Xa ujonga iindaba zamva nje eziphuma kwishishini lenqwelomoya, ungacinga ukuba ukukhwela inqwelomoya yorhwebo iya kuba sisigwebo sentambo esiqinisekisiweyo.
Kodwa ngaphandle kweengxelo zezixhobo zokumisa ezingalunganga kunye neenqwelomoya ezimisiweyo kwezi veki zidlulileyo, ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya kukhuselekile. Ngapha koko, iingcali zithi iFederal Aviation Administration yonyusile uhlolo ukuqinisekisa ukuba iinqwelo-moya zorhwebo zifanelekile ukuba ziqinisekise abathengi ukuba ukubhabha kuyindlela ekhuselekileyo yokuhamba.
"Le nkqubo iyazilungisa kwaye ezi zinto ziyakhathalelwa," utshilo uWilliam Voss, umongameli kunye nomphathi oyintloko weFlight Safety Foundation. Ngelixa usizi lweenqwelo moya lubonakala ngakumbi kunesiqhelo, “ayisosizathu esikhulu soloyiko,” utshilo.
UVoss uthe uchukumisekile yimpendulo evela kumzi-mveliso wenqwelomoya ukunyusa uhlolo yi-FAA, esithi eli shishini “linolondolozo olukhulu.” Oko ke kulunge kubathengi kunye nokhuseleko, wongezelela. “Ingqiqo yethu yeyokuba (i-FAA) ifumene iziphazamiso ezimbalwa ngokwentelekiso kulungiso kunye nezikhokelo zokuthotyelwa,'' utshilo uVoss.
Inkxalabo malunga nokhuseleko lwenqwelomoya yenyuka emva kokuba i-Southwest Airlines ibethelwe isohlwayo se-10.2 sezigidi zeedola ngenxa yokusilela kogcino olubekiweyo. I-FAA iyalele ukuphononongwa kwabathuthi beenqwelomoya emva kwesiganeko seSouthwest Airlines, esibangele ukuba iAmerican Airlines kunye neDelta Airlines zimise iinqwelomoya. Ukongeza kwiinkxalabo ziingxelo ngoLwesibini ukuba i-UAL's United Airlines iqinisekise iinqwelomoya ezimbini ze-A320 eziye zatsiba kumgaqo weenqwelomoya kwiinyanga zamva nje ziye zawela iingcingo kwigiya yazo yokumisa.
Ngelixa iziphumo zophicotho zingalindelekanga ukuba zibhengezwe kude kube nguLwesihlanu, uLaura Brown, isithethi seFAA, uthe uphicotho lubonisa ukuthotyelwa okuphezulu komyalelo we-arhente womoya.
“Amanyathelo enzelwe ukubona kunye nokulungisa iingxaki phambi kokuba zibe mandundu kwaye zifikelele kwinqanaba lokubangela isiganeko okanye ingozi,'' utshilo uBrown. "Sifumanisa ukuba le nkqubo isebenza ngendlela eyilwe ngayo kwaye iinkampani zeenqwelo moya ziyayithobela imiyalelo yokulungela umoya kwaye zijongana nemilinganiselo ekufuneka iqwalaselwe." Uye waphawula ukuba kukho phakathi kwama-35,000 ukuya kuma-40,000 iinqwelomoya zentengiso ngosuku.
Ngokutsho kweWeb site ethi fearlessflying.com, amathuba okuba kwingozi yenqwelo-moya amalunga nesigidi esinye kwabali-1. Oko kuthelekiswa nokufa kwingozi yemoto, leyo isayithi ibethelele ku-11 kwabangama-1.
Nangona bekukho iingozi ezincinci zeenqwelomoya, intlekele yokugqibela yenqwelomoya yayingo-Agasti 2006, xa iComair Flight 5191 yantlitheka kamsinya nje emva kokusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iBlue Grass eLexington, Ky., yabulala abakhweli abangama-46 kunye nabasebenzi ababini. Ingozi ibingabangelwa zizixhobo ezingalunganga kodwa kumalinge okumka kumgaqo weenqwelo-moya ongalunganga. NgoNovemba ka-2001 i-American Airlines Flight 587 yantlitheka kwindawo yaseBelle Harbour eQueens, NY, kwafa abantu abangama-260 ababekhwele kunye nabantu abahlanu emhlabeni. Le ngozi yatyholwa ngokuba sisidubedube esibangele ukuba umqhubi wenqwelo-moya ahambise iphini lokujika umva naphambili ngogonyamelo ukuze izinze inqwelomoya. Uxinzelelo lwayikrazula iphiko elithe nkqo, labangela ukuntlitheka.
"Inkqubo yokuhamba ngomoya namhlanje ikhuselekile njengoko kwakunjalo," utshilo uDavid Castelveter, isithethi soMbutho wezoThutho lomoya, umbutho ophambili wezorhwebo. “Sinelona rekhodi libalaseleyo lokhuseleko ehlabathini kwaye asiyongozi leyo. Oko kusisiphumo senkqubo esebenzayo.”
Ngokutsho kukaCastelveter, iintloko ezindabeni zisisiphumo seprogram yokudiza ngokuzithandela eyenza ukuba oomatshini bathi benze impazamo endaweni yokuxhomekeka kwi-FAA ukujonga iimpazamo. "Yenza inkqubo ikhuseleke ngakumbi," utshilo uCastelveter, ephawula ukuba iinqwelomoya zithobela "uninzi" lwemigaqo yomoya.
“Ndiza kukhwela inqwelomoya ngomso,” satsho isithethi. “Andiqondi ukuba kukho nabani na kumbutho wethu onokuthandabuza ukubhabha ngenqwelomoya ngaphandle kophicotho-zincwadi.”
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- According to Castelveter, the headlines in the news are a result of the voluntary disclosure program that enables mechanics to say they made a mistake instead of relying on the FAA to look for errors.
- While the findings of the audit aren't expected to be announced until Friday, Laura Brown, a spokeswoman at the FAA, said the audit is indicating a high compliance with the agency’s airworthiness directive.
- “We are finding that the system works as designed and that airlines' are complying with the airworthiness directives and addressing the measures that need to be addressed.
