Inqwelomoya ye-Continental Airlines Inc. ishukunyiswe sisidubedube esonzakalisa abakhweli abangama-26 ubuncinane ingaphandwa ngamagosa okhuseleko e-US.
Ibhodi yeSizwe yoKhuseleko kwezoThutho imisela ukuba isiganeko sayizolo siyahlangabezana nemigaqo esemthethweni yengozi yenqwelomoya, uPeter Knudson, isithethi, uthe namhlanje kudliwanondlebe. Ukuba kunjalo, i-arhente iza kuvula uphando olusesikweni, utshilo, ngesigqibo ekufuneka senziwe "kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo."
“Sisavavanya ukonzakala kwaye siqokelela ulwazi,” utshilo uKnudson. "Sifumana idatha kwirekhoda yelizwi ye-cockpit kunye nerekhoda yedatha yendiza."
I-NTSB iphanda iingozi zeenqwelomoya ukumisela unobangela kwaye ikhuphe iingcebiso zokhuseleko. Iziphithiphithi zibalele iipesenti ezingama-22 kuzo zonke iingozi zeenqwelomoya zase-US ukusuka ku-1996 ukuya ku-2005 kwaye zinoxanduva lweengozi zokonzakala kwama-49 ekhulwini, i-NTSB yatsho kwingxelo kaMatshi.
Abanye babakhweli abali-168 kwiFlight 128 bajulwa ezihlalweni zabo xa iBoeing Co. 767-200 yadibana nesaqhwithi kufutshane nempuma yeDominican Republic malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-900 (1,448 km) ukusuka eMiami. Ijethi, eyayithwele amalungu ali-11, yayisendleleni eya eHouston isuka eRio de Janeiro yaza yaphambukela eMiami.
Umntu omnye owenzakeleyo kwinqwelomoya uhleli esibhedlele namhlanje, utshilo uDavid Messing, isithethi se-Continental eseHouston. Inqwelomoya yathunyelwa eHouston ukuze kulungiswe ingaphakathi lekhabhinethi, utshilo.
I-Continental yinqwelomoya yesine ngobukhulu e-US esekwe kwiimayile eziqhutywa ngabakhweli abahlawulayo.
