I-Qantas iyalele ukuba ihlolisise amaphiko ephiko le-A380

IQantas iza kuhlola inqanawa yayo yee-Airbus A380s ukuze ibone iintanda kumaphiko ayo kulandela umyalelo waseYurophu, kodwa imanyano yeenjineli ithi bekufanele ukuba yenzeka kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo.

I-airline iya kuhlola yonke i-12 yeejethi ze-superjumbo ezisebenza ngayo umonakalo wesakhiwo kwiindawo ezingaphakathi kwamaphiko, ngokulandela imiyalelo evela kwi-European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

I-arhente kule nyanga iphelileyo ikhuphe umyalelo wokulungelelaniswa komoya obiza "ukuhlolwa okucacileyo okubonakalayo" kwiinqwelomoya ze-20 eziye zahamba kakhulu, kodwa ngoku yongezwe kuyo yonke inqanawa ye-68.

Isithethi seQantas sithe inqwelomoya "iza kuthobela ngokupheleleyo imiyalelo (EASA)" kwaye iqale ukuhlolwa kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezizayo.

Kodwa unobhala womdibaniso weeNjineli zeenqwelomoya zase-Australia (ALAEA) uSteve Purvinas uthe uhlolo bekufanele ukuba lwenziwe kwakamsinya.

Uthe iintanda zafunyanwa kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo kwi "wing rib feet", izibiyeli zentsimbi ezidibanisa iimbambo zephiko nesikhumba salo, kwinani leenqwelo zehlabathi ze-A380s.

“Besimemelela ukuba ezi zitsheki ziqhubeke iinyanga ezimbini ngoku,” utshilo uMnumzana Purvinas.

“Kwakungafanelanga ukuba kuthathe iinyanga ezimbini ukufumana ukuba ezi ntanda ziza kuba nkulu, kwaye uhlolo bekufanele ukuba lunyanzelekile njengoko sele lwenziwe ngoku.”

Umhlohli omkhulu wesikolo sokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kwiDyunivesithi ye-NSW, uPeter Marosszeky, uthe iitshekhi ayingonobangela woloyiko, njengoko inqwelomoya ibibhabha kumazwe ngamazwe ukusukela ngo-2007 kwaye abanye banokuba “neengxaki zamazinyo” ezincinci.

Umnumzana Marosszeky, owayesakuba yinjineli yeQantas, uthe uku-odolwa kweetshekhi kwinqwelomoya “ngumbono onengqondo”.

Uthe iintanda ezinje ngoku zifunyenweyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku "azikho sisongelo kukhuseleko" kwaye ukuba ukuhlolwa okuqhelekileyo kuthetha ukuba "akunakwenzeka kakhulu" ukuqhekeka okunjalo kunokuba mandundu kude kube yingozi.

Nangona kunjalo, umnumzana Purvinas uthe iintanda zifunyenwe ziinjineli ezilungisayo kwaye azizange zicholwe ngexesha lokujongwa.

IQantas yamisa enye yee-A380 zayo ngeCawe emva kokuba kufunyenwe iintanda ezingama-36 kumaphiko ayo. Le nqwelo-moya yabethwa sisiphithiphithi kwinyanga ephelileyo kwinqwelomoya esuka eLondon isiya eSingapore, yenzakala abantu abasixhenxe.

U-Qantas uthe ezo ntanda-bulumko "ayinxulumananga nesiphithiphithi okanye ngokuthe ngqo kwi-Qantas", kodwa zalandwa emva kumcimbi wokuvelisa kwaye azinampembelelo kukhuseleko lokubhabha.

Yathi ukuqhekeka kwahlukile kuleyo ifumaneka kwezinye ii-A380s.