Inqwelo moya yenqwelomoya yaseMelika kunye nabasebenzi bayo babini bayokuxoxwa ngecala lokubulala abantu abali-113 abasweleke kwingozi yeConcorde ephelisa iphupha lokuhamba ngamandla.
Owayesakuba ligosa laseFrance kwezokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kunye namalungu amabini aphezulu enkqubo yeConcorde baya kuzanywa kwityala elinye ukusuka ngoLwesibini kwinkundla ekufuphi naseParis, inkqubo kulindeleke ukuba ihlale iinyanga ezine.
Inqwelomoya ejikeleze iNew York yabhabha kwibhola yomlilo kwakamsinya emva kokuba isukile kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya eParis Charles de Gaulle ngoJulayi 25, 2000, ibulala bonke abantu abali-109 ababekhwele - uninzi lwabo ingamaJamani- kunye nabasebenzi abane behotele emhlabeni.
I-Concorde evuthayo idilize ihotele kwisikhululo senqwelomoya xa yaphosa emhlabeni kwingozi eyaphawula ukuqala kwesiphelo kwihlabathi lokuqala-kwaye ukuza kuthi ga ngoku-inkonzo yesiqhelo yejet.
I-Air France kunye neBritish Airways bayisekela i-Concordes yabo iinyanga ezili-15 emva kwengozi kwaye, emva kokuphinda baqale kwakhona, ekugqibeleni bayiphelisa inkonzo yezorhwebo ngo-2003.
Inqwelomoya, eyazalwa yintsebenziswano yaseBritane neyaseFrance, yaqalisa ukubhabha okokuqala ngonyaka we-1976. Ziyi-20 kuphela ezenziwayo: ezintandathu zazisetyenziselwa uphuhliso zaze ezili-14 eziseleyo zahamba ngenqwelomoya kwiindlela ze-Atlantic ngesantya esifikelela kwii-2,170 zeekhilomitha ngeyure.
Uphando lwengozi yaseFrance lwaphetha ngoDisemba 2004 ukuba le ntlekele yaseParis yabangelwa sisiqwengana sentsimbi eyawa kwindlela ye-Continental Airlines DC-10 eyasuka kanye phambi kwejet.
I-Concorde, uninzi lwabakhweli bayo baseJamani ngenxa yokukhwela inqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa eCaribbean eNew York, ibaleke ngaphezulu komtya obunzima kakhulu we-titanium, eyayiqhekeza elinye lamavili alo, yabangela ukuqhushumba nokuthumela inkunkuma ibhabha kwiinjini kunye itanki yezibaso.
Izwekazi lihlawuliswe ngokusilela ukugcina kakuhle inqwelomoya, kunye nabasebenzi ababini baseMelika: uJohn Taylor, umatshini otyholwa ngokufakela umtya ongaqhelekanga, kunye nomphathi wenqwelo moya uStanley Ford.
Kukhutshwe isigunyaziso sokubanjwa sikaTaylor emva kokuba engaphumelelanga ukuza kuphandwa ngabaphandi, kwaye, ngokwegqwetha lakhe, akazukuya kwityala elisePontoise, emantla ntshona eParis.
Igqwetha likaTaylor laliwe ukutsho ukuba ngaba umthengi wakhe uza kuvela enkundleni.
Amagosa angaphambili e-Concorde kunye nomphathi wokuhamba ngenqwelomoya wase-France nawo atyholwa ngokusilela ekufumaneni nasekumiseleni iimpazamo ezilungileyo kwiinqwelomoya, ezivezwe ngexesha lophando kwaye becinga ukuba banegalelo kule ngozi.
UHenri Perrier wayengumlawuli wenkqubo yokuqala yeConcorde eAerospatiale, ngoku eyinxalenye yeqela le-EADS, ukusukela ngo-1978 ukuya koka-1994, ngexa uJacques Herubel wayeyinjineli eyintloko ye-Concorde ukusukela ngo-1993 ukuya ku-1995.
Omabini la madoda atyholwa ngokungayinanzi imiqondiso yesilumkiso evela kuthotho lweziganeko kwiinqwelomoya zeConcorde, ezathi kwiminyaka yabo engama-27 yenkonzo bafumana ukothuswa ngamatayara okanye ukonakala kwevili kumatyeli aliqela agqobhoza kwiitanki zepetroli.
Okokugqibela uClaude Frantzen, umlawuli weenkonzo zobuchwephesha kwigunya laseFrance lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya i-DGAC ukusuka ngo-1970 ukuya kowe-1994, utyholwa ngokujonga isiphoso kumaphiko awenziwe okwe-delta amile okweConcorde, awayegcina iitanki zalo zepetroli.
Ityala liya kuzama ukuphungula isabelo kuxanduva lwenqwelomoya yase-US, iConcorde kunye namagosa eenqwelomoya zaseFrance.
Uninzi lweentsapho zamaxhoba zavuma ukuba zingathathi manyathelo omthetho endaweni yokufumana imbuyekezo evela eAir France, EADS, Kwilizwekazi nakwimveliso yamatayala eGyeyear.
Imali abayifumeneyo ayichazwanga esidlangalaleni, kodwa iingxelo zithe malunga ne-US100 yezigidi zeerandi kwabelwana ngayo phakathi kwezihlobo ezingama-700 zabafi.
Kuwo wonke uphando lweminyaka esibhozo, ilizwekazi lazibophelela ekulweni naziphi na izityholo kwityala.
"Amangqina amaninzi athe umlilo kwiConcorde waqala xa inqwelomoya yayikumgama weemitha ezingama-800 ukusuka kwinxalenye (yentsimbi), utshilo uOlivier Metzner, igqwetha lase Continental.
Ukungqina oku wathi uceba ukubonisa inkundla ukwakhiwa kwakhona kwamacala amathathu kwengozi.
URoland Rappaport, igqwetha losapho lomqhubi wenqwelomoya waseConcorde uChristian Marty, uthe "ingozi bekufanele ukuba ithintelwe".
"Ubuthathaka bukaConcorde babusaziwa malunga neminyaka engaphaya kwama-20," utshilo.
Ukutshutshiswa ngempumelelo kuya kubangela isohlwayo esiphezulu se-euro ezingama-375,000 ngenqwelomoya ukuya kuthi ga kwiminyaka emihlanu ejele kunye nentlawulo efikelela kwi-75,000 ye-euro kubantu ababandakanyekayo.
