I-F-16 yayixakekile xa abakhweli besenza ngokukrokra kwiindiza ezimbini

Iingxelo zabakhweli bomoya abakrokrelayo kwiinqwelomoya ezimbini zibangele abasemagunyeni ngeCawa ukuba bakrazule iijethi zokulwa kwisikhumbuzo seminyaka eli-10 ye-9/11.

Okwenzekileyo kwiinqwelomoya akunanto yakwenza nobunqolobi, utshilo igosa lonyanzeliso lomthetho.

Kwisiganeko sokuqala, uLawulo loKhuseleko lwezoThutho lwaziswa ngabakhweli abathi baziphatha ngendlela engaqhelekanga kwi-American Airlines Flight 34 ukusuka eLos Angeles International Airport ukuya kuJohn F. Kennedy International Airport eNew York, utshilo umkhulumeli we-TSA uGreg Soule.

Ngenxa yokulumka okukhulu, abasemagunyeni bathumela iijethi ezimbini ze-F-16 ukuba ziyokufihla inqwelomoya de yafika ngokukhuselekileyo e-JFK malunga ne-4:10 pm ET, utshilo uSoule, esongeza ukuba umthetho uza kudliwanondlebe nabakhweli. J. Peter Donald weFBI eNew York wathi esi siganeko sibandakanya abakhweli abathathu.

UTim Smith, isithethi saseMelika, uxelele i-CNN ukuba umkhweli walumkisa abasebenzi ngenkxalabo yokhuseleko. Ukapteni uye waphanda kwaye wanyula ukuba angabhengezi isoyikiso sokhuseleko kwaye akukho mntu usebhodini ocele uncedo lomkhosi okanye lomthetho, utshilo uSmith.

Isiganeko sesibini sibandakanya iFrontier Airlines Flight 623 esuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseDenver ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County.

Amalungu eqela labasebenzi aqaphela amadoda amabini eziphatha ngendlela ekrokrisayo. Omnye uchithe malunga nemizuzu engama-20 kwigumbi lokuhlambela ngasemva kwinqwelomoya ngelixa omnye elinde kwinqanawa eya phambili ngaphambi kokuba asebenzise igumbi langasese, kwanemizuzu engama-20, satsho isithethi sikaFrontier uPeter Kowalchuk.

UKowalchuk wathi: “Abasebenzi abazange bazive besongelwa, kodwa “babebeke esweni” amadoda.

Isithethi se-TSA uKristin Lee uthe i-arhente yaziswa ngo-3: 15 pm I-North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) iyalele inani elingachazwanga le-F-16s ukuba lifihle indiza, utshilo u-Lee.

Abasemagunyeni bathathe abakhweli abathathu, kubandakanya naba babini benza ngokukrokra, babavalela xa inqwelomoya yafika eDetroit, utshilo uKowalchuk. Akukhange kubanjwe, utshilo uSandra Berchtold weFBI.

I-Airbus A318, eyayinabagibeli be-116 kunye namalungu amane abasebenzi, yathatyathwa kwindawo yokuncedisa emva kokuba ifike ngo-3: 30 ntambama

Abasemagunyeni kamva bagqiba ukubuza abakhweli behlehlisiwe malunga nesi sehlo, utshilo uScott Wintner we-Wayne County Airport Authority.

UWintner uthe impendulo yesikhululo seenqwelomoya yayisemgangathweni kwimeko enjalo. "Impendulo ngeyayifana izolo njengoko ibinjalo namhlanje, kwaye ngengomso iyafana."

Kwisiganeko sesithathu, ibhegi eqhutywe kwi-Airport ye-Kansas City International yabangela ukuba unogada kwindawo yokuhlola akhathazeke, utshilo isithethi sesikhululo seenqwelomoya uJoe McBride.

Indoda ayizange ibambisane xa ibuzwa ukuba ingaba ibhegi ingagqogqwa yaza yabanjwa emva koko, utshilo uMcBride.

Itheminali B yavalwa yaza yakhutshwa ngentsimbi ye-9:30 kusasa, kwaye kwangeniswa iqela labaqhushumbisi. Eli qela lasebenzisa imibhobho yamanzi ukuvula nokuhlola zonke iibhegi zale ndoda, kuquka nezo zazijongiwe, utshilo uMcBride. Itheminali iphinde yavulwa ngo-2pm

Abasemagunyeni bebebuza le ndoda, utshilo uMcBride.

I-FBI kaBridget Patton yathi ii-arhente ziye kwindawo yesehlakalo. Akukho ziqhumane zifunyenweyo kwimithwalo, utshilo.