Sean Sharif Crudup, 44, wothandiza makasitomala ku United Airlines ndi mkazi wake Raychas Elizabeth Thomas, 32, onse aku Richmond, California, ali pa belo. Crudup wakana mlandu woba. A Thomas akuyenera kuzengedwa mlandu pa Ogasiti 26 ndipo sanaperekebe chidandaulo. Ngati atapezeka kuti ndi wolakwa, aliyense akhoza kulandira chilango chachikulu cha zaka zinayi ndi miyezi inayi kundende ya boma.
Anaimbidwa mlandu wina wakuba waukulu komanso milandu iwiri yoba katundu pabwalo la ndege la San Francisco International Airport pomwe panali chipwirikiti pambuyo pa ngozi ya ndege ya Asiana Airlines Flight 214, oimira boma ku United States akutero.
"Pa Julayi 8, ozunzidwa adawulukira kwawo kupita ku SFO kuchokera kuzilumba za Cayman," adatero Loya wachigawo cha San Mateo County Stephen Wagstaffe. "Katundu wawo, zidutswa zingapo, zomwe zinali ndi ndalama zambiri, $US30,000 ($32,700) ya zovala ... adakwera ndege yoyamba ndikukatera ku SFO ngozi isanachitike."
Koma ndege ya ozunzidwawo inapatutsidwa, Bambo Wagstaffe adatero poyankhulana, poyamba ku Houston ndipo potsiriza ku Los Angeles, kumene adabwereka galimoto kuti ayendetse kumpoto. Koma atafika pamalo onyamula katundu ku SFO, katundu wawo sanapezeke. Woimira boma pamilandu sanatchule anthu omwe anazunzidwa.
Kanema wowunikira akuti adawonetsa Crudup akupita muofesi yonyamula katundu pabwalo la ndege, akutenga kachikwama, ndikuchitulutsa ndikuchipereka kwa Thomas. Kenako adabwerera kuofesiyo, natenga chikwama china ndikuchipereka kwa mayi wachiwiri, yemwe sanadziwikebe, adatero Bambo Wagstaffe. Pambuyo pake gululo linachoka pabwalo la ndege.
"Ms. Thomas anali atatenga zovala zambiri kupita ku Nordstrom kuti akagulitsenso,” adatero Bambo Wagstaffe. "Chikalata chofufuzira chinaperekedwa kwa nyumba yawo ku Richmond, ndipo zinthu zambiri zidapezeka kumeneko."
A Wagstaffe anati sizikudziŵikabe ngati kuba koteroko kunali kosalekeza kapena ngati “zinali zachilendo, kupezerapo mwayi pa dziko lotanganidwa la SFO tsiku limenelo.”
Ngozi ya ku Asiana pa Julayi 6 idapha ophunzira atatu achichepere aku China ndikuvulaza pafupifupi okwera 200 ndi ogwira nawo ntchito. Zinasokonezanso kayendetsedwe ka ndege ku San Francisco Bay Area kwa masiku angapo, kuletsa maulendo apandege ndikupangitsa kuti ndege zambiri zomwe zikubwera zipatutsidwe.
Crudup ndi Thomas adamangidwa pabwalo la ndege la San Francisco komwe akuti kuba kunachitika. Amapita ku Hawaii pa Julayi 25 - tsiku lobadwa la Crudup, masiku atatu Thomas asanafike.
"Kaya tidzakhala ndi milandu yamtsogolo (motsutsana ndi awiriwa), apolisi adzatidziwitsa," adatero Bambo Wagstaffe. Mulimonsemo, “Akuba pamene palibe aliyense, ndimaona kuti ndi zomvetsa chisoni, makamaka ngati akupezerapo mwayi pa mlandu ngati uwu. … Ndimaona kuti ndikuphwanya chikhulupiriro.
