I-PALOLO VALLEY - Abaphandi be-Federal Aviation Administration namhlanje baceba ukuhlola indawo yengozi yomlilo yePiper Cherokee eyabulala ubuncinane umntu oyedwa izolo ngaphandle kweLanipo Trail e-East Honolulu.
Injini ka-1969 enye, i-Piper PA-32-300 yatshatyalaliswa ngumlilo xa yantlitheka kufuphi ne-Ka'au Crater ixesha elithile phambi kwentsimbi yesi-2 emva kwemini kwilifu eliphantsi kunye nesibhakabhaka esinesibhakabhaka.
Amagosa omlilo eHonolulu izolo athi awazi ukuba bangaphi abantu abakhweleyo.
Inqwelomoya yabhaliswa kugqirha wezilwanyana wase-Honolulu u-Nicholas Palumbo, ongumnini weKliniki yeCat e-Kapahulu Avenue, ezibiza ngokuba sisibhedlele sezilwanyana sase-Hawai'i kuphela esilungiselelwe iikati kuphela.
Abantu abaphendule umnxeba kwikhaya likaPalumbo izolo bathi bazama ukugcina iifowuni zivuliwe kwaye abanalwazi.
UCharles “Charlie” Palumbo, olilungu lebhodi yaseKuli'ou'ou-Kalani Iki Neighbourhood Board, uqinisekisile ukuba utata wakhe umnikazi wenqwelomoya kodwa akavumanga ukuphawula de kufumaneke ulwazi oluninzi.
Izolo, uPiper Cherokee kaPalumbo wayesendleleni esuka eLana'i ukuya eHonolulu xa kubonakala ukuba yatshatyalaliswa, ngokutsho kwe-FAA-indoda u-Ian Gregor.
Abalawuli bezithuthi zomoya baphulukene neradar kunye nonxibelelwano lukanomathotholo ngenqwelomoya malunga ne-1:45 pm, utshilo uGregor.
Umqhubi wenqwelomoya akazange akhuphe isaziso seMayday, utshilo uGregor.
ISebe lezoMlilo laseHonolulu emva koko lafumana umnxeba ovela kubantu abanyuk’ intaba kwi-Wiliwilinui Trail abathi beva ukuntlitheka baza babona amadangatye kwindawo ekufuphi neLanipo.
I-HFD ye-Air 1 yokuhlangula i-helicopter kunye neqela eliphantsi elenziwe ngamapolisa kunye nabasebenzi bokuhlangula umlilo bafuna indawo phakathi kwe-Wai'alae Iki Ridge kunye ne-Lanipo Ridge kodwa bathintelwa yi-cloud cover kunye nemvula engapheliyo.
Phantse kwiiyure ezintathu emva koko, ukonakala kwenqwelomoya kwabonwa kumda osempuma womqolo omalunga neemitha ezingama-60 ngasentshona kwendlela, kumphakamo omalunga neemitha ezili-1,900.
"Ngenxa yemeko yengozi kwacaca ukuba akukho mntu uya kusinda kwingozi," utshilo uKapteni Robert Main kwingxelo. "Ezinye iifoto zithathwe kwindawo yexhwayelo ngeenjongo zophando ngabasebenzi bohlangulo, kodwa ngenxa yendawo enobungozi kunye nobumnyama obuzayo, amathambo awazange afumaneke."
Amapolisa aseHonolulu akhusele umkhondo ngobusuku.
Bobabini i-FAA kunye neBhodi yoKhuseleko lwezoThutho yeSizwe iya kuphanda ingozi, kunye nabaphandi be-FAA kunye nabacimi bomlilo base-Honolulu badibanisa indawo namhlanje.
Umhambi ophuma kwi-Lanipo Trail uthe weva ukuba injini yenqwelomoya inengxaki phambi kwengozi.
“Kwakuvakala ngathi kukubetha umva,” watsho umkhweli ocele ukuba angachazwa.
Omnye umhambi, naye ocele ukuba angachazwa, uthe ubone “amadangatye amakhulu” elandelwa ngezandi eziphumayo.
Aba bakhweli bathi le ngozi yenzeke ngethuba kugquma amafu izolo. INkonzo yeMozulu yeSizwe ithe kukho amafu kunye nemvula phezu kwe-O'ahu ukusuka kwindawo ebandayo edlulayo.
U-Ryan Gamurot, umqhubi wenqwelo-moya osebenza kwi-Flight School Hawai'i, uthe indawo yokuphahlazeka idibanisa indlela esetyenziswa kakhulu kunye nomzila wokuhamba osuka kwi-Koko Head ecaleni kwendlela ye-H-1 ye-Freeway ukuya kwi-Airport ye-Honolulu International.
Ngaphandle kokuthelekelela unobangela wengozi yayizolo, uGamurot uthe iimeko zamafu zinokuba ngumngeni ngakumbi kubaqhubi beenqwelomoya.
"Abaqeqeshi beenqwelomoya baqeqeshelwe ukubhabha kwezo meko, kodwa kunokuba yingxaki ukuba unamava angaphantsi," utshilo uGamurot. "Unokuphazamiseka ngokulula ukuba awukwazi ukubona into engaphandle kwefestile yakho."
Umqhubi wenqwelomoya wezolonwabo u-Adam Tolentino uhlala ebona uNicholas Palumbo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kwaye wathi uPalumbo ubhabhele eLana'i kwaye ubuye phantse zonke iimpelaveki.
Ukongeza kumsebenzi wakhe wokuziqhelanisa nesilwanyana sase-O'ahu, uPalumbo ukwasebenzisa isilwanyana esincinci kwisiXeko saseLana'i.
UMartha Rice, umhlobo kunye nomxhasi, uthe abakwaPalumbo banalo ikhaya eLana'i, kwaye uNicholas uhlala ebhabhela ngapha nangapha ukuya eHonolulu.
Njengoogqirha bezilwanyana, abakwaPalumbo bathatha iikati zeRice bagoduka nazo ukuze bazinyamekele xa zifuna unyango olunzulu.
“Bahamba ngaphaya kobizo,” utshilo uRice. “Baye babe ngabahlobo. Azizo nje iingcali. Ngabantu abamangalisayo abasibonileyo ngamaxesha anzima kakhulu.”
