Abaphandi be-FBI babesebenza ngolwe-Lwesibini ukufumanisa ukuba yintoni ebangele umngxunya omncinci kumzimba wenqwelomoya yase-US.
Umqhubi wenqwelomoya ufumene umngxuma ngoMvulo ngelixa ejonga inqwelomoya ngaphambi kokubhabha, yatsho inqwelomoya.
Ukugqobhozwa kwenqwelo moya ye-Boeing 737 ubukhulu kunye nokumila komngxuma weembumbulu, kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba kukho umntu odutyulwe kwinqwelomoya, utshilo uAmy Thorenson, isithethi se-FBI eCharlotte, eNorth Carolina. Abaphandi abakazi ukuba yintoni enokubangela umngxuma, utshilo kusasa ngoLwesibini.
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya yalile ukuthetha.
“Asiqiqi ngomngxuma nokuba yintoni ebangele oko,” utshilo isithethi senqwelomoya uValerie Wunder.
Inqwelomoya yayibhabha yaya eCharlotte isuka ePhiladelphia kwaye yayilungiselelwa enye inqwelomoya xa umqhubi wenqwelomoya wafumanisa umngxuma ongasentla kwefestile yabakhweli ngasemva kwinqwelomoya, ngokutsho kwamagosa eenqwelomoya. I-airline yakhupha inqwelomoya kwinkonzo kwaye yabiza i-FBI.
Akukacaci ukuba umngxuma uvele ngaphambili okanye ngexesha lokubhabha okanye ngelixa inqwelomoya yayisemhlabeni eCharlotte, kodwa abaphandi kunye nenqwelomoya babesebenza phantsi kwengcinga yokuba yenzeke ngokubhabha, utshilo uThorenson.
I-airline ebizwa ngokuba yi-FBI, ethi u-Thorenson inegunya phezu kwayo nayiphi na into eyenzekayo kwinqwelo-moya yabahambi yorhwebo xa ibhabha.
Inqwelo moya iyaphanda, utshilo uWunder. Inqwelomoya yahlala ingasebenzi ngoLwesibini, utshilo.
Inqwelomoya - i-737-400 echongiweyo njenge-flight 1161 esuka ePhiladelphia - yafika ngaphandle kwesiganeko kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseCharlotte-Douglas malunga ne-4 pm.
Inqwelomoya ibamba abakhweli abayi-144, ngokutsho kwewebhusayithi ye-US Airways.
Akukacaci kwangoko ukuba bangaphi abantu ababekhwele kule nqwelomoya, kodwa bonke abakhweli bahlaliswa kwezinye iinqwelomoya, utshilo isithethi sase-US Airways.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Akukacaci ukuba umngxuma uvele ngaphambili okanye ngexesha lokubhabha okanye ngelixa inqwelomoya yayisemhlabeni eCharlotte, kodwa abaphandi kunye nenqwelomoya babesebenza phantsi kwengcinga yokuba yenzeke ngokubhabha, utshilo uThorenson.
- The puncture in the Boeing 737 airliner is the size and shape of a bullet hole, but that doesn’t mean someone shot at the plane, said Amy Thorenson, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- The aircraft had flown to Charlotte from Philadelphia and was being prepped for another flight when the pilot discovered the hole above a passenger window toward the back of the plane, according to airline officials.
