I-CARACAS-Inqwelomoya yabakhweli yaseVenezuela ebinabantu abangama-46 ebikhwele yalahleka kwaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba yantlitheka kwindawo ekude yeentaba emva kokusuka kwisixeko sase-Andean ngaphambi nje kokutshona kwelanga ngoLwesine, abasemagunyeni bathi.
Abahlali basezintabeni banike ingxelo yokuba beve ingxolo enkulu ababecinga ukuba ingaba yintlitha emva kokuba inqwelomoya yeenjini ezimbini ibhabha iphuma kwisixeko esiphakamileyo saseMerida isingise kwikomkhulu iCaracas malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-300 (iikhilomitha ezingama-500) kude, igosa lezoKhuselo loLuntu uGerardo Rojas uthe.
“Sinolwazi lokufunyaniswa okunokwenzeka,” utshilo umphathi weSizwe wezoKhuselo u-Antonio Rivero, nangona esongeza ukuba inqwelomoya isadweliswe ngokusemthethweni njengelahlekileyo.
“Asazi ukuba abakhweli bakwimeko enjani,” utshilo.
Isebenza yi-airline yendawo yaseSanta Barbara, i-flight 518 yayingadibanisi nabalawuli bezithuthi zomoya ngeeyure ngasekupheleni kukaLwesine kwaye amaqela okukhangela ayesiya kummandla weentaba ezinqabileyo apho indiza yayicingelwa ukuba yehlile.
Amaqela ohlangulo ahambele phambili ahamba esiya kwintlambo yeParamo Mifafi, indawo ebandayo kwingingqi yeencochoyi ezigqunywe likhephu ukuya kuthi ga kwi-13,000 yeenyawo (iimitha ezingama-4,000) elikhaya leecondors kunye neendlela zokuhamba ezenza idume ngabakhenkethi ababhaka.
Iimeko zemozulu kunye nokubonakala zichazwe njengezona ziphezulu ngexesha lokunduluka ligosa elinye lohlangulo lomoya. Uthe amaqela azakukhangela ngeenyawo kude kube sekukhanyeni kokuqala, xa iihelikopta ezimbini ziya kuthunyelwa.
Umphathiswa wezophapho eVenezuela uthe inqwelomoya ibithwele abakhweli abangama-43 kunye nabasebenzi abathathu. Uluhlu lwabakhweli lubandakanya umhlalutyi wezopolitiko owaziwayo waseVenezuela kunye nezalamane zegosa eliphezulu likarhulumente, abasemagunyeni bathi.
Amalungu entsapho awayelinde abo babathandayo ukuba bafike eCaracas afumana uncedo kwiingcali ngengqondo karhulumente ukuze ahlangabezane nexhala.
Intloko yeSanta Barbara, inqwelomoya encinci yaseVenezuela egubungela iindlela zasekhaya kwaye ineenqwelomoya ezisixhenxe zeMerida ngosuku, yathi inqwelomoya eneminyaka engama-20 yayigcinwe kakuhle kwaye ayinarekhodi yeengxaki zobuchwepheshe.
Umqhubi wenqwelo-moya wayesebenze nenkampani yeenqwelo-moya kangangeminyaka esibhozo yaye wafumana uqeqesho olukhethekileyo lokuhamba ngenqwelo-moya kwiiAndes. Umongameli waseSanta Barbara uJorge Alvarez uxelele isikhululo sikamabonwakude iGlobovision.
"Kufuneka ndikholelwe ukuba umqhubi wenqwelomoya wayenobuchule kwaye eyilungele kakuhle" inqwelomoya, utshilo.
Ushicilelo lwakwangoko kuninzi lwamaphephandaba aseVenezuela lusasaze iindaba zenqwelomoya elahlekileyo kumaphepha abo angaphambili, abanye abahlali belali besithi babone ingozi yenqwelomoya.
Inqwelomoya yayiyi-ATR 42-300, inqwelomoya ye-turboprop eyakhiwe yinkampani yaseFransi-yaseItaliyane i-ATR, i-civil aviation Authority yathi kwingxelo.
Uchungechunge lwe-ATR 42 luye lwabandakanyeka ubuncinane kwiingozi ze-17 ukususela ekubeni indiza yaqala ukuhamba ngo-1984, ngokutsho kweNethiwekhi yoKhuseleko lwe-Aviation, i-arhente yabucala yokubeka iliso yokhuseleko lomoya.
NgoLwesine yayisisiganeko esibi sesibini esibandakanya inqwelomoya yaseVenezuela eVenezuela kulo nyaka emva kokuba inqwelomoya eyayithwele abantu abali-14, kuquka amaTaliyane asibhozo kunye nomkhweli waseSwitzerland omnye, yantlitheka elwandle kufutshane neqela leziqithi zaseVenezuela ngoJanuwari.
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