I-American Airlines ikhethe ukugcina i-Boeing 737 MAX isekwe de kwaba nge-19 ka-Agasti, nokuba oko kuthetha ukurhoxisa iinqwelomoya ezili-115 ngemini ngexesha lasehlotyeni, njengoko iprojethi yejethi ekhathazayo iqhubeka kwaye ukuthengisa okutsha kungumkhenkce.
Inkampani, ephethe ii-jets ezingama-24 ezazibandakanyekile kwiingozi ezimbini zakutshanje, zabhengeza isigqibo kwimbalelwano eya kubasebenzi nakubathengi. I-AA ifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthembeka "ngexesha lokuhamba eliphambili kunye nokubonelela ngokuzithemba kubathengi bethu nakumalungu eqela xa kufikwa kwizicwangciso zabo zokuhamba," u-Executive Executive uDoug Parker kunye noMongameli Robert Isom babhala.
Iinqwelo-moya ze-737 MAX 8 zazingumhlaba jikelele emva kwengozi eyabulala i-Ethiopian Airlines, eyabulala abantu abali-157 ababekhwele. Esi siganeko safika emva kweenyanga emva kwengozi yemodeli efanayo eyayiqhutywa yiLion Air kubonakala ukuba inxulunyaniswe nenkqubo efanayo yokulawula inqwelomoya.
UParker kunye ne-Isom ngaxeshanye bavakalise ukuzithemba kwabo kumandla kaBoeing ukulungisa ingxaki ngohlaziyo lwesoftware kunye notshintsho kwiinkqubo zoqeqesho lokuqhuba. I-airline yase-US ineenqwelomoya ezingama-24 MAX kwizithuthi zayo kwaye kulindeleke ukuba zifumane ezinye ezili-16 kulo nyaka. Ukubeka umhlaba sele kukhokelele ekurhoxisweni kweenqwelo moya ezinokuba ngama-90 ngemini ukuya ekuqaleni kukaJuni, kwaye ulwandiso lungabeka uxinzelelo kumandla waseMelika wokuhlangabezana neemfuno zezihlalo ngexesha lokuhamba eliphakamileyo elizayo. Ininzi yeenqwelo moya ze-115 zemihla ngemihla ziya kucinywa ngo-Agasti, ngokwileta.
Iingozi zishiye iBoeing ivuleleke kugxekwa ngendlela eqinisekisa ngayo imodeli ethengisa ngokukhawuleza, iqhuba ezinye iimvavanyo endlini kunye nemvume ye-Federal Aviation Authority. Abagxeki bathi umvelisi usike iikona ukukhawulezisa imodeli entsha kwintengiso, ethintela ukhuseleko lwenqwelomoya njengesiphumo.
