Inqwelomoya ye-Continental Airlines esuka eBrussels ifike ngokukhuselekileyo kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseNewark Liberty emva kokuba umphathi wenqwelomoya asweleke phakathi kwenqwelomoya ngoLwesine kusasa, i-CBS 2 ifundile.
Amagosa e-Federal Aviation Administration athi i-Continental Flight 61, iBoeing 777 enabakhweli abangama-247, yafika eNewark ngo-11: 49 kusasa iNewark yayiyindawo yokugqibela yenqwelomoya. Inqwelo-moya yemka eBrussels ngo-9: 45 kusasa, kwaye umphathi wabhubha malunga neeyure ezintathu ukuya kwezine endizeni. Ugqirha owayekhwele wathi umqhubi usweleke.
Amagosa amazwekazi axelela i-CBS 2 ukuba umqhubi wenqwelomoya oneminyaka engama-61 usweleke ngenxa yendalo. Isazisi sakhe asikakhululwa, kodwa amagosa athi usebenze kule nkampani kangangeminyaka engama-21 kwaye ebeseNewark.
"Inkampani ibinxibelelana nosapho lwayo kwaye sidlulisa uvelwano lwethu olunzulu," utshilo inkampani yezindiza kwingxelo. “Abasebenzi kule nqwelo moya babandakanya umqhubi wenqwelo moya owongezelelweyo owathatha indawo yomqhubi oswelekileyo. Inqwelomoya iqhubekile ngokukhuselekileyo nabaqhubi beenqwelomoya ababini.
Abasemagunyeni bathi ukongeza kumagosa amabini okuqala xa babebhabha kwakukhona nabasebenzi abagciniweyo.
"Kule meko, yayiyindiza yenqwelomoya, ngenxa yobude kuhlala kukho igosa lesibini lokuqala," utshilo u-Al Yurman, ingcali yezohambo.
Umzimba kakapteni wasuswa kwi-cockpit wabekwa kwindawo yokuphumla yabasebenzi ngexesha lokubaleka.
Uninzi lweeyunithi zeenkonzo zonyango ezingxamisekileyo zazikwindawo yaseNewark zalandela inqwelomoya kwitara emva kokufika kwayo.
I-Boeing 777 yeyona twinjet inkulu emhlabeni kwaye inokuthwala phantse abakhweli abangama-400 kuyo.
