Ngokutsho kweKenya Civil Aviation Authority, inqwelomoya encinci yantlitheka kwingingqi yeGreat Rift Valley yaseKenya ngoLwesithathu. Umqhubi wenqwelomoya waseKenya kunye nabantu bangaphandle abane, kuquka abathathu baseMelika, basweleke kule ngozi, amapolisa asekuhlaleni athi.
AmaNgqina abone inqwelomoya ikliphu umthi xa izama ukuhla ngokukhawuleza yaza yantlitheka kwibala laseKericho kwintshona yekomkhulu laseNairobi. Umqhubi wenqwelomoya waseKenya kunye nomnye umkhweli, wesizwe esingaziwayo, nabo basweleke, umthombo wamapolisa uthe.
“Inqwelo-moya iwunqumle umthi namavili angasemva ehla,” utshilo umsebenzi wasefama uJoseph Ng’ethe. “Yaye yanenkathalo yaza yantlitheka komnye umthi ngaphambili nasemhlabeni.”
I-Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) yathi ifumene umqondiso wokubandezeleka kwinqwelomoya, ngokubhaliswa kwe-5YBSE, eyayibhabha ukusuka kwi-wildlife reserve yaseMaasai Mara ukuya kumantla e-Turkana xa yawa.
“Oku kubangele iqela lethu lokuKhangela nokuHlangula ukuba liqalise umsebenzi ongxamisekileyo,” itshilo i-KCAA, yongeza ngelithi sele iqalile uphando.
Ukubhubha kwabantu baseMelika yindoda kunye nabasetyhini ababini, utshilo umthombo.
Amangqina athi inqwelo-moya yayisenza izandi ezingaqhelekanga njengoko isondela ebaleni. Umqhubi wenqwelomoya ubonise abasebenzi basefama abaphantsi emhlabeni ukuba bahambe phambi kokuba umva ubethe umthi, batsho.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, abakhweli abasibhozo kunye nabaqhubi ababini babulawa xa inqwelomoya enye ye-turboprop i-Cessna Caravan eqhutywa yifemu yasekhaya i-FlySax kwinqwelomoya yasekhaya eya eNairobi yantlitheka entabeni.
