Ngaphezulu kwama-70 abakhweli beenqwelo moya base China abaxakekileyo eLos Angeles ukusukela kwimpelaveki ngenxa yeengxaki zoomatshini ngenqwelomoya yabo ekugqibeleni bemka baya eShanghai ngoLwesibini ebusuku.
I-Airbus A340 ihambe ngentsimbi ye-11 ngokuhlwa kwaye icwangciselwe ukufika e-China malunga neeyure ezimbini, ngokutsho kwesithethi senqwelomoya. Inqwelomoya bekucwangciselwe ukuba ihambe nge-1: 30 emva kwemini ngeCawa kodwa ibisemhlabeni emva kokuba kufunyenwe iingxaki zokufika kwayo.
Uninzi lwabakhweli abangama-282 ababotshelelwe eShanghai bathatha iinqwelomoya ukuya eBeijing ngoMvulo nangoLwesibini, ngelixa abanye belurhoxisileyo uhambo lwabo.
Emva kokuba iingxaki zoomatshini zifunyenwe kwinqwelomoya ngeCawa, abakhweli bahlala ebhodini malunga neeyure ezine ngelixa abasebenzi bezama ukulungisa izixhobo zokufika. Abakhweli ekugqibeleni baxelelwa ukuba behle.
Abasebenzi basebenze ubusuku bonke ukulungisa indiza. Abakhweli babuyile ngoMvulo, kodwa kwavela iingxaki ezifanayo xa inqwelomoya yaqala iteksi, ngokutsho kwamagosa e-China Eastern Airlines eLos Angeles.
Abanye babakhweli ngoMvulo benze indawo yokuhlala encinci kwikhawuntara yamatikiti emva kokuba bexelelwe ukuba behle okwesibini. Amapolisa kwisikhululo senqwelomoya abiziwe, kodwa khange kubekho mntu ubanjiweyo.
Abakhweli ababebambekile babekwa ehotele kwaye banikwa ukutya yinkampani yenqwelomoya, kodwa kwabakho iingxaki ekunikezeleni imbuyiselo epheleleyo kuba amatikiti amaninzi athengiswa ngamagosa azongeze iimarkups zawo, ngokwamagosa enqwelomoya.
Abakhweli babenokhetho lokufumana imbuyiselo kwindlela eya kuyo, bethenga amatikiti abo oya eTshayina kwenye inqwelo moya okanye balinde de ingxaki isonjululwe.
