I-ATLANTA - I-American Airlines iye yahlola iinqwelo-moya ezininzi kwaye yafumana ezintathu ezinemikrwelo emincinci kwisikhumba se-aluminium ye-fuselage enokuthi ibangelwa yi-jetbridges yeenqwelo-moya ezisetyenziswa ngabakhweli ukuhamba kunye nokuphuma kwinqwelomoya.
Imikrwelo kufuneka ilungiswe ngaphambi kokuba iindiza ezichaphazelekayo ziphinde zingene kwinkonzo kuba, ngelixa zincinci kakhulu, zinzulu kunokuba zivunyelwe yimigaqo yomenzi, ngokutsho kweMelika.
Umonakalo ufunyenwe kwindawo yenqwelomoya apho i-canopy ye-jetbridge idibana ne-fuselage, isithethi saseMelika uMary Frances Fagan uthe ngoMgqibelo.
“Akukho nkxalabo yokhuseleko kwaphela,” utshilo uFagan.
UFagan uthe ngaphantsi kweshumi elinesibini iinqwelomoya ziye zarhoxiswa ngenxa yohlolo.
Uhlolo lwakutsha nje olungaphezulu kweekota ezintathu zeenqwelomoya ezingama-79 iBoeing 737-800 lwenziwe njengenyathelo lokhuseleko emva kokuba kufunyenwe imikrwelo ethile yokuba umthwali ukholelwa ukuba inokuba ibangelwe yijetbridge kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, utshilo uFagan. Ukufunyanwa kwezinye iinqwelomoya ezinemikrwelo efanayo “kwasikhokelela ekubeni sikholelwe ukuba kunokubakho umzekelo,” utshilo uFagan.
Akukacaci ukuba umonakalo wenzeke kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya okanye kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezininzi. UMerika wayehlola iibhulorho kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezininzi. Ibingatsho ukuba zeziphi.
American, iyunithi Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR Corp., iceba ukuhlola ngaphezulu 737-800s ekuqaleni kweveki ezayo. Ukhozi lwaseMelika kunye neqela laseMelika, luneenqwelomoya ezimalunga nama-890.
UFagan akakwazanga ukuchaza ngokuthe ngqo ukuba iMelika yaqala nini ukuyifumana ingxaki okanye xa ilumkisa iFederal Aviation Administration. Kwinqaku lokugqibela, uFagan wayenokuthi kuphela isaziso se-FAA senziwe ngexesha "elifanelekileyo".
Isithethi se-FAA asikhange siphendule kwangoko kumyalezo ofuna ukuphawula oshiywe ngoMgqibelo kwiiofisi zearhente eWashington.
Ngo-Epreli 2008, i-American yamisa iinqwelo zayo ze-MD-80 emva kokuba uphicotho lokhuseleko lwe-FAA lubonise ukuhlolwa kweentambo zombane ezifunekayo. Ngaphezulu kwe-3,000 yeenqwelomoya ziye zarhoxiswa, kuxabisa i-airline amashumi ezigidi zeedola ekuthengisweni kwamatikiti. Ngelo xesha, Alaska Air Group Inc.'s Alaska Airlines, Midwest Airlines kunye Delta Air Lines Inc. nganye yarhoxisa inani elincinane leenqwelomoya kwi MD-80 series moya.
