I-PORT MORESBY - Inqwelomoya encinci ethwala abantu be-13 kuquka ne-XNUMX yase-Australia yalahleka ngaphaya kwePapua New Guinea ngoLwesibini kwaye yoyika ukuba iphazamisekile, i-airline kunye namagosa ase-Australia athi.
Inqanawa enezihlalo ezingama-20 iTwin Otter yanyamalala ngo-10:53 am (0053 GMT) kwindlela eya kwindawo edumileyo yabakhenkethi iKokoda emva kokusuka kwikomkhulu lelizwe loMzantsi Pasifiki iPort Moresby.
"Njengoko ixesha lihamba libukeka ngakumbi (kunokwenzeka) ukuba kuya kuba yingozi," igosa le-Airlines PNG u-Allen Tyson uxelele i-AFP, esongeza ukuba imisebenzi yokukhangela yayiphazanyiswa yimozulu embi.
Umphathiswa Wezangaphandle waseOstreliya uStephen Smith uthe kukho abantu abasithoba baseOstreliya, abathathu basePapua New Guinea kunye nabemi baseJapan ababekhwele, kwaye wayenoloyiko olukhulu ngenxa yokhuseleko lwabo phakathi kweengxelo zengozi.
“Ukuhamba ngengcebiso kunye nolwazi oluvela kubantu basekhaya kunye nabahlali belali kukho ingcebiso yokuba kwindawo ngokubanzi ingozi yenzeke,” utshilo uSmith eCanberra.
"Iindiza ze-PNG kunye nabasemagunyeni be-PNG baqhubeka ngesiseko sokuba banciphise indawo yokukhangela kwindawo enokwenzeka yokuphahlazeka," wongezelela.
Inqwelomoya yayiphulukene nonxibelelwano lukanomathotholo malunga nemizuzu eyi-10 ngaphambi kokufika kwayo okucwangcisiweyo, amagosa athi, kwaye akukho mqondiso ufunyenwe kwibhakhoni yendawo yongxamiseko yenqwelomoya.
Eli qela kuxelwe ukuba lalingamalungu eqela lokuhamba uhambo elisekelwe eMelbourne, Akukho Uhambo lweNdlela, kwaye babesendleleni eya eKokoda, indawo yokunyuka intaba kunye nedabi leMfazwe Yehlabathi II elibandakanya amajoni aseOstreliya.
"Aba bagibeli baquka iqela labakhenkethi abasibhozo base-Australia xa behamba nge-Kokoda Track, kunye ne-Australian tour guide kunye nesinye isikhokelo esivela ePapua New Guinea," Akukho Ndlela zatshela i-AAP newswire.
"Abemi baseOstreliya babehamba njengenxalenye yokhenketho olwaluququzelelwa yiNo Roads Expeditions."
USmith uthe bekungekho mqondiso wenqwelomoya ngokuhlwa, kwaye "umzamo ophuculweyo wokukhangela kunye nokuhlangula" uya kuqalisa ekuqaleni ngoncedo lwesiqingatha somkhosi wase-Australia kunye neenqwelomoya zokuhlangula zaselwandle.
"Inqwelomoya isalahlekile ekuqukunjelweni kokukhangela ngobu busuku, ukukhangela kuye kwaphazamiseka yimozulu embi kakhulu kunye nemozulu embi, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ngoku kumnyama ePNG," watsho.
Ukubonakala okuphantsi kuthintele ukhangelo lwangoLwesibini, olukwakumhlaba oshinyeneyo kunye nemixawuka kudederhu lweentaba i-Owen Stanley kumantla ePort Moresby, utshilo.
Igosa leenqwelomoya uTyson uthe iinqwelo-moya kunye nezinye iinqwelomoya ziye zajika le ndawo ngaphandle kwempumelelo.
“Imozulu embi ithintela ukukhangelwa kunye nokuhlangula kule ndawo, okwangoku asikaqiniseki ukuba yingozi okanye inqwelomoya ibinokuhlala kwenye indawo kwaye ayikwazi ukunxibelelana nathi,” utshilo uTyson.
"Sineqela leenqwelomoya kunye neenqwelomoya ezinamaphiko kwindawo ezama ukufumana inqwelomoya, ke okwangoku asikakwazi ukuqinisekisa ukuba yingozi ngokwenene."
Ubuncinci iinqwelomoya ze-19 ziye zantlitheka ukususela ngo-2000 ePapua New Guinea, indawo yayo enqabileyo kunye nokungabikho kweendlela ezidibanisayo zangaphakathi kwenza ukuhamba ngeenqwelo moya kubaluleke kakhulu kubemi bayo abazizigidi ezithandathu.
Abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya base-Australia bafa kwiingozi kwi-PNG ngoJulayi 2004, ngoFebruwari 2005 kunye no-Oktobha 2006.
Iingxelo zokuba urhwaphilizo kunye nokungabikho kwenkxaso-mali kubangele ukuhla ngokukhawuleza kwemigangatho yokhuseleko kubangele ukusekwa kwekomishoni yophando lweengozi zomoya kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
