Oyendetsa ndege aku US auzidwa kuti ayang'ane mbiri ya oyendetsa ndege omwe akufunsira ntchito, gawo limodzi la zoyesayesa za owongolera kuti alimbikitse chitetezo cham'madera pambuyo pa ngozi pafupi ndi Buffalo, New York.
Bungwe la Federal Aviation Administration, potsatira msonkhano watsiku lonse ndi makampani, linanenanso kuti likukonzekera kusintha malamulo oletsa oyendetsa ndege kuti asatope komanso kupempha onyamula katundu kuti azigawana modzifunira ndi boma kuti ateteze chitetezo.
FAA ikufuna "kuonetsetsa kuti anthu akumva kuti akakwera ndege ya m'madera, idzakhala yotetezeka, ndipo idzayendetsedwa ndi woyendetsa ndege yemwe waphunzitsidwa bwino komanso wopumula bwino," Mlembi wa Transportation Ray LaHood adauza atolankhani lero.
FAA, yomwe ili mbali ya bungwe la LaHood, ikuchitapo kanthu pambuyo pa ngozi ya February ku Colgan unit ya Pinnacle Airlines Corp. Ngoziyi inapha anthu 50.
Pinnacle adati Captain Marvin Renslow sananene kuti adalephera kuyesa maulendo awiri mundege zazing'ono pomwe adafunsira ku 2005 kuti alowe nawo ku Colgan. Zolemba zoyeserera za FAA za oyendetsa ndege zotere sizipezeka kwa oyendetsa ndege pokhapokha ngati ofunsira asiya zinsinsi zawo kwa omwe akufuna kuwalemba ntchito.
A FAA mu 2007 adakumbutsa onyamula kuti atha kufunsa oyendetsa ndege kuti achotsedwe kuti athe kupeza zolembazo. Tsopano, FAA ikulangiza kuti atero, Woyang'anira bungwe Randy Babbitt adauza atolankhani. Bungwe la FAA lingalimbikitsenso kuti Congress isinthe malamulo kuti ma rekodi oyendetsa ndege athe kupezeka.
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Pinnacle, yemwe amakhala ku Memphis, Tennessee, adati sakudziwa ngati Colgan akanalemba ntchito Renslow akanadziwa za kulephera kwake pamayeso.
Babbitt adanenanso kuti akufuna kusintha malamulo, pamabuku kuyambira 1985, omwe amafuna kuti oyendetsa ndege apume maola asanu ndi atatu mu nthawi ya maola 24 asanamalize ntchito yoyendetsa ndege.
Chofunikira chitha kusintha pakupititsa patsogolo kafukufuku, adatero Babbitt. Mwachitsanzo, woyendetsa ndege amene amatera kamodzi kokha pa masitimu amatha kuuluka nthawi yayitali, pamene woyendetsa ndege amene amatera kangapo patsiku, zomwe zimafunika kuti aziika patsogolo kwambiri, angafunikire masinthidwe amfupi, adatero.
"Zina mwazinthu zomwe ndaziwona ndikuzimva zokhudzana ndi machitidwe amakampani oyendetsa ndege m'derali sizovomerezeka," Babbitt adauza akuluakulu amakampani omwe adasonkhana pamsonkhano watsiku lonse. "Tiyenera kuyang'ana mozama pazomwe zikuchitika."
Adauza atolankhani kuti apempha onyamula kuti alowe nawo modzifunira mapulogalamu achitetezo aboma, monga momwe zojambulira ndege zimawunikiridwa pafupipafupi ndi FAA chifukwa cha zolakwika zachitetezo. Onyamula omwe sasankha kutenga nawo mbali adzawululidwa kwa anthu, adatero.
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Babbitt ananenanso kuti akulimbikitsa makampani kufufuza dera-woyendetsa malipiro.
"Ngati mukufuna kupeza zabwino komanso zowala kwambiri, simudzachita izi kwa nthawi yayitali ndi $ 24,000," adatero Babbitt, ponena za malipiro a m'modzi mwa oyendetsa ndege pa ngozi ya Buffalo.
Zangozi zachigawo m'zaka zaposachedwa zaphatikizirapo imodzi ku Comair unit ya Delta Air Lines Inc., momwe oyendetsa ndege adagwiritsa ntchito njira yolakwika paulendo wandege womwe unapha anthu 49 ku Kentucky mu 2006. Komanso, ndege ya Corporate Airlines idagwa mu 2004, kupha 13. anthu ku Kirksville, Missouri, chifukwa oyendetsa ndegewo sanatsatire ndondomeko ndipo anawulutsa ndegeyo pansi kwambiri m'mitengo.
Pa ngozi ya ku Buffalo, National Transportation Safety Board ikuwunika ngati ogwira ntchito mundege ya Colgan adayankha molakwika chenjezo lomwe linabwera. Umboni wa NTSB ukuwonetsa kuti oyendetsa ndegewo amalola kuti ndegeyo itaye kupitirira gawo limodzi mwa magawo anayi a liwiro lake mumasekondi a 21, ndikuchotsa chenjezo la oyendetsa ndege pamalo okwera ndege pomwe ndegeyo sidachira.
Bombardier Inc. Dash 8 Q400 inagwa Feb. 12 ku Clarence Center, New York, pamene ikuyandikira bwalo la ndege la Buffalo kuchokera ku Newark, New Jersey. Omwalirawo anali munthu m'modzi pansi ndi anthu onse 49 omwe anali m'ndege, yomwe Colgan ankagwira ntchito ku Continental Airlines Inc.
