I-Air India ngokungapheliyo Delhi-San Francisco Indiza yenza imbali ngoMhla wama-73 weNkululeko yaseIndiya - yaba yinqwelomoya yokuqala yorhwebo yaseIndiya ukubhabha phezu kommandla wePolar.
Inqwelo moya yenze kancinci ukusindisa okusingqongileyo kwaye yaqinisekisa nokuba uhambo phakathi kwezi zixeko zibini luba lufutshane. Indiza ye-Air India i-173 ibhabha igcwele abakhweli.
“Ukucwangcisa uhambo ngenqwelomoya kwaba lucelomngeni. Inani lemiba kwafuneka liqwalaselwe, kubandakanywa umsebenzi welanga kwingingqi ye-polar kunye nokuphazamiseka kwamagnetic kunxibelelwano, ukubiza nje ezimbini, "kusho u-Amitabh Singh, uMlawuli weMisebenzi, i-Air India, owayebandakanyeka ekucwangciseni indiza.
Bonke abakhweli ababhabha kwi-AI 173 banikwa isatifikethi esirekhode i-feat - ukuba abakhweli bahamba ngenqwelomoya ye-Boeing 777-200 Long Range ephawula ukuqaliswa kweenqwelomoya zentengiso ye-Air India ngaphaya kweNorth Pole.
Ebuzwa ukuba kutheni le ndlela yePolar ibaluleke kangaka, uCapt Digvijay Singh, osebenze ukusuka nge-15 ka-Agasti, uthi ixesha eligciniweyo liya kusuka kwimizuzu emihlanu ukuya kwimizuzu engama-75. “Sithathe umndilili wemizuzu engama-20 kwinqwelomoya nganye yePolar, nto leyo, kwiBoeing 777, ethetha malunga ne-2,500 kg yokonga amafutha kunye malunga ne-7,500 kg yokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni. Abakhweli bayaxhamla kuba ixesha lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya lifutshane. Inkampani yeenqwelo moya iyancedakala kuba ixabiso lepetroli lisezantsi kwaye indalo iyazuza kuba ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kuyehla,” wongeza uSingh. Okwangoku inqwelomoya igubungela umgama kwiiyure ezili-15 kunye nemizuzu engama-45.
Abakhweli abalandela indlela yenqwelomoya kwizikrini zabo zikamabonakude babone inqwelomoya ibhabha kufutshane naseMantla. Iqela labasebenzi kwikhabhinethi lenze isibhengezo malunga nenkqubo yeentetho zoluntu.
Ukuvulwa kwendlela yePolar kuya kunceda imisebenzi ye-Air India kuzo zonke izixeko ezihlanu zase-US ukuba ibhabhela kuyo - eNew York, eNewark, eChicago, eSan Francisco naseWashington DC.
Ngokunokwenzeka, ukuvulwa kwendlela yePolar kunokukhokelela ekubeni i-Air India ingasayisebenzisi inqwelomoya 'ejikeleza ihlabathi' ecinga ukuba ifikelele eSan Francisco. Indlela yaseDelhi-San Francisco yasungulwa ngo-2015.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- All passengers flying on AI 173 were given a certificate that recorded the feat — that the passengers traveled on board the Boeing 777-200 Long Range aircraft marking the commencement of Air India's commercial flights over the North Pole.
- A number of issues had to be addressed, including solar activity in the polar region and magnetic interference in communication, to name just two,” says Amitabh Singh, Director-Operations, Air India, who was involved in planning the flight.
- The opening of the Polar route will help Air India's operations to all the five cities in the US that it flies to — New York, Newark, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington DC.
