UTheresa DeMari, umkhweli kwinqwelomoya yeAmerican Airlines esuka eChicago isiya ePhoenix nge-25 kaJanuwari, waqalisa amanyathelo asemthethweni ngokuchasene nenqwelomoya, ebanga ukungakhathali ngesityholo sokubuyisela inqwelomoya yeBoeing enkonzweni nangona esazi “imeko eyaziwayo eyingozi nengakhuselekanga.”
UTheresa DeMaria wayekhwele icandelo eliphumayo lenqwelomoya ebuyela nokubuya isuka eChicago, Illinois, isiya ePhoenix, eArizona, ngoJanuwari wonyaka ophelileyo. Inqwelomoya yanyanzeliswa ukuba ifike ngokukhawuleza eTulsa, e-Oklahoma.
Malunga neeyure ezine emva kokufika, abasebenzi baseAmerican Airlines baxelele uDeMaria ukuba inqwelomoya yeBoeing "ilungisiwe." Nangona kunjalo, oomatshini bahlala befuna iiyure ezintathu ezongezelelweyo zokuvavanya kunye nokuqinisekisa eli bango. Nangona kunjalo, inqwelomoya yaphinda yakhwela iDeMaria kunye nabanye abakhweli kwimizuzu nje engamashumi amathathu kamva.
UDeMaria uxele ukuba uve ukungaqiniseki komlindi wenqwelomoya malunga nokuba inqwelomoya ilungisiwe.
“Emva kokuhla ngokungxamisekileyo, inqwelomoya akufuneki ibuyele emsebenzini de ingxaki ilungiswe. Ngethemba lokuba ingalungiswa akulunganga,” utshilo igqwetha uMark Lindquist, omele uDeMaria.
Ngexesha lokubhabha, uDeMaria waba nentloko ekhanyayo, isicaphucaphu, kunye nokuziva uxinzelelo esifubeni sakhe. Onganyelwe kukudinwa, ekugqibeleni walala. Ekuvukeni kwakhe wadibana neentlungu ezibuhlungu, ukunkenteza ezindlebeni zakhe, intloko ebuhlungu ebuhlungu nokuphefumla nzima.
Ngelo xesha, wavula iqhosha lokufowuna lomlindi wenqwelomoya ngaxeshanye nabanye abakhweli abaninzi, nto leyo eyakhokelela kwisiphithiphithi kwinqwelomoya. Ukapteni emva koko wabhengeza ukuhla kwesibini okungxamisekileyo.
Ekwimeko yokoyikela ubomi bakhe, uDeMaria wanxibelelana nabantwana bakhe ngetekisi, ngelixa abanye abakhweli babonisa amanqanaba afanayo oxinzelelo.
Yathi yakufika inqwelomoya eDallas, aboncedo lokuqala bangena ekhabhathini. UDeMaria uzame ukuphakama kodwa wawa ngenxa yokunqongophala kweoksijini. Wanikwa ioksijini eyongezelelweyo, wabekwa kwisitulo esinamavili, waza emva koko watshintshelwa kwi-stretcher ngabancedo lokuqala, kunye nabanye abakhweli abachaphazelekayo.
Kwisimangalo sabo, uLindquist kunye noBartlett bathi i-American Airlines ayihoyanga ukuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwenqwelomoya ye-Boeing, ayiphumelelanga ukulungisa ngokwaneleyo kunye nokuvavanya inkqubo ye-cabin pressurization emva kokufika kokuqala okungxamisekileyo, kwaye ibeka phambili inzuzo ngaphezu kokhuseleko lwabakhweli.
"Umthengi wethu ufuna ukuphendula kunye neenqwelomoya ezikhuselekileyo," utshilo uLindquist.
UDeMaria, owayesakuba ngumhambi ngenqwelomoya, ngoku uba nexhala elikhulu xa ebhabha. Kwakhona unyamezela intloko ebuhlungu engapheliyo kunye nezinye izigulo ezinxulumene ne-hypoxia, imeko ebangelwa kukungabikho kweoksijini.
Amava akhe kwabelwana ngawo ngexesha lesiqendu sikaGqr Phil show, apho uGqwetha uLindquist naye wavela. Esi siqendu sigxile kwimiba yokhuseleko kwiinqwelomoya.
Amagqwetha kaDeMaria ngenqwelomoya amele iintsapho ezininzi zamaxhoba engozi yeBoeing 737 Max 8. Bakhuthaza abakhweli abangama-34 abachatshazelwa sisiganeko samva nje sokungaphumeleli kweplagi yocango lweBoeing Max 9.
