WASHINGTON - Bungwe la Congress likuchitapo kanthu kuti likhazikitse malamulo okhwima pa maphunziro oyendetsa ndege, ziyeneretso ndi maola poyankha ngozi za ndege zachigawo, kuphatikizapo ngozi ya February kumpoto kwa New York yomwe inapha anthu 50.
Opanga malamulo akufuna kukweza kuchuluka kwa maola oyendetsa ndege omwe akufunika kuti akhale oyendetsa ndege kuchokera pa 250 mpaka 1,500 ndikupatsanso oyendetsa ndege mwayi wopeza maphunziro am'mbuyomu a oyendetsa ndege omwe akuwaganizira kuwalemba ntchito. Kuwunikiranso malamulo okhudza kuchuluka kwa oyendetsa ndege omwe angafunikire kuti agwire ntchito asanapumule kukuganiziridwanso.
Malingaliro abipartisan ali mubilu ya Nyumba yomwe idakhazikitsidwa Lachitatu ndi mamembala akuluakulu a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Komitiyi ikuyembekezeka kuvota Lachinayi kuti itumize ndalamazo ku Nyumba yonse kuti igwire ntchito.
"Malipiro athu ndikuyesetsa kuti aphatikize zomwe tikudziwa m'makampani onse okhudzana ndi chitetezo cha ndege kuti tipititse patsogolo chitetezo," adatero Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Ill., wapampando wa komiti yoyendetsa ndege.
Cholinga cha biluyi chinali ndege ya Continental Connection Flight 3407, yomwe inagwa pa Feb. 12 pamene ikukonzekera kutera pabwalo la ndege la Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, kupha anthu onse 49 omwe anali m'ngalawamo ndi mwamuna mmodzi m'nyumba yomwe ili pansi.
Umboni womwe unachitika pamsonkhano wa National Transportation Safety Board mu Meyi udawonetsa kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo komanso mkulu wa ndegeyo anachita zolakwika zingapo zomwe zidapangitsa ngoziyi, mwina chifukwa chotopa kapena kudwala. Ndegeyo idayendetsedwa ku Continental ndi Colgan Air Inc. ya Manassas, Va.
Zolemba zotulutsidwa ndi NTSB zikuwonetsa woyendetsa ndegeyo wazaka 24 adapeza ndalama zosakwana $16,000 chaka chatha, chomwe chinali chaka chake choyamba kugwira ntchito yonyamula ndege zachigawo. Patsiku la ngoziyi adanena kuti adadwala, koma sanafune kuchoka pa ndegeyo chifukwa amayenera kulipira chipinda cha hotelo.
Woyendetsa ndegeyo analibe maphunziro apamwamba pa chida chofunikira kwambiri chachitetezo chomwe chidagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri masekondi omaliza aulendowu. Analepheranso mayeso angapo a luso lake loyendetsa ndege asanafike ku Colgan.
Ngozi zisanu ndi imodzi zomaliza za ndege zaku US zonse zidakhudza zonyamulira ndege zakumadera, ndipo magwiridwe antchito oyendetsa ndege ndi omwe adachititsa kuti patatu mwa milanduyi.
Zina zomwe zili mubiluyo zitha:
_ Amafuna kuti makampani a ndege atenge njira yatsopano yokonzera oyendetsa ndege omwe akhala akulangizidwa kwanthawi yayitali ndi akatswiri otopa. Oyendetsa ndege amayenera kuganizira kuti mitundu ina ya ndege - monga maulendo afupiafupi omwe amanyamuka pafupipafupi komanso kutera - ndizotopetsa kuposa mitundu ina ya ndege, ndipo sinthani ndandanda moyenerera.
_ Lumikizani National Academy of Science kuti iphunzire momwe kuyenda ndi oyendetsa ndege kumathandizira kutopa ndikupereka zotsatira zoyambirira pakatha miyezi inayi ku Federal Aviation Administration.
Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., wothandizira nawo biluyo, adati biluyo ili ndi malamulo omwe amatsutsidwa ndi mabungwe ogwira ntchito komanso ndege, "yemwe angadzutse Kaini pankhaniyi."
Bili ndi HR 3371.
