Zadzidzidzi za Air Caraïbes Airline pa Atlantic zinatha bwino ku Lajes Field, Azores

Ndege ya Air Caraïbes TX556 inanyamuka ku Santo Domingo ndipo ili ndi ulendo wa maola 8 1/3 kupita ku Paris Orly pamene china chake chinachitika pakati pa nyanja ya Atlantic. Woyendetsa ndegeyo adalengeza zadzidzidzi maola 5 mundege ndikuyamba kutsika. Chifukwa chadzidzidzi, kuchuluka kwa okwera ndi ogwira nawo ntchito sikudziwika pakadali pano. Zikuwoneka kuti ndegeyo ikuyesera kutera kuzilumba za Azores, gawo la Apwitikizi.

Mphindi 25 pambuyo pake Airbus 330-323 idafika bwino pa Lajes Field.

Air Caraïbes ndi ndege yaku France ndipo ndi ndege yachigawo cha French Caribbean yomwe ili ndi madipatimenti awiri akunja kwa France: Guadeloupe ndi Martinique.

Maola a 3 isanafike ku likulu la France ndegeyo idachoka pa 34000 kupita ku 19000 mapazi ndipo ikuchepetsa liwiro poyesa kutera ku L.ajes Field Base Aérea das Lajes), osankhidwa mwalamulo Air Base No. 4 yoyendetsedwa ndi Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo Lachipwitikizi pachilumba cha Azores ku Nyanja ya Atlantic, gawo la Portugal. Pafupi ndi tawuni ya Praia da Vitória ( Gombe la Chigonjetso, ndi tauni yomwe ili ndi anthu 21,035, yomwe ndi yachiwiri yayikulu kwambiri pachilumba cha Terceira, ili ndi dera lalikulu ma kilomita 161.27 (62.27 sq mi), yomwe imachokera kugombe lakumpoto mpaka pakati.

Lajes imapereka chithandizo kwa ndege 15,000, kuphatikiza omenyera nkhondo aku US ndi mayiko ena 20 ogwirizana nawo. Malo omwe ali ndi malo apangitsa kuti airbase iyi ikhale yofunika kwambiri ku United States ndi NATO kumenya nkhondo. Kuphatikiza apo, kanyumba kakang'ono ka ndege zamalonda kamakhala ndi ndege zokonzedwa komanso zobwerekedwa kuchokera ku North America ndi Europe, makamaka ku Portugal. Imayang'aniranso kayendedwe ka ndege zamalonda ndi zilumba zina zomwe zili m'zisumbu za Azorean ndi trans-Atlantic refueling ndi kuyimitsidwa kwa ndege zamalonda, ma jeti akuluakulu ndi makampani, onyamula katundu, ndege zazing'ono zapadera, ndege za boma, mishoni zothandiza anthu, ndi ndege zina.