I-ATLANTA, Georgia - I-Atlantic Southeast Airlines iye yamisa i-jets ye-60 ukuqhuba ukuhlolwa kokhuseleko lwe-injini, isithethi sathi ngoLwesithathu.

Emva kophicotho lwangaphakathi, i-airline yazisa i-Federal Aviation Administration ukuba ibeka ngokuzithandela iinqwelomoya "ukuqinisekisa ukuthotyelwa kweengcebiso zokugcinwa komenzi we-injini," ngokutsho kwengxelo evela kwisithethi se-Atlantic Southeast Airlines uKate Modolo.

Ukuhlolwa kwakhona kuqale ngoLwesibini kwaye inqwelomoya inethemba lokugqitywa kwiiyure ezingama-36, utshilo uModolo.

I-Atlantic Southeast Airlines yinkampani yaseAtlanta, eGeorgia esebenzisana neDelta Airlines.

Ukuhlolwa kwakhona kuya kubangela ukuba ezinye iinqwelomoya zirhoxiswe kwaye inqwelomoya isebenzisana neDelta ukufumana abathengi kwiinqwelomoya ezahlukeneyo, utshilo uModolo.

"Nangona ukhuseleko luhlala luphambili kuthi, siyaxolisa ngokungazenzisiyo ngokuphazamiseka okunokuthi kubangele abanye abathengi," utshilo uModolo kwingxelo. "Abakhweli abachaphazelekileyo bayaqhagamshelwa kwaye baphinde bafakwe kwiinqwelomoya ezizayo kwaye iinqwelomoya ezongezelelweyo zisebenzisa ezinye iinqwelomoya zongezwa kwezinye iimarike."

Iindiza ezichaphazelekayo zizo zonke iijethi ze-CRJ200 Bombardier, ezihlala abantu abangama-50.