E-WASHINGTON – Kunyaka emva kokuba inqwelomoya yengingqi yantlitheka kwindlu kufutshane neBuffalo, NY, kwafa abantu abangama-50, urhulumente uye wasilela ukuphumeza uninzi lweenguqu zokhuseleko azithembisileyo ukuphendula le ngozi, utshilo umlindi karhulumente ngoLwesine.
Umhloli weSebe lezoThutho u-General Calvin Scovel uthe i-Federal Aviation Administration iye yawa emva kweshedyuli okanye yasilela ukuhlangabezana neenjongo kwiindlela ezisibhozo kwezi-10 i-arhente yathi iza kuthatha, kubandakanywa nemimiselo emitsha yokuthintela ukudinwa komqhubi kunye nokuhlolwa okungcono koqeqesho lwabaqhubi beenqwelomoya zengingqi.
Umlawuli we-FAA u-Randy Babbitt uphendule ukuba i-arhente yakhe ifanelwe ikhredithi ngenxa yokusebenza kwayo nzima kwaye yathi umthetho ufuna i-FAA ihambe ngenkqubo echitha ixesha ngaphambi kokwamkela imimiselo emitsha.
“Sonke singathanda ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza,” utshilo uBabbit kwikomiti.
Ingozi ye-12 kaFebruwari 2009 ithathwa njengenye yeengozi zeenqwelomoya ezibaluleke kakhulu kwiminyaka yakutshanje kuba yalatha kwinto iingcali ezininzi ezithi inqanaba elisezantsi lokhuseleko kwiinqwelomoya ezincinci zengingqi ezisebenzisa iinqwelo-moya ezimfutshane kubathwali abakhulu. Iinqwelomoya zengingqi zibonelela ngenkonzo ecwangcisiweyo kuphela kuluntu olumalunga nama-440 e-US, lubalelwa malunga nesiqingatha sokuhamba kwasekhaya kunye nekota enye yabakhweli benqwelomoya.
Umthwali woMmandla i-Colgan Air Inc. yaseManassas, eVa., ibisebenza ngenqwelo moya ye-Continental Airlines. Ibhodi yeSizwe yoKhuseleko kwezoThutho ithe impazamo yokulinga ibangele le ngozi.
U-Scovel uthe ngelixa i-FAA ilunyusile uhlolo loqeqesho lokulinga, abahloli bayo babengenamvelaphi abayidingayo, inkqubo yokuhlola yayineziphene kwaye imibuzo ebalulekileyo ayizange ibuzwe. Umzekelo, abahloli be-FAA baqwalasele ngaphezulu kwe-2,400 yovavanyo lwenqwelomoya yenqwelomoya, kodwa abazange babuze iinqwelomoya ukuba ngaba abaqhubi baluphumelele ngokwenene uvavanyo, utshilo uScovel.
U-Scovel uphinde wathi i-FAA iphose umhla obekiweyo wokuzibekela ukucebisa ngemithetho emitsha yokudinwa. Ukukhathala komqhubi kwakuphakathi kweempazamo ezikhankanywe ngoLwesibini yi-NTSB kuphando lwayo lwe-Flight 3407.
I-NTSB inxuse i-FAA iminyaka eyi-20 ukuba ihlaziye imithetho yayo kwiiyure zokuvavanya kunye neentsuku zokusebenza ukuze kuthintelwe ukukhathala, kodwa inzame yangaphambili yokudala imithetho emitsha yawa ngenxa yokungavumelani phakathi kweenqwelo-moya kunye nemibutho yomqhubi.
"Ukuba ixesha elidlulileyo liyintshayelelo, umthetho omtsha unokuba yiminyaka usenziwa," utshilo uScovel.
U-Babbitt uthe ithayimthebhile yakhe yokuqala yokukhupha umthetho omtsha wokudinwa "yayinamabhongo kakhulu" kwaye ukubhala lo mgaqo kuye kwabonakala "kuntsonkothile kakhulu."
UMongameli woMbutho weeNqwelomoya zeNgingqi uRoger Cohen uthe abathwali baphonononga iziphumo kunye neengcebiso ze-NTSB kwimeko.
