Xa i-Boeing ihambisa i-777-300ER entsha kwi-Cathay Pacific ngo-Jan.
Emva kokuthatha ukuhanjiswa kwejethi entsha, umqhubi weCathay Pacific wenza inqanaba eliphantsi lokudlula, kunye namavili phezulu, ngasentla nje kwePaine Field runway ngaphambi kokuba ijethi enkulu ihambe iye eHong Kong-kunye noSihlalo weCathay Pacific uChris Pratt kunye nezinye iiVIPs phakathi abantu abangaphezu kwama-60 enqanaweni.
I-stunt, ekubonakala ngathi ayizange ivunywe yinkampani yeenqwelomoya, ikhuphe umqhubi wenqwelomoya kwaye umqhubi wamiswa, kuxelwe ngoMvulo.
Ividiyo ye-flyby isanda kufakwa kwiYouTube. Kubonakala ngathi i-777 yeza ngaphakathi kweenyawo ze-50 okanye kunjalo kwindlela yeenqwelo-moya kwaye ngesantya esicothayo kakhulu.
Ndithethe ngoMvulo nomnye wabaqhubi beenqwelomoya abaphezulu bovavanyo lwe-Boeing, kwaye nangona lo mntu engakhange athethe ngokuthe ngqo ngesi siganeko, umqhubi wenqwelo-moya uye wathi nayiphi na indlela enjalo iya kufuneka icwangciswe ngononophelo kwangaphambili ngabasebenzi bomoya, kwaye yamkelwe ulawulo lwezithuthi zomoya.
Akukacaci ukuba abalawuli bezithuthi zomoya bacime ijethi yeCathay Pacific kwipasi elisezantsi. I-FAA ayizange ibuyise iminxeba yam ifuna ukuphawula.
Iimpukane ezikwinqanaba elisezantsi aziqhelekanga.
Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, bendikwinqwelomoya yokuhambisa i-777-300ER kwaye senza inqwelomoya efanayo kwinqanaba eliphantsi. Ijethi ye-Qatar Airways yabhabha nje ngaphezulu komgaqo weenqwelo-moya e-Doha, eQatar ngaphambi kokuba ifike, njengoko amagosa eenqwelo moya ebukele kwi-tarmac. Kodwa oko kupasa kwalungelelaniswa ngabaqhubi beenqwelomoya baseQatar, kwaye yamkelwa yinqwelomoya kunye nolawulo lwezithuthi zomoya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseDoha.
Abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya kunye nabanye abaye bajonga ividiyo ye-YouTube yenqwelomoya yaseCathay Pacific baye balinganisa ngamagqabantshintshi kwiYouTube, abanye bancoma izakhono zomqhubi kunye nabanye bephikisana nesenzo esingakhuselekanga.
Inqaku elinye malunga nevidiyo: Iyakhawuleza, kodwa ukuba uyayicothisa ividiyo ungabona ezimbini ii-747 Large Cargo Freighters zipakwe ngasemva njenge-777 swoops ngasentla nje kwendlela yePaine Field. Abathuthi basetyenziselwa ukukhwelisa amaphiko ayi-787 ayintlanganisela kunye necandelo elinye le-fuselage ukuya kwiplanti ye-Boeing's Everett ukulungiselela ukudibanisa okokugqibela kwe-Dreamliner.
Nantsi ingxelo yeBoeing malunga nomsitho wokuhanjiswa. (Akukhankanywanga ngokupasa komgangatho ophantsi.)
EVERETT, Wash., Feb. 6, 2008 - Boeing kunye neCathay Pacific Airways kwiveki ephelileyo babhiyozele ukuhanjiswa kweyona nqwelo moya intsha 777-300ER. Inqwelomoya ipeyintwe kwindawo ekhethekileyo “yesixeko sehlabathi saseAsia” esiza kunceda ukwazisa iHong Kong njengoko inqwelomoya ibhabha kwihlabathi jikelele.
Inqwelomoya, yesithandathu ye-30 777-300ERs yokuhanjiswa kwi-Cathay Pacific, yatyhilwa kumkhosi wangaphambili wendiza kwi-Future of Flight Aviation Centre e-Everett, Geza.Phakathi kwabo babekho kwakukho uSihlalo weCathay Pacific uChris Pratt kunye nabaphathi abakhulu beenqwelo-moya, Amalungu eBhunga leLegislative Council yaseHong Kong, abaphathi beSebe lezoPhapho lwaseHong Kong kunye namalungu eBhodi yezoKhenketho eHong Kong.
I-Boeing 777-300ER ngumqolo weCathay Pacific's long-half fleet kwaye yenza ukuba inqwelomoya isebenze ngokuthe ngqo, iinqwelomoya ezingamisiyo ukuya kwiindawo eziphambili kuMntla Melika.
I-777-300ER entsha yeCathay Pacific Airways inophawu oluncinane lwenamba ephaphazelayo, encediswa ludidi lwebrendi lwaseHong Kong “isixeko sehlabathi saseAsia”. Inamba ephaphazelayo, efuzisela umoya waseHong Kong nabantu bayo, ibonwa ibhabha phezu kwamaza aluhlaza, abonisa amazwe neelwandle zehlabathi.
Kwaye le yinxalenye yengxelo evele ngoMvulo kwiThe Times yaseLondon. (Kukho iimpazamo ezinkulu eziliqela ebalini, ezifana nesantya senqwelomoya. Yayihamba kancinane njengoko ividiyo ibonisa.)
UBen Quinn
25 Februwari 2008
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Umqhubi wenqwelomoya waseBritane ugxothiwe ngenxa “yokubhuza” inqaba yokulawula kwisitayile seTop Gun ngexesha lokubhabha kwenqwelomoya ye-Boeing jumbo.
UKapteni Ian Wilkinson wothuse abakhweli ngokuthatha ijethi ye-Cathay Pacific yeetoni ezingama-230 ukuya kumgama ongama-28ft (8.5m) emhlabeni kamsinya nje emva kokunduluka kumzi-mveliso wase-Boeing wase-US.
I-322mph fly-by yavuyiswa ngababukeli, kwaye umqhubi wenqwelo-moya, ekuthiwa ungomnye wabaqhubi beenqwelo-moya eziphezulu kwi-airline, kamva wayigcoba inqwelomoya ngechampagne.
Umzobo we-stunt nge-30 kaJanuwari wavuza kwi-intanethi, nangona kunjalo, kwaye uMnu Wilkinson wanqunyanyiswa. Abaphathi beCathay Pacific bathatha imbono emfiliba ngezenzo zakhe, ezenziwa ngaphandle kwesigunyaziso, kwaye wagxothwa emva kwentlanganiso yoluleko kwiveki ephelileyo.
URay Middleton, umqhubi wenqwelo-moya waseBritani, owayengazi ukuba i-fly-by yenziwa ngaphandle kwemvume esemthethweni, wanqunyanyiswa kwimisebenzi yoqeqesho kangangeenyanga ezintandathu.
UChris Pratt, usihlalo weCathay Pacific, kuthiwa wayephakathi kwabakhweli be-VIP ababekhwele i-Pound 100 yezigidi zenqwelomoya, i-777-300ER eyayisuka kwisityalo e-Everett, eWashington, kwindlela eya eHong Kong, apho i-airline isekelwe khona.
Umnumzana Wilkinson, ophakathi kwiminyaka yakhe engamashumi amahlanu kwaye uhlala eHong Kong ngaphezulu kweminyaka eli-15, wamkela ngaphezulu kweeponti ezingama-250,000 ngonyaka.
ICathay Pacific iqhuba uphando lwangaphakathi kwaye iya kungenisa ingxelo kubaphathi beenqwelomoya.
Isithethi sathi: “Umqhubi wenqwelomoya ugxothiwe kuba engakhange ayifune okanye ayifumane imvume yenkampani ukuze aqhube ngolo hlobo.
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya yayinenkqubo esele imisiwe yokuvunywa kolu hambo kwaye yaluqhuba kwixesha elidlulileyo kwimiboniso yomoya kodwa kuphela “ngemvume efanelekileyo endaweni”.
Umqhubi wenqwelomoya waseCathay Pacific ubanga ukuba umsebenzi kaMnu Wilkinson ubekwe emngciphekweni kuphela emva kokuba umfanekiso weso siganeko uvele kwi-intanethi.
Uthe: “UWilkinson wayengomnye wabantu ababalaseleyo eCathay Pacific kwaye wayenokonwaba kakhulu kubaphathi beenqwelomoya awayehamba ngazo ngaloo mini. Ukuba bekungekho mntu wumbi ebesazi malunga nesi sehlo ngesingaqhubeki phambili, kodwa yakuba iqalile ukujikeleza kwi-Intanethi kwaye iHong Kong's Civil Aviation Authority yasibamba, yaba sisiphelo sakhe.
Umnumzana Wilkinson kucingelwa ukuba uqwalasela isibheno esichasene nokugxothwa kwakhe.
I-swoop iye yaba ngumxholo oshushu kwiiforamu ze-intanethi zabaqhubi beenqwelo-moya, abanye bencoma i-stunt kodwa abanye bayigxeka njengeyingozi. I-Cathay Pacific ikhuphe isaziso kubo bonke abasebenzi abakhumbuza ngomgaqo-nkqubo wenkampani.
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