I-WASHINGTON-ICongress ithatha amanyathelo okuqinisa imigaqo kuqeqesho lokuqhuba, iziqinisekiso kunye neeyure ukuphendula iingozi ezibandakanya iinqwelomoya, kubandakanya nengozi eyenzeka ngoFebruwari kumantla eNew York eyabulala abantu abangama-50.
Abenzi bomthetho bafuna ukuphakamisa inani elincinci leeyure zokubhabha ezifunekayo ukuze babe ngumqhubi wenqwelomoya ukusuka kuma-250 ukuya kuma-1,500 kwaye banike abathwali bomoya ukufikelela ngakumbi kwiirekhodi zoqeqesho lwangaphambili zabaqhubi beenqwelo moya abacinga ngokuqesha. Ukuhlaziya imigaqo elawula ukuba zingaphi iiyure zokuqhuba ezinokufuneka ukuba basebenze ngaphambi kokuba baphumle nako kuyaqwalaselwa.
Izindululo ezenziwa ngababini ziqulathwe kumthetho oyilwayo weNdlu owaziswa ngoLwesithathu ngamalungu aphambili eKomiti yezoThutho eNdlwini nakwiZibonelelo. Ikomiti kulindeleke ivote ngoLwesine ukuze ithumele umthetho oyilwayo kwiNdlu iphela ukuze ithathe amanyathelo.
"Umthetho osayilwayo ngumzamo obanzi wokudibanisa oko sikwaziyo kumzi mveliso jikelele malunga nokhuseleko lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ukuphucula ukusebenza kokhuseleko ukuya phambili, utshilo u-Rep. UJerry Costello, uD-Ill., Usihlalo wekomitana yezokhuselo.
Inkuthazo yomthetho osayilwayo yayiyi-Continental Connection Flight 3407, eyathi yadilika ngoFebruwari 12 xa yayilungiselela ukufika kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseBuffalo-Niagara, yabulala bonke abangama-49 ababekhwele kuloo ndoda nendoda enye kwindlu engezantsi.
Ubungqina kwindibano yeBhodi yoKhuseleko kuThutho kaZwelonke ngoMeyi babonisa ukuba umphathi wenqwelomoya kunye negosa lokuqala lenze uthotho lweempazamo ezibangela ingozi, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba babediniwe okanye bengaphilanga. Uhambo lwaluqhutyelwa kwilizwekazi nguColgan Air Inc. waseManassas, Va.
Amaxwebhu akhutshwe yi-NTSB abonisa ukuba umqhubi wenqwelomoya oneminyaka engama-24 ufumene ngaphantsi kwe- $ 16,000 kunyaka ophelileyo, ibingunyaka wakhe wokuqala esebenzela umphathi wenqwelomoya wengingqi. Ngomhla wengozi wathi waziva egula, kodwa akazange afune ukukhupha inqwelomoya kuba kuya kufuneka ahlawule igumbi lehotele.
Ukapteni wenqwelomoya wayengenazo uqeqesho lwezandla kwisixhobo esiphambili sokhuseleko esadlala indima ebalulekileyo kwimizuzwana yokugqibela yenqwelomoya. Wayesilele kaninzi kuvavanyo lwezakhono zakhe zokuqhuba ngaphambi kokuba eze eColgan.
Iingozi ezintandathu zokugqibela zenqwelomoya e-US zibandakanye bonke abathwali bomoya bengingqi, kwaye ukusebenza komqhubi wenqwelomoya kwaba yinto kathathu kula matyala.
Ezinye izibonelelo kumthetho oyilwayo ziya kuthi:
_ Funa iinqwelomoya ukuba zithathe indlela entsha ekucwangciseni abaqhubi beenqwelomoya ekudala ikhuthazwa ziingcali zokudinwa. Ii-Airlines kuya kufuneka zithathele ingqalelo ukuba ezinye iintlobo zokubhabha-ezinje ngeenqwelo-moya ezimfutshane ezisuka rhoqo kunye nokufika emhlabeni-ziyadinisa kunezinye iintlobo zokubhabha, kwaye zilungelelanise iishedyuli ngokufanelekileyo.
_ Jongisa iZiko lezeNzululwazi leSizwe ukuba lifunde ngendlela abahamba ngayo abaqhubi beenqwelomoya abanegalelo ngayo ekudinweni nasekuboneleleni ngeziphumo zokuqala emva kweenyanga ezine kuLawulo lwezoPhapho lwaMandla.
Ummeli uJohn Mica, u-R-Fla., Osebenza kunye nalo mthetho-mali, uthe lo mthetho uyilwayo unezinto ezichaswayo yimibutho yabasebenzi kunye neenqwelo moya, "ngubani oya kuthi aphakamise uKayin malunga noku."
Umthetho oyilwayo yi-HR 3371.
