Kumashumi amathathu eminyaka eyadlulayo kule veki, iNew Zealand yayizinyembezi.
Eli lizwe lehlelwa yeyona ntlekele yakha yambi kakhulu xa, ngoNovemba 28, 1979, inqwelomoya yeAir New Zealand eyayikwinqwelomoya yokubona indawo inqumla eAntarctica yantlitheka kwiNtaba ye-Erebus, yaza yabulala bonke abantu abangama-257 ababekhwele apho.
I-DC10 yalima kumathambeka agqunywe likhephu kwiimeko ezimhlophe eziye zenza nokuba intaba eyi-3,600m ingabonakali.
Ngobulumko, yayiziinotshi ezininzi ngaphezulu kweyona ngozi yomoya imbi yaseOstreliya, inqwelomoya yaseMelika eyehla eBakers Creek, emantla eQueensland ngoJuni 1943, yabulala amajoni angama-40.
Kwaye ngenxa yabemi baseNew Zealand's 1970's abazizigidi ezithathu nje, ayimangalisi into yokuba phantse wonke umntu wayesazi umntu owayekwinqwelomoya ye-Erebus, okanye ubuncinci wayesazi umntu omaziyo umntu kwijethi egwetyiweyo.
Amakhulu amabini eKiwis, ama-24 aseJapan, ama-22 aseMelika, amaBritane amathandathu, amaCanada amabini, omnye waseOstreliya, omnye waseFrentshi kunye noSwitzerland omnye.
Usizi lwesizwe lwalusoyikeka kodwa usizi olugqithileyo lwakhawuleza lwathatyathelw' indawo ngumsindo okrakra njengoko umphathi welizwe wayegxadazela kwiinkqubano zawo namaxhoba kunye noluntu.
Akukho ngcebiso yanikwayo kwaye i-Air New Zealand yakhawuleza ukutyhola umqhubi wenqwelomoya uJim Collins kunye neqela lakhe nangona kungekudala kwavezwa ukuba babengenatyala.
Endaweni yoko, kwaboniswa ukuba isicwangciso senqwelomoya esihlaziyiweyo asizange sidluliselwe kumqhubi wenqwelomoya, sishiya inqwelomoya kwikhosi yokungqubana ne-Erebus.
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya iphinde yasilela ilizwe ngeentlawulo eziphantsi ezifihlakeleyo zembuyekezo kwiintsapho kunye nokukhanyela okungapheliyo, njengoko enye ingxelo ityholwa, "ibenesicwangciso esimisiweyo senkohliso".
Kodwa emva kweminyaka engama-30 yokwenzakala, ilizwe lide laqala ukulungisa amanxeba alo e-Erebus ngenxa yoxolo oluvela kwinkampani yeenqwelomoya abaninzi abakholelwa ukuba yayishiywe lixesha.
Kumsitho ka-Okthobha e-Auckland, umphathi wenkampani uRob Fyfe uvumile ukuba umthuthi wenze iimpazamo.
“Andikwazi ukubuyisela ixesha umva. Andikwazi ukurhoxisa okwenzekileyo, kodwa njengoko ndijonge phambili ndingathanda ukuthatha inyathelo elilandelayo kuhambo lwethu ngokuthi uxolo.
"Uxolo kubo bonke abo baye ...
Yayilinyathelo elikhulu eliya phambili esizweni, elingazange livumele ukuba kukhwele inqwelomoya enye ukuya e-Antarctica isuka eNew Zealand ukusukela oko kwenzeka intlekele.
Kodwa ukuchacha kusekumanyathelo omntwana.
Inyathelo likasomashishini waseChristchurch lokuqesha inqwelomoya yaseQantas kwaye athengise amatikiti kwabo bafuna ukutyelela i-Erebus malunga nesikhumbuzo seminyaka le ihlangatyezwane nesigxeko esiqatha.
“Kubonakala kungaqhelekanga ukutsho kodwa ndicinga ukuba kusekude kudala,” latsho elinye ibhinqa elafelwa ngunina kule ngozi.
