Umqhubi wenqwelomoya wenzakala kwingozi yejethi yaseArizona

NgokukaMkhosi woMoya wase-US, ijethi yokulwa yase-French iMirage F1 iye yantlitheka kwindawo engeyiyo indawo yokuhlala. Arizona namhlanje.

Amapolisa asekuhlaleni, abacimi-mlilo kwakunye neengcali zokulahla iziqhushumbisi baphendule kwindawo yengozi, bebonisa ukuba umlwi lo usenokuba ebexhobile. 

Inqwelomoya yokulwa eyakhiwe ngamaFrentshi kunye nokuhlasela eyilwe ngu I-Dassault Aviation yayiyeyekontraka yaseVirginia esekwe kurhulumente iAirborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC). Abameli bayo baqinisekisile ukuba i-jet yatshatyalaliswa kwingozi.

Le ngozi yenzeke malunga nentsimbi ye-11 kusasa ngexesha lasekhaya, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-15 ukusuka kwi-Luke Air Force Base - ikhaya le-Air Education and Training Command (AETC) - kwintshona yasePhoenix, Arizona.

Umqhubi wenqwelomoya, ikontraka yasemkhosini yabucala, ufumene umonzakalo omncinci ngelixa ephuma kwinqwelomoya njengoko isihla.

“Ndibulela ukuba akukho mntu wonzakeleyo emhlabeni kwaye nomqhubi wenqwelo-moya ufunyenwe ekhuselekile enomonzakalo nje omncinane,” utshilo uBrigadier-General Gregory Kreuder kwingxelo malunga nesi sehlo.

Ijethi yokulwa iMirage F1 yarhoxa kwinkonzo yaseFransi ngo-2014, kodwa ezinye iikontraka zomkhosi zase-US ziyisebenzisela umthetho “weqela labahlaseli” elichasa abaqhubi beenqwelomoya zoMkhosi woMoya wase-US kuqeqesho loqeqesho.

Namhlanje Arizona i-mirage yingozi yesibini ye-Mirage F1 entshona ye-US kwisithuba esingaphantsi konyaka. NgoMeyi ophelileyo, umqhubi wenqwelomoya wekontraka esekwe eTexas uDraken US usweleke emva kokuba inqwelomoya yakhe yantlitheka kwindawo yokuhlala kumntla-mpuma. Las Vegas, Nevada. UDraken emva koko wamisa inqanawa yakhe yeMirage F1 iinyanga ezintathu ukuphanda ngesi sehlo. Iinqwelomoya zaqala kwakhona ngo-Agasti.