E-NEW YORK, NY - Indiza yase-United Airlines e-Berlin-bound-bound United yabuyela ngoMgqibelo ebusuku kwi-Airport ye-Newark Liberty International emva kwengxaki ephuhliswe kwi-injini ekhohlo, amagosa athi.
Abantu abazibonela ngawabo amehlo banike ingxelo yokuba babone amadangatye ephuma enjini kanye emva kokuba inqwelomoya indulukile.
Itayara lavuthuza ngexesha lokunduluka laza labhabha laya kwi-injini, utshilo isithethi seFBI uBarbara Woodruff. I-Federal Aviation Administration yathi ayinakuqinisekisa oko.
I-Flight 96, kunye nabagibeli be-173 kunye nabasebenzi, bajikeleze isikhululo seenqwelomoya kwaye batshisa i-fuel ngaphambi kokufika kwi-8: 05 pm, ngokutsho kwe-FAA. I-United iyichaze "njengomba womatshini."
Abasebenzi beBoeing 757 bachaze ingxaki emva kokuba bemkile eNew Jersey baya eBerlin, utshilo isithethi seFAA uKathleen Bergen. Injini ibisebenza kakuhle phambi kokuba ihlale, utshilo.
Ingqina lokuzibonela uKeisha Thomas, owayehamba kwiNew Jersey Turnpike, uthe wabona iibhola zomlilo kufutshane nephiko kungekudala emva kokuba inqwelomoya ihambile.
UTomas weva isandi esikhulu, esichaza “njengepow, pow, pow.”
U-Djenaba Johnson-Jones, ohlala ngaphesheya komlambo ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelo-moya, uthe weva ingxolo engaqhelekanga kwaye wabona umlilo, kodwa kungekhona umsi, ophuma kwi-injini yasekhohlo yendiza.
Ingqina lokuzibonela uDennis Ostolaza uthe weva “isandi sepropeller” esifana nehelikopta yomkhosi njengoko inqwelomoya yayisiba phezulu emva kokumka, “nomsi omnyama nomlilo uphuma enjinini.”
Inqwelo-moya yalishiya isango ngo-5:53 pm; amangqina anike ingxelo yokubona amadangatya enjini kungekudala ngaphambi kwe-6:30 pm