.
Ukulandela uhambo lweeyure ezintlanu, inqwelomoya yafika eGander; nangona kunjalo, ixesha eliseleyo lokuba abasebenzi basebenze ngokusemthethweni inqwelomoya yayilinganiselwe.
Ngenxa yoko, kwagqitywa ukuba i-Boeing 777 iya kuphambukela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Keflavik e-Iceland, ivumela abasebenzi abatsha ukuba bathathe kwaye baqinisekise ukuqhubeka ngokukhuselekileyo kohambo oluya eLondon.
Ukulandela inqwelomoya ephantse ibe ziiyure ezintathu ukusuka eGander ukuya eReykjavik, abakhweli baluqukumbele uhambo lwabo ngenqwelomoya eyongezelelweyo ethatha iiyure ezimbini kunye nemizuzu engama-20 ukuya kwikomkhulu lase-UK.
Inqwelomoya yade yafika eLondon ngo-10:38 PM ngoLwesithathu, eyayisemva kweeyure ezili-11 kunokuba bekucwangcisiwe.
Kwangoko kule veki, inqwelomoya eyayisuka eHeathrow kuye kwafuneka ifike kwindawo kaxakeka kwaye yashiyeka ibambekile kwibala leenqwelomoya elikude ngenxa yemeko engxamisekileyo yezonyango ebandakanya umkhweli.
Inqwelomoya ye-Virgin Atlantic yasuka eLondon ngo-11: 40 AM ngoLwesithathu, ngokulindeleke ukufika eMumbai, eIndiya, ngoLwesine ngo-1: 40 AM ngexesha lendawo.
Nangona kunjalo, i-Airbus A350 yathunyelwa kwindawo yomkhosi "eshiywe" eTurkey malunga ne-4: 30 PM ngexesha lasekhaya kwaye yadibana "nomcimbi wezobuchwepheshe" ekufikeni kwayo.
