I-RIO DE JANEIRO -Ijethi yabakhweli be-Air France esuka eRio isiya eParis eye yahla ngokukhawuleza kumantla mpuma eBrazil kunye nabakhweli abangama-405 ababekhwele ngenxa yesoyikiso sebhombu yayicwangciselwe ukuba iphinde ihambe kwakhona ngeCawa ebusuku emva kokuba kungafunyanwanga siqhushumbisi.
Ukulibaziseka kokuhamba kwenqwelomoya ukusuka kwisixeko esisempuma-mpuma saseRecife kwakuyimfuneko kuba imimiselo ifuna ukuba abasebenzi bafumane umlinganiselo othile wokuphumla, isithethi se-Air France eBrazil sathi ngeCawa. Uthethe phantsi komqathango wokuba angalichaza igama lakhe kuba akagunyaziswanga ukuba axoxe ngalo mba.
USolange Argenta, isithethi sikarhulumente wesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBrazil, i-Infraero, uthe ngeCawa abasemagunyeni bahlole inqwelomoya kunye nomthwalo wayo "kwaye akufunyanwanga siqhushumbisi."
Isithethi se-Air France sathi ukunduluka e-Recife ngoku bekucwangciselwe i-8:10 pm ixesha lasekhaya (23.10 GMT).
Bonke abakhweli abangama-405 kunye nabasebenzi be-18 bakhutshiwe ngokukhuselekileyo kwi-Air France Flight 443 ngoMgqibelo ebusuku, utshilo isithethi se-Infraero uJorge Andrade.
Isoyikiso sebhombu safowunelwa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseRio ngelizwi labasetyhini malunga nemizuzu engama-30 emva kokuba inqwelomoya indulukile, utshilo isithethi seAir France. Inqaba yokulawula yaqhagamshelana nejethi kwaye isigqibo senziwe sokuhlala eRecife, wathi.
EParis, isithethi seAir France uJerome N'Guyen uqinisekise ukuba uhlolo olupheleleyo lwenqwelomoya lugqityiwe kwaye akukho nto ikrokrisayo ifunyenweyo. Abakhweli basiwa kwiihotele ezikufutshane de inqwelomoya ihambe kwakhona.
U-Argenta uthe inqwelomoya yaqala ukunduluka ngo-4:20 pm ixesha lasekhaya (3:20 pm EDT; 1920 GMT) kwaye inqwelomoya yahlala eRecife ngo-7:53 pm (6:53 pm EDT; 2253 GMT).
Ijethi ekhwele iteksi kwindawo efihlakeleyo yesikhululo seenqwelomoya kwaye abo bakhweleyo basuswa ngokukhawuleza, utshilo u-Infraero kwingxelo. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya savalwa malunga nemizuzu engama-30, saza saphinda savulwa.
I-Flight 443 yayikwindlela enye neye-Air France jet eyantlitheka ngoJuni ka-2009 kunxweme olusemntla-mpuma weBrazil, yabulala bonke abantu abangama-228 ababekhwele apho. Ngelixa kungekho sizathu siqinisekileyo esiye samiselwa kule ngozi, abasemagunyeni baye bawuvala ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukudlala intlonti.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The delay in the plane’s departure from the northeastern city of Recife was necessary because regulations require that the crew receive a certain amount of rest, an Air France spokesman in Brazil said Sunday.
- I-RIO DE JANEIRO -Ijethi yabakhweli be-Air France esuka eRio isiya eParis eye yahla ngokukhawuleza kumantla mpuma eBrazil kunye nabakhweli abangama-405 ababekhwele ngenxa yesoyikiso sebhombu yayicwangciselwe ukuba iphinde ihambe kwakhona ngeCawa ebusuku emva kokuba kungafunyanwanga siqhushumbisi.
- The bomb threat was phoned in to Rio’s international airport by a female voice about 30 minutes after the plane took off, the Air France spokesman said.
