Beirut, Lebanon - Oyang'anira maulendo a ndege ku Lebanon adauza woyendetsa ndege ya Ethiopian Airlines kuti asinthe njira isanalowe m'nyanja, nduna ya zamayendedwe m'dzikolo idatero Lachiwiri.
Gulu lofufuza zapadziko lonse lapansi likuyang'ana gombe la Mediterranean ku Lebanon kuti lipeze zizindikiro za moyo Lachiwiri pakati pa mantha kuti anthu 90 omwe anali m'ndege yopita ku Addis Ababa adamwalira pangoziyi, aboma adatero.
Unduna wa Zamayendedwe ku Lebanon a Ghazi al-Aridi adati Lachiwiri kunali koyambirira kwambiri kuti adziwe ngati cholakwika cha oyendetsa ndegechi chidayambitsa ngoziyi.
Ananenanso kuti ndege ya ndegeyo komanso zojambulira mawu za cockpit ziyenera kufufuzidwa kuti zidziwe chifukwa chake Flight 409 idasowa pazithunzi za radar itangonyamuka pa eyapoti ya Beirut ya Rafik Hariri International cha m'ma 2:30 am nthawi ya komweko.
Dongosolo lowongolera lidasiya kulumikizana ndi ndegeyo isanakonze Lolemba, adatero al-Aridi.
M'mawu ake, Ethiopian Airlines yati woyendetsa ndegeyo anali ndi zaka zopitilira 20 akuyendetsa ndege zosiyanasiyana pogwiritsa ntchito netiweki ya ndegeyo. Ndegeyo idanenedwa kuti ndi yotetezeka komanso yoyenera kuwuluka potsatira ntchito yokonza nthawi zonse pa Disembala 25, 2009, ndegeyo idatero.
Asitikali aku Lebanon adanenanso Lachiwiri kuti matupi 14 apezeka - asanu ndi anayi ocheperapo kuposa omwe adawerengera kale. Chisokonezo kumayambiriro kwa kafukufukuyu chinapangitsa kuti awerenge kawiri, adatero. Palibe opulumuka omwe apezeka.
Kufufuzaku kunaphatikizapo ndege zochokera ku United States, Britain, France ndi Cyprus.
Asitikali aku US adatumiza USS Ramage - wowononga zida motsogozedwa - ndi ndege ya Navy P-3 poyankha pempho la Lebanon kuti liwathandize, malinga ndi akuluakulu achitetezo aku US.
"Sitikhulupirira kuti pali ziwonetsero zilizonse zowononga kapena kusewera," Purezidenti wa Lebanon Michel Suleiman adatero Lolemba.
Bungwe la US National Transportation Safety Board likutumizanso wofufuza chifukwa ndegeyo inapangidwa ndi kampani ya ku America.
Boeing 737-800 inali ndi antchito asanu ndi atatu ndi okwera 82 - nzika 51 zaku Lebanon, 23 Ethiopia, awiri a Britons ndi nzika zaku Canada, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey ndi France - pamene idatsika, ndegeyo inati.
Ndegeyo inagwa pafupifupi makilomita 3.5 (2 miles) kumadzulo kwa tawuni ya Na'ameh yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita 15 (9 miles) kumwera kwa Beirut.
Ethiopian Airlines yomwe ili ndi boma ndi imodzi mwa ndege zonyamulira zazikulu kwambiri ku Africa, zomwe zimathandizira ku Europe ndi makontinenti ena atatu. Ndegeyo yakumana ndi ngozi ziwiri zakupha kuyambira 1980.
Mu November 1996, ndege yopita ku Ivory Coast inabedwa ndi amuna atatu omwe analamula kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo apite ku Australia. Woyendetsa ndegeyo adagwa pamene ankayesa kutera mwadzidzidzi pafupi ndi zilumba za Comoros ku Africa. Pafupifupi anthu 130 mwa anthu 172 omwe anali m'ngalawamo adamwalira, malinga ndi malipoti ofalitsidwa.
Ndipo mu September 1988, ndege inagunda gulu la mbalame ponyamuka. Pa ngoziyi itatera, anthu 31 mwa anthu 105 omwe anali m’ngalawamo anamwalira.
