Uqhanqalazo luqhuma eDar es Salaam ngenqwelomoya yeAir Tanzania ethinjwe yinkundla yoMzantsi Afrika

Amapolisa okulwa nodushe kwikomkhulu lezorhwebo laseTanzania Dar es Salaam Ubambe abantu abathathu abatyholwa ngokuququzelela uqhanqalazo kwindawo yozakuzo eMzantsi Afrika befuna ukukhululwa kwendoda Airbus Inqwelomoya iA220-300 eyathinjwa eRhawutini ngoLwesihlanu odlulileyo.

Abaqhankqalazi bebehlanganisene kwindawo yozakuzo yoMzantsi Afrika ekwiSithili soShishino esiseMbindini (CBD) eDar es Salaam bephethe iibhodi ezibhaliweyo befuna kukhululwe le nqwelo-moya intsha ithinjwe ngumyalelo okhutshwe yiNkundla yePhondo laseGauteng uxhasa ibango elifakwe ngumfama woMzantsi Afrika odla umhlala-phantsi.

Bangaphezu kwe-100 abaqhankqalazi abahlanganisene kwindlu yozakuzo yoMzantsi Afrika ngolwe-Lwesithathu kusasa bephethe iibhenela ezinemiyalezo ebhekiswa kurhulumente woMzantsi Afrika ukuba angenelele kwingxabano kwaye akhulule inqwelomoya yaseTanzania esandula kufunyanwa.

Inkumanda yamapolisa kumasipala waseDar es Salaam uLazaro Mambosasa uthe umba wenqwelomoya ngoku usonjululwa ngamagosa karhulumente waseTanzania eMzantsi Afrika.

Ubuncinci abantu abathathu, ekuthiwa ngabaququzeleli bolu qhankqalazo, baphele beseluvalelweni lwamapolisa ukuze baphendule izityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho zokuququzelela uqhanqalazo olungagunyaziswanga.

Akukho mthethweni ukubamba uqhanqalazo olungagunyaziswanga, iindibano zoluntu okanye naluphi na uqhanqalazo lwasesitratweni eTanzania. Ngaphambili amapolisa alumkise abaqhankqalazi ukuba baphume kwindawo yexhwayelo.

I-Air Tanzania ifumene i-Airbus A220-300 yayo yokuqala, ebhaliswe njenge-5H-TCH, ngoDisemba 2018. I-airline yaba ngumqhubi wokuqala wase-Afrika wolu hlobo lwendiza kunye ne-airline yesihlanu kwihlabathi jikelele kunye ne-A220 yentsapho yendiza.

Le nqwelo-moya ithinjiweyo iqalise uhambo lwayo lokuqala ukusuka eDar es Salaam ukuya eRhawutini ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesibhozo kweyeSilimela kulo nyaka.

Le Airbus ibisetyenziselwe inqwelo moya yaseRhawutini isiya eDar es Salam izolo yaze yahluthwa ziziphathamandla zoMzantsi Afrika ngomyalelo wenkundla oxhasa uMnumzana Hermanus Steyn, umlimi odumileyo waseMzantsi Afrika nowake walawula inxalenye enkulu yomhlaba kwingingqi yaseArusha emantla. ITanzania kunye namaMaasai ahlala eKenya.

Iingxelo eziphuma eMzantsi Afrika zithi lo mfama udla umhlala-phantsi wabamba inqwelo-moya yaseTanzania ngenjongo yokunyanzela urhulumente waseTanzania ukuba amhlawule imbuyekezo engekahlawulwa yezigidi ezingama-33 zeerandi.

UMzantsi Afrika yenye yeendlela eziphezulu ezenza ingeniso kwiinkampani ezininzi zeenqwelo moya kuMmandla oseMazantsi naseMpuma Afrika. IJohannesburg yeyona ndawo iphambili yokudibanisa umoya eOstreliya kunye nonxweme loLwandlekazi lwePasifiki ezizezintsha nezizayo iimarike zabakhenkethi eTanzania nakwamanye amazwe aseMpuma Afrika.

Ibhodi yabakhenkethi yaseTanzania (TTB) isebenze ngokubambisana ne-Air Tanzania ukuthengisa iindawo zokushishina kunye nezokhenketho. UMzantsi Afrika ngokwawo ngumthombo wemarike kubakhenkethi abamalunga nama-48,000 abaya eTanzania ngonyaka wamaperile, uninzi lwabakhenkethi kunye nabahambi bezoshishino.

Amanani asemthethweni amva nje abonisa ukuba malunga ne-16,000 yabakhenkethi abavela e-Australia abandwendwele iTanzania ngo-2017, ubukhulu becala ngonxibelelwano lomoya eRhawutini.

Kwakhona kwi-2017, iNew Zealand yayingumthombo weendwendwe ze-3,300 eTanzania ngelixa i-Pacific Rim (iFiji, iiSolomon Islands, iSamoa kunye nePapua New Guinea) yazisa malunga neendwendwe ze-2,600.

Inkampani yeenqwelomoya yaseTanzania isajongene nokhuphiswano oluqatha kwindlela yoMzantsi Afrika nezinye iinqwelomoya zaseAfrika naseMbindi Mpuma ezifana neKenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates, Turkish Airlines kunye neRwandAir, zonke ezisebenza ngeenqwelomoya eziqhelekileyo ezidibanisa iDar es Salaam neRhawuti.

I-Air Tanzania yasekwa ngo-1977 emva kokuwa kwe-Airways yommandla we-East African Airways (EAA). Ukuza kuthi ga kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo, inqwelomoya ibisebenza ngelahleko, ixhaswa kuphela ziinkxaso zikarhulumente.

Ngaphantsi kwenkqubo yokuvuselela ebanzi, inqwelomoya yayifumene inqwelo yeenqwelomoya ezisibhozo, kubandakanywa iiBombardier Q400 ezintathu, iiAirbus A200-300 ezimbini, iFokker50 enye, iFokker28 enye, kunye neBoeing 787-8 Dreamliner enye.