EToulouse, eFransi-I-Air New Zealand Airbus A320 kwinqwelomoya yovavanyo iye yantlitheka kulwandle lweMeditera kunxweme olusemazantsi-ntshona eFransi ngoLwesine, yabulala abantu ababini ubuncinane abanye abahlanu abasekho, abasemagunyeni bathi.
Umphathiswa wezokhuseleko kwinqwelomoya yaseFransi iBEA ithi ingozi yenzeke ngo-4:46 pm (1546 GMT) xa inqwelomoya yayisondela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ePerpignan, isixeko esikumazantsi-ntshona eFransi emva kwenqwelomoya ethathe malunga neyure.
Ingqina elixelele unomathotholo waseFransi lathi libone i-Airbus intywila ngequbuliso yaza yaziphosa elwandle.
“Ndandibona ukuba yinqwelomoya kuba ndabona iinjini ezimbini ezinkulu. Bekungekho mlilo, akukho nto, ”ingqina, ipolisa lalapha, lixelele unomathotholo waseFrance Info.
“Yayibhabha ngqo, emva koko yajikela emhlabeni ngenkohlakalo. Ndazixelela ukuba soze ikhuphe kwaye kukho isitshizi esikhulu samanzi,” utshilo.
Abasemagunyeni basekuhlaleni bathi amaqela okubuyisela anezikhephe ezintlanu, amaqela amabini okuntywila kunye nehelikopta ayekwisiza kodwa iimeko zazinzima ngemozulu embi kunye nobumnyama.
Inqanawa yomkhosi wasemanzini ithunyelwe ukukhangela irekhoda yenqwelomoya, batsho.
Imizimba emibini sele ifunyenwe kodwa bekungekho themba lokuba abanye abebekhwele basindile kwaye akukho lizwi lisemthethweni ngezizathu zengozi.
“Okwangoku asinazo iinkcukacha zonobangela wengozi,” utshilo umphathi weAir New Zealand uRob Fyfe kwinkomfa yeendaba eAuckland.
Uthe abantu abahlanu baseNew Zealand kunye namaJamani amabini babekhwele inqwelomoya eyayiqeshiswe kwinqwelomoya yaseJamani iXL Airways kwaye yayivavanywa emva kokulungiswa ngaphambi kokuba ibuyele eNew Zealand kwinyanga ezayo.
Le ngozi yenzeke kanye kwiminyaka engama-29 okoko kwenzeka ingozi yomoya yaseNew Zealand xa inqwelomoya ye-Air New Zealand kuhambo lokubuka indawo e-Antarctica yabetha kwicala leMount Erebus, yabulala bonke abantu abangama-257 ababekhwele.
“Ukuba esi sehlo senzeke kwangolo suku lunye longeza nje imvakalelo yentlekele,” utshilo uFyfe.
I-A320, i-injini ye-twin, inqwelo-moya enye enendlela enye ehlala abantu abamalunga ne-150, yenziwe yi-Airbus, iyunithi yeqela le-aerospace yaseYurophu i-EADS. Malunga ne-1,960 yeenqwelomoya ze-A320 zikwinkonzo kunye nabaqhubi abayi-155 kwihlabathi jikelele.
I-Airbus yathi inqwelo-moya, enikwe amandla yi-IAE V2500 iinjini, yaziswa ngoJulayi 2005 kwaye yayiqokelele malunga neeyure ze-7000 zokubhabha kwi-2800 ye-flight cycle.
Ithe izakunceda abasemagunyeni abaphanda ngengozi kwaye bathumele iingcali ezintlanu kwindawo kodwa yongeza ukuba ayizukufaneleka ukuqikelela ngoonobangela.
“Okwangoku akukho lwazi lukhoyo lukhoyo,” yatsho kwingxelo.
I-Pyrenees-Orientales prefecture, ugunyaziwe wengingqi, uthe inqwelomoya "ikwinqwelomoya yobuchule" kwaye incedwa yinkampani esePerpignan.
