Umqhubi wenqwelomoya wenqwelomoya waseMelika ujongene nokuvalelwa ejele ngenxa yokusela

Umqhubi wenqwelomoya waseMelika ulungiselele ukubhabha inqwelomoya ephuma kwisikhululo senqwelomoya iHeathrow ngelixa ephindwe kathathu ngaphezulu komda osemthethweni wokubhabha okusela, inkundla yamva.

U-Erwin Vermont Washington, oneminyaka engama-51, waseLakewood, eColorado, wayefanele ukuba ngukapteni wenqwelomoya yasemini eya eChicago enabakhweli abali-124 kunye nabasebenzi abali-11 xa abasebenzi benuka utywala empefumlweni yakhe.

Amapolisa abizwa kwaye waphefumlelwa ngaphandle kwamehlo abakhweli kwi-Boeing 767, ngaphambi kokuba akhutshwe kwinqwelomoya.

Wabhala ukufundwa kwe-31 micrograms yotywala kwi-100 milliliters yokuphefumula xa kuthelekiswa nomda osemthethweni we-micrograms ezisithoba.

Umlinganiselo wotywala egazini lakhe wawuziimiligram ezingama-50 zotywala kwi-100ml yegazi – elilingana nesiqingatha sepinti yebhiya eqhelekileyo enamandla.

Umda osemthethweni wabasebenzi beenqwelo-moya yi-20 milligrams - ikota yaloo nto kubaqhubi beemoto.

UWashington, owayesebenza njengompu kuMkhosi woMoya wase-US ngaphambi kokuba abe ngumqhubi wenqwelomoya wezorhwebo, wavuma enetyala kwiNkundla kaMantyi yase-Uxbridge ukuba ungaphezu komlinganiselo wotywala ngokuqhuba inqwelomoya nge-9 kaNovemba kulo nyaka uphelileyo.

Ngoku ujongene nobuninzi beminyaka emibini entolongweni kunye nokongeza isohlwayo.

Ukunduluka kweBoeing 767 ukuya eChicago "kwakusondele" xa amapolisa afika, oomantyi beva.

UKevin Christie, umtshutshisi, uthe amapolisa amabini abizelwe kwinqwelomoya enze uvavanyo lomoya olulungiselelwe abasebenzi beenqwelomoya, athe wasilela.

"Ekuqukunjelweni kovavanyo igama elithi 'ukusilela' laboniswa kwiscreen sesixhobo," utshilo umnumzana Christie.

"UMnumzana Washington wabanjwa njengoko kwakucingelwa ukuba wayenike ingxelo yomsebenzi kwaye wayenenjongo yokubhabha inqwelomoya ebambe indima yokuba ngumphathi."

Xa wayexelelwa ngokubanjwa kwakhe emva kokukhutshwa kwinqwelomoya, umnumzana Christie wathi, waphendula nje: "Kulungile, kulungile."

Inqwelomoya yarhoxiswa emva koko kwaye abakhweli bathunyelwa kwezinye iinqwelomoya ngaphandle kokuxelelwa isizathu sokuphazamiseka.

I-United Airline kulindeleke ukuba yenze isigqibo ngekamva lakhe kunye nenqwelomoya emva kokugwetywa kwakhe, kwiNkundla yase-Isleworth Crown nge-5 kaFebruwari.

"Ukhuseleko yeyona nto iphambili kwaye umqhubi wenqwelomoya ususiwe ngexesha lenkqubo yomthetho kunye nophando lwethu," utshilo isithethi.

Amapolisa anqabile ukuveza ukuba iWashington ifikelele njani kumda - nokuba ebesela ngobusuku obungaphambi okanye ngentsasa yangaphambi kokubhabha, kwaye akazange aphawule njengoko ebephuma enkundleni izolo.

UChris Humphreys, ekhusela, wathi umxhasi wakhe "wayezisola ngeziganeko".

Uthe umthetho omalunga nabasebenzi beenqwelomoya ngaphezulu komda osemthethweni wokubhabha usetyenziswe amatyeli asixhenxe kuphela ukusukela oko wathi waziswa kuMthetho kaloliwe noThutho ka-2003.

“Enkosi, zimbalwa kakhulu iimeko ezilolu hlobo,” utshilo.

Kwenye imeko enjalo, umqhubi wenqwelomoya weAmerican Airlines uJoseph Crites, oneminyaka engama-57 ubudala, watyhola ibhiya eyomeleleyo yasemzini awayeyisele ngobusuku obungaphambi kokuba abhabhe ngenxa yokuba engaphaya komda.

UWashington wakhululwa ngebheyile engenamiqathango.