Inqwelo moya yakwaSirayeli El Al wabekwa ngembeko efanelekileyo ukuphawula ukusetyenziswa kwayo ngenqwelomoya enkulu iBoeing 747 ebizwa ngokuba 'ngukumkanikazi wesibhakabhaka' ngabalandeli beenqwelomoya, kunye nabaqhubi beenqwelomoya belanda inqwelomoya enkulu esibhakabhakeni.
Ipateni ebanzi enomdla yalandelwa njengoko inqwelo moya yayisuka eRoma isiya eTel Aviv kwindiza yayo yokugqibela e-El Al.
Inqwelomoya, ethatha umhlala phantsi ngeenqwelomoya emhlabeni jikelele, ibambe indawo ekhethekileyo kwimbali ye-El Al. I-airline isebenzise iinqwelomoya njengeyona nto iphambili kwi-Operation Solomon -umsebenzi wasemkhosini owawufihlakele owahambisa ngenqwelomoya ama-14,500 ama-Ethiopia ama-Ethiopia aphuma e-Addis Ababa awazisa kwa-Israyeli ngoMeyi ka-1990. Iinqwelo-moya ezingamashumi amathathu anesihlanu zathabatha uhambo kwisithuba seeyure ezingama-36.
Enye yeenqwelomoya i-El Al yade yaseta irekhodi lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, ethwele abakhweli abayi-1,122. I-Israel yenze into yokuhamba ngesiquphe ngenxa yenkxalabo ngokhuseleko lwamaTopiya phakathi kokungazinzi kwezopolitiko elizweni.
I-747 ithathelwe indawo ziimodeli ezintsha nezisebenza kakuhle ezinje ngeBoeing 787 okanye iAirbus A380, nangona zingenawo umkhweli ofanayo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Israeli airline El Al laid on a fitting tribute to mark the end of its use of the huge Boeing 747 aircraft dubbed ‘queen of the skies' by aviation fans, with the pilots tracing an enormous plane in the skies.
- The airline used the planes as a key element of Operation Solomon – a covert military operation which airlifted 14,500 Ethiopian Jews out of Addis Ababa and brought them to Israel in May 1990.
- The aircraft, which is being retired by airlines around the world, holds a particularly special place in the history of El Al.
