Ndege ya American Airlines yochokera ku Chicago kupita ku Reagan National Airport idapatutsidwa kupita ku Dulles International Airport kumapeto kwa Lolemba pambuyo poti ogwira ntchitoyo anena zachitetezo chokhudza wokwera, aboma adatero.
Zomwe zakhudza chitetezo sizinaululidwe nthawi yomweyo, ndipo akuluakulu omwe adafufuza ndegeyo itatera adapeza kuti palibe zinthu zowopsa zomwe zidakwera. Wokwera yemwe amamukayikirayo sanali pamndandanda wowonera, atero mneneri wa American Airlines.
American Eagle Flight 4117 idatera bwino patangotsala pang'ono pakati pausiku ndi anthu 45 omwe adakwera, wolankhulira ndege Tim Smith adatero, malinga ndi Associated Press. Ananenanso kuti ogwira nawo ntchito adafotokoza zachitetezo paulendo wopita ku Transportation Security Administration, yomwe idalangiza woyendetsa ndegeyo kuti atsike ku Dulles m'malo mwa National. Okwera ambiri adachoka pabwalo la ndege pawokha, pomwe ena adapatsidwa mayendedwe, Smith adati. Ma eyapoti awiriwa ku Northern Virginia ali motalikirana mamailosi 28.
M'mawu Lachiwiri m'mawa, TSA idati "idadziwitsidwa za wokwera yemwe akuchita zachilendo" pa ndegeyo, yomwe idatumizidwanso ku Dulles pempho la National Capital Region Coordination Center ndipo "idafika popanda chochitika pafupifupi 11:53 pm EDT. .”
Mawuwo ati a TSA ndi ogwira ntchito zamalamulo adakumana ndi ndegeyo ndikuti "onse okwera adaloledwa kuti apitirize." Sizinafotokoze nthawi yomweyo zomwe wokwerayo adachita kuti apatuke kapena kupereka zambiri za zomwe zidachitika.
Mneneri wa bungwe la Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority ati izi zidathetsedwa ndege ya American Eagle itangotera ndipo anthu ena adakwera basi kupita ku National.
Ndegeyo idayenera kuwuluka Lachiwiri m'mawa kuchokera ku Dulles kupita ku National.
