Xa inqwelo-moya ye-state-of-art ngokukhawuleza iwa esibhakabhakeni, ukukhangela ibhokisi emnyama kuvuliwe. Injalo imeko kwilahleko ebuhlungu ye-Air France flight 447 ngaphaya kwe-Atlantiki yoMzantsi ngoJuni 1, 2009. Loo bhokisi imnyama ayizange iphinde ifumaneke kwaye isekwindawo ethile emazantsi oLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki.
Imikhondo embalwa enomtsalane eyayisasazwe kwinqwelo-moya yayinganelanga ukwenza nantoni na engaphaya kokucebisa inani lamathuba anokwenzeka, kodwa akukho nto iqinisekileyo malunga nokuba kutheni inqwelomoya ebonakala ngathi isebenza ngokwesiqhelo, yehla ngequbuliso ngaphandle konxibelelwano oluvela kumgangatho wokubhabha. Isantya esenzeka ngaso loo ntlekele sasiya kubonisa ukuba enoba kwenzeka ntoni na, indawo yohambo lwenqwelo-moya yayinesilumkiso esincinane okanye yayingenaso isilumkiso esicacileyo sokusilela okubangel’ iqubuliso, nenkqubo ebanzi.
Ukufuna iimpendulo kwakuquka ukuthunyelwa kwezinto ezininzi, eziphuma emoyeni kunye nasemanzini, ukuzama ukubuyisela iFlight Data Recorder kunye neCockpit Voice Recorder ukusuka ngaphantsi kweekhilomitha zamanzi kwenye yeendawo ezinzulu zolwandle. Kwachithwa izigidi, ukanti zombini ezi bhokisi zihleli emazantsi olwandle, kunye neempendulo koko kwenzekileyo ngokwenene.
Kwiminyaka emithandathu edlulileyo, i-Western Avionics yaseCalgary, eCanada, yaqala ukuphuhliswa kwe-platform ye-airborne ye-wireless server eyayijoliswe ekuqaleni ukubonelela ngolwazi lokulandelela olufunyenwe kwi-Flight Data Recorder (FDR) yebhasi ukwenzela ukugcinwa kunye neenjongo zokuqinisekisa uMgangatho. Ngethuba lophuhliso lwayo, i-CommuniCube (C3) izakhono zafikelela kwinqanaba apho ngoku lisebenza njenge-FDR ezimeleyo, ekwazi "ukuphulaphula" ngokucokisekileyo kwaye ichaze naluphi na ukuphulwa kokunyamezela, ukusuka ekuqaleni okutshisayo ukuya kwindawo enzima, kwaye ithumele loo datha kwisiseko sokulondoloza nge-satellite uplink ezimeleyo kubasebenzi abathatha inyathelo lokunika ingxelo yokwaphulwa. Inkqubo yenzelwe ukuba isebenze ngokuzenzekelayo nanini na xa iparamitha echazwe ngumsebenzisi igqithisiwe, okanye inokuthi iqalwe ngesandla ngabasebenzi bedekhi yokubhabha nangaliphi na ixesha.
I-C3 ifakwe ngempumelelo kuyo yonke into ukusuka kumawele alula ukuya kwiijethi zengingqi kwaye isebenza kumazwe amaninzi kwihlabathi jikelele.
Ukuphuculwa koxinzelelo lwedatha kunye nokunxibelelana kwesathelayithi kuye kwafikelela kwinqanaba apho i-C3 inokunxibelelana - ngokoqobo - ulwazi oluvela kwi-FDR buss - kunye naluphi na ulwazi olongezelelweyo umsebenzisi alubona luyimfuneko ekusebenzeni kwabo. Ngokomzekelo, kwizicelo ze-EMS, ulwazi lwezonyango lwesigulane luhanjiswa phambi kwenqwelomoya ukuya esibhedlele. Izicelo zomlilo zineenkcukacha ezitshintshiweyo, umoya emoyeni, emhlabeni ngenjongo yokulungelelanisa ukulwa nomlilo, kunye neenqwelo-moya zorhwebo zisebenzisa i-C3 ye-FOQA (i-Flight Operations Quality Assurance) yokulandelela.
"Nangona i-C3 ingeyiyo isiqinisekiso sokutshintshwa kwe-FDR, eya kuhlala iligama lokugqibela malunga nedatha yendiza ekwibhodi, i-C3 inokubonelela ngomfanekiso wesibuko wento i-FDR eyayifumana ngayo ngokusondeleyo kwisiseko esichazwe ngumsebenzisi naphi na emhlabeni. Xa i-C3 ibona nayiphi na indlela yokuziphatha engaqhelekanga, iqala ngokukhawuleza ukuthumela idatha, iqala nge-aircrafts yangoku indawo ye-GPS, ngaphandle kwegalelo lomqhubi, "kusho uGreg Taylor kunye ne-Western Avionics, uphuhliso lwemveliso.
Kodwa okona kubaluleke kakhulu, i-C3 iya kuhambisa yonke into eyivayo kwibhasi ye-FDR, iphile, de imeko isonjululwe, okanye ide ingasakwazi ukwenza njalo. Kwimeko ye-Air France flight 447, kusenokwenzeka ukuba olu lwazi luhambe umgama omde ekusombululeni enye yeentlekele zenqwelomoya ezididayo kwiminyaka.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “Although the C3 is not a certificated replacement for an FDR, which will always remain the final word regarding on-board flight data, the C3 can provide a mirror image of what the FDR was receiving on a nearly live basis to a user-defined terminal anywhere in the world.
- The pursuit for answers included the dispatch of multiple assets, airborne and waterborne, to try and recover the Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder from under miles of water in one of the deepest areas of the ocean.
- The few tantalizing clues that were transmitted from the aircraft were insufficient to do anything more than suggest a number of possibilities, but nothing definitive as to why an aircraft that appeared to be functioning normally, suddenly went down without any communication from the flight deck.
