WILKINS RUNWAY, Antarctica (AFP) - Ndege yodziwika bwino yonyamula anthu kuchokera ku Australia kupita ku Antarctica idafika bwino Lachisanu, ndikuyambitsa njira yokhayo yolumikizirana pakati pa makontinenti.
Pafupifupi theka la zana kuchokera pomwe lingaliro la msewu wopita ku Antarctica lidakwezedwa koyamba, Airbus A319 yochokera ku Hobart idatera ku Wilkins pafupi ndi Casey Station ya Australian Antarctic Division, wojambula wa AFP yemwe anali m'bwaloyo adatero.
Nduna ya Zachilengedwe a Peter Garrett, yemwe anali m'gulu la akuluakulu 20, asayansi komanso atolankhani paulendo wotsegulira, adati zomwe adawona kuchokera pamalo oyendetsa ndege zinali zopatsa chidwi pamene ndegeyo idayandikira ku Antarctica.
"Kuti muwone mapiri oundana, kukhazikikako pang'ono pano ndipo palibe chomwe mungawone mbali zonse ndiyeno msewu wonyamukira ndegewu ukuwoneka ngati ukungochokera kwina kulikonse," adatero mtsogoleri wakale wa Midnight Oil.
"Ndi ntchito yodabwitsa yomwe anthuwa apeza. Ndichipambano chokonzekera ndipo chimagwirizanitsa makontinenti awiri otsiriza kuti agwirizane ndi ndege, "adatero.
“Uwu ndi mwambo waukulu kwambiri, ndi mbiri yakale. Nyengo yatsopano ifika kwa ife pankhani yosamalira dziko lathu lapansi. "
Msewuwu, womwe ndi wautali makilomita anayi (2.5 miles) kutalika, mamita 700 m’lifupi ndipo umayenda pafupifupi mamita 12 kum’mwera chakumadzulo pachaka chifukwa cha kutsetsereka kwa madzi oundana, anasemedwa mu ayeziyo ndi kuwongoleredwa pogwiritsa ntchito luso la laser.
“Njira yowulukirako ndege pano ndi yosalala kuposa njanji zambiri zamandege padziko lonse lapansi,” anatero woyendetsa ndegeyo Garry Studd.
Njira yokwana madola 46 miliyoni (US$41 miliyoni) idatenga zaka zoposa ziwiri kuti imangidwe ndipo idapangidwa kuti ibweretse asayansi ndi ogwira ntchito ku Australian Antarctic Division ku kontinenti yomwe ili ndi chisanu kuti akaphunzire zakusintha kwanyengo.
Maulendo apandege amafika mlungu uliwonse m'miyezi yotentha kwambiri ya Okutobala mpaka Marichi koma sizikhala zotseguka kwa alendo.
M'mbuyomu, asayansi adakakamizika kukhala mpaka milungu iwiri m'sitima kuti akafike ku Casey Station.
"Zisintha momwe tingachitire kafukufuku wathu," wasayansi wamkulu wagawolo Michael Stoddart adauza bungwe lazofalitsa nkhani ku Australia la AAP.
Ndegeyo inanyamuka mumzinda wa Hobart kum’mwera kwa Australia ndipo inatenga maola anayi ndi theka kuti ifike ku Wilkins. Inakhala pansi kwa maola atatu isanayambe ulendo wobwerera popanda kufunikira kothira mafuta.
Njirayi idatchedwa dzina la woyendetsa ndege komanso woyendetsa ndege Sir Hubert Wilkins, yemwe adapanga ndege yoyamba ku Antarctica zaka 79 zapitazo.
Mayiko ena omwe ali ndi malo ochitira kafukufuku ku Antarctic akhala akuwulukira ku kontinenti yachisanu kwa zaka zambiri kuchokera kumayiko monga New Zealand ndi South Africa, koma amagwiritsa ntchito ndege zankhondo.
Bungwe la Australian Antarctic Division limati kuyambitsa kwake kwa ndege yamakono ya jet, yomwe imatha kumaliza ulendo wobwerera popanda kuwonjezera mafuta, ndi chiyambi cha nyengo yatsopano.
