Umkhweli onxilileyo uzivalela kwigumbi lokuhlambela ngexesha lokubhabha iAirTran Airways

I-AirTran Airways ikhuphe namhlanje le ngxelo ilandelayo malunga nokubaleka kwayo okungu-39 okucwangciselwe ukusuka e-Atlanta, Georgia, ukuya eSan Francisco, California.

Indiza ye-AirTran Airways i-39, i-Boeing 737-700 inqwelo-moya ethwele abakhweli abayi-132 kunye nabasebenzi aba-5 batyhale umva ukusuka kwisango lesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International ngo-9: 48 am EST kwaye yemka ngo-10: 36 am EST yaya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseSan Francisco. ngexesha elicwangcisiweyo lokufika le-12:40 pm PST.

Ngexesha lokubhabha, umkhweli oyindoda, ekutyholwa ukuba unxilile, waphazamiseka kwaye wacaphuka kunye nomlindi wenqwelomoya. Umkhweli wala ukulandela imiyalelo yabasebenzi benqwelo-moya ukuba ahlale esitulweni sakhe emva koko waqhubeka ezivalela kwigumbi langasese elingasemva.

Umkhweli oyindoda wayehamba esuka eRichmond, eVirginia, esiya eSan Francisco, eCalifornia, edibene neAtlanta, eGeorgia.

Ngenxa yokulumka okukhulu, ukhapteni wanyula ukujikisa inqwelomoya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esikufutshane, ebesiseColorado Springs Municipal Airport eColorado Springs, Colorado. Ukapteni wacela ukuba amagosa omthetho asekuhlaleni adibane nenqwelomoya ekufikeni kwakhe eColorado Springs.

Inqwelomoya, ikhatshwa ngamajoni amabini e-F-16 athunyelwe phantsi kolawulo lwe-Continental US North American Aerospace Defense Command Region (NORAD), yafika ngokukhuselekileyo eColorado Springs nge-11:55 am MST kwaye yakhwela iteksi kwindawo ekude yesikhululo seenqwelomoya apho umthetho. amagosa amvalele umntu ekuthethwa ngaye.

Inqwelo-moya yaphinda yabekwa kwisango apho iye yagqogqwa ngamaqela eenja. I-FBI ikwindawo kwaye yongamela impendulo yokuthotyelwa komthetho. I-AirTran Airways isebenzisana ngokupheleleyo namagosa ogcino-mthetho.

I-Flight 39 isusiwe ukuba ihambe isiya eSan Francisco kwaye iza kuqhubeka nenqwelomoya.

“Sisiganeko esilusizi kwaye esinqabileyo xa imiyalelo yabasebenzi benqwelo-moya ingalandelwa. I-AirTran Airways ibaxhasa ngokupheleleyo abasebenzi benqwelo-moya yethu ekwenzeni umsebenzi wabo abawunikiweyo, kwaye siyabuncoma ubuchwephesha obaboniswa ngabasebenzi benqwelo-moya abangama-39 kule meko.”