Amagama amane kwiBhodi yoKhuseleko kuZwelonke yezoThutho (NTSB) akhupha into yokuba umlawuli weTeterboro ngewayelumkisile umqhubi wenqwelomoya ye-Piper malunga nehelikopta engaphezulu koMlambo i-Hudson ukuba inqwelomoya ekugqibeleni iyabethwa iphikiswa ngamandla ngabalawuli bezithuthi zomoya. Ukupapashwa kweNTSB kugxininisa ukuba ngelo xesha, umlawuli weTeterboro uxelele inqwelo moya ukuba itshintshe ixesha lakhe lokuthetha nabalawuli beNewark Tower, kukho iinqwelomoya ezininzi ezifunyaniswe yiradar kwindawo engaphambi kwendiza, "kubandakanya nehelikopta yengozi." Umbutho wabaLawuli beeNdlela zoMoya weSizwe (i-NATCA) uxela ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba la magama mane ayinyani kwaye abe negalelo kwisigqibo sokungakhathali nesiphosakeleyo sokuba umlawuli weTeterboro ngewayeyithintele le ngozi.
Inqaku elifanayo le-NTSB lithetha ngokucacileyo ukuba ihelikopta khange ibonakalise kwiradar kude kube li-11: 52.27, imizuzwana esixhenxe emva kokuba unxibelelwano nenqwelomoya lutshintshiwe ukusuka eTeterboro laya eNewark ngo-11: 52.20. Kodwa indlela ebhalwe kakubi nelahlekisayo malunga "nehelikopta yengozi" ishiye umbono ophosakeleyo wokuba umlawuli weTeterboro wayenoxanduva lokungalumkisi inqwelo moya malunga nelo zithuthi.
Ngapha koko, kwaye iphazamise ngokulinganayo, i-NTSB ityhile ngasese kumagosa e-NATCA ngempelaveki ukuba iyazi ukuba la magama mane kuthethwa ngawo kupapasho lweendaba "ayalahlekisa kwaye akafanelekanga." Igosa eliphezulu le-NTSB lathi nge-imeyile ukuba amagama "anokucaca gca" kodwa ulungiso "alunakukhutshwa."
"Sikholelwa ukuba i-NTSB ayilunganga ukuba bekukho iingcebiso ngezothutho ezinokuthi zikhutshwe ukusuka eTeterboro Tower ukuya kwinqwelomoya," utshilo uRay Adams, ummeli weziko leNATCA eNewark Tower omele umlawuli weTeterboro Tower kuphando lwengozi ye-NTSB. “Ihelikopta khange iboniswe kwiradar phambi kokutshintsha kolawulo ukusuka eTeterboro ukuya eNewark Tower. UTeterboro wayengenalo ithuba lokufowunela loo traffic. Inkonzo yolawulo lwezithuthi zomoya isekwe kwindawo "eyaziwayo neqwalaselweyo" yezithuthi. Umlawuli weTeterboro akazange abone okanye azi malunga nehelikopta yengozi kudluliso lonxibelelwano eNewark.
“Masikhumbule ke ukuba inqwelo-moya ayikaze idibane noonomathotholo noNewark, njengoko uTeterboro wayecelile. Akukho mntu wayethetha naye. Awunakho ukukhupha izilumkiso zendlela kumqhubi wenqwelomoya onxibelelana nawe. Kuya kufuneka ufike kumqhubi wenqwelomoya kuqala kunye nomlawuli weTeterboro - njengoko kucacisiwe ngokuchanekileyo kupapasho lweNTSB- uzame kabini, watsho phantsi. ”
Wongeze umongameli we-NATCA uPatrick Forrey: “Makhe ndiyenze icace le nto: umlawuli wezithuthi zethu eTeterboro wenze umsebenzi wakhe. Siyakholelwa ukuba akanalo uxanduva lokufaka isandla kule ngozi imbi kwaye akukho nto anokuyenza ukuyithintela ingenzeki. Siyayihlonipha i-NTSB, kwaye siyayixabisa inxaxheba yethu kuphando lwe-NTSB. Kodwa kule meko, i-NTSB ayihoyanga kwaphela igalelo lethu, ipeyinte umbono ongaqinisekanga wenkcazo yomsebenzi womlawuli weTeterboro, kwaye yaxhokonxa isiphithiphithi sokondla esidlangalaleni esityhola ngokungafanelekanga lo mlawuli weTeterboro ngokungasebenzi ukuze ayeke ukulandelelana kweziganeko ezikhokelele ukuya kwingozi.
“Ngentlonipho sicela ukuba i-NTSB ikhawuleze ithathe amanyathelo ayeke oku kugwetyelwa ukugweba ukuba lo mlawuli unento yokwenza nengozi de kube kugqitywe uphando olupheleleyo lwebhodi. Ukulungiswa kwangoko kokukhutshwa kweendaba kungalunganga inyathelo lokuqala. ”
