EBeirut, eLebhanon - Abalawuli bezithuthi zomoya eLebhanon baxelele umqhubi wenqwelomoya ye-Ethiopian Airlines ukuba atshintshe indlela kamsinya ngaphambi kokuba ingqubeke elwandle, utshilo umphathiswa wezothutho welizwe ngoLwesibini.
Iqela lokukhangela lamazwe ngamazwe belidibanisa unxweme lweMeditera eLebhanon ngeempawu zobomi ngoLwesibini phakathi koloyiko lokuba bonke abantu abangama-90 ababekhwele inqwelomoya e-Addis Ababa babhubhe kule ngozi, abasemagunyeni bathi.
Umphathiswa wezoThutho eLebhanon uGhazi al-Aridi uthe ngoLwesibini kusesekuseni kakhulu ukumisela ukuba ingaba impazamo yomqhubi wenqwelomoya ibangele le ngozi.
Uthe idatha yenqwelomoya yenqwelomoya kunye neerekhoda zelizwi ze-cockpit ziya kufuna ukufunyanwa ukuze kubonwe ukuba kutheni i-Flight 409 yanyamalala kwizikrini ze-radar kamsinya nje emva kokumka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBeirut iRafik Hariri malunga ne-2:30 am ngexesha lasekhaya.
Inqaba yokulawula yaphulukana nokunxibelelana nenqwelomoya ngaphambi kokuba yenze isilungiso sekhosi ngoMvulo, utshilo u-al-Aridi.
Kwisiteyitimenti, i-Ethiopian Airlines ithe umqhubi wenqwelomoya unamava angaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20 ebhabha ngeenqwelomoya ezahlukeneyo ngothungelwano lwenqwelomoya. Inqwelomoya yayibhengezwe njengekhuselekile kwaye ikulungele ukubhabha kulandela inkonzo yokugcinwa rhoqo nge-25 kaDisemba 2009, inkampani yeenqwelomoya yatsho.
Umkhosi waseLebhanon uxele ngoLwesibini ukuba imizimba ye-14 ifunyenwe-isithoba esingaphantsi kwesibalo sangaphambili. Ukubhideka kwangethuba kukhangelo kwakhokelela ekubaleni kabini, batsho. Akukho basindileyo bafunyenweyo.
Ukhangelo luquka iinqwelomoya ezisuka eMelika, eBritane, eFrance naseCyprus.
Umkhosi wase-US wathumela i-USS Ramage - umtshabalalisi we-missile okhokelwayo - kunye neenqwelo-moya ze-Navy P-3 ekuphenduleni izicelo ze-Lebhanon zoncedo, ngokutsho kwamagosa okhuselo ase-US.
“Asikholelwa ukuba kukho nasiphi na isalathiso sokumosha okanye ukudlala intlonti,” utshilo uMongameli waseLebhanon uMichel Suleiman ngoMvulo.
IBhodi yeSizwe yoKhuseleko lwezoThutho yaseUnited States ikwathumela umphandi ngenxa yokuba inqwelo-moya yayenziwe ngumenzi waseMerika.
I-Boeing 737-800 yayinabasebenzi abasibhozo kunye nabakhweli abangama-82 - abemi baseLebhanon abangama-51, ama-Ethiopia angama-23, ama-Britons amabini kunye nabemi abavela eCanada, e-Iraq, eRashiya, eSiriya, eTurkey naseFransi - xa yehla, inqwelomoya yathi.
Inqwelomoya yantlitheka malunga neekhilomitha ezi-3.5 (iikhilomitha ezi-2) kwintshona yedolophu yaseNa'ameh ekwiikhilomitha ezili-15 (iikhilomitha ezili-9) kumazantsi e-Beirut.
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya yase-Ethiopia ephantsi korhulumente yenye yeenqwelomoya ezinkulu e-Afrika, isebenzela iYurophu kunye namanye amazwekazi amathathu. Inqwelomoya iye yafumana ingozi ezimbini ezibulalayo ukusukela ngo-1980.
NgoNovemba 1996, inqwelomoya eyayisinge eIvory Coast yaqweqwediswa ngamadoda amathathu awayefuna ukuba umqhubi abhabhe aye eOstreliya. Umqhubi wenqwelo-moya uye wantlitheka ngelixa wayezama ukuhla ngokukhawuleza kufutshane neComoros Islands ngaphandle kweAfrika. Malunga ne-130 yabantu be-172 ababekhwele bafa, ngokweengxelo ezipapashiweyo.
Yaye ngoSeptemba 1988, inqwelo-moya yantlitha umhlambi weentaka xa induluka. Ebudeni bengozi eyalandelayo, abantu abangama-31 kwabayi-105 ababekhwele bafa.
