Miyezo yachitetezo chamakampani ang'onoang'ono amafufuzidwa pakumva

Kuwona ngati ndege za m'madera akukwaniritsa miyezo yotetezedwa yofanana ndi zonyamulira zazikulu "ndikofunikira" pomwe ofufuza amafufuza za ngozi ya ndege ya Pinnacle Airlines Corp. yomwe idapha anthu 50, membala wa bungwe lachitetezo ku US watero.

Membala wa National Transportation Safety Board a Kitty Higgins adafunsa mtsogoleri wa bungwe la oyendetsa ndege lero ngati pali kusiyana pakati pa malipiro, maphunziro, ndondomeko ya ogwira ntchito komanso ndondomeko zapaulendo pakati pa mitundu iwiri ya onyamula. NTSB inamaliza masiku atatu omvera ku Washington pa ngoziyi.

Bungweli likuwunika za kulemba ntchito ndi maphunziro ku Pinnacle's Colgan unit komanso kuthekera kwa zolakwika ndi kutopa kwa oyendetsa ndege pa ngozi ya February pafupi ndi Buffalo, New York. Wonyamula katundu wakuderali anali kuwuluka ku Continental Airlines Inc.

"Iyi ndiye vuto lalikulu pa ngoziyi," adatero Higgins. "Kodi tili ndi gawo limodzi lachitetezo?"

Rory Kay, wapampando wachitetezo cha ndege ku Air Line Pilots Association, adayankha, "Ayi."

Senator Byron Dorgan, wa Democrat waku North Dakota komanso wapampando wa komiti yoyang'anira ndege ya Senate, adati achita zokambirana zingapo pazachitetezo cha ndege poyankha "zidziwitso zodabwitsa komanso zowopsa" zochokera kumagulu a NTSB.

Ndege ya Bombardier Inc. Dash 8 Q400 inagwa pa Feb. 12 ku Clarence Center, New York. Omwalirawo anali munthu m'modzi yemwe anali pansi komanso anthu onse 49 omwe adakwera ndege. NTSB sipereka ziganizo zake kwa miyezi ingapo.

Woyendetsa ndegeyo, Marvin Renslow, sananene kuti adalephera mayeso awiri oyendetsa ndege mu ndege zazing'ono pomwe adafunsira kwa Colgan mu 2005, malinga ndi Pinnacle. Ayenera kuti anali atatopa tsiku la ngoziyi, pamene adalowa mu kompyuta ya kampani pa 3:10 am, malinga ndi NTSB.

Ulendo Wautali

Oyendetsa ndege akuchigawo ali m'gulu la omwe amalipidwa kwambiri pantchitoyi, ndipo membala wa NTSB a Debbie Hersman adafunsa lero ngati malipiro awo angawakakamize kuyenda maulendo ataliatali kupita kuntchito zawo, ndikuwonjezera chiopsezo chomwe amafika kuntchito atatopa.

Rebecca Shaw, woyendetsa ndege ya Colgan, adachoka ku Seattle, komwe amakhala ndi makolo ake, kukagwira ntchito ku Newark, New Jersey, tsiku la ngoziyo. Anawuluka usiku wonse m'ndege za FedEx Corp. kuti akafike kutangotsala pang'ono 6:30 am, malinga ndi NTSB. Mauthenga ake ndi zomwe amachita masana zikuwonetsa kuti mwina analibe nthawi yokwanira yogona, umboni wa NTSB ukuwonetsa.

Shaw, 24, anali ndi malipiro apachaka a $23,900, mneneri wa Pinnacle Joe Williams adatero mu imelo dzulo. Avereji ya woyendetsa ndege pamtundu wa ndege zomwe zidakhudzidwa ndi ngoziyi ndi $ 67,000, adatero.

Ntchito Yogulitsa Kafi

M'mbuyomo mu nthawi ya Shaw ku Colgan, ankagwira ntchito "mwachidule" masiku angapo pa sabata pa sitolo ya khofi monga ntchito yachiwiri pamene sanali kuwuluka, malinga ndi NTSB.

Oyendetsa ndege kumadera akutali amalipidwa ndalama zochepa poyerekeza ndi anzawo pamaulendo akuluakulu mwa zina chifukwa nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi zaka zocheperako ndipo amawuluka ndege zing'onozing'ono.

Ofisala woyamba yemwe ali ndi zaka pafupifupi zisanu amapeza ndalama zokwana $84,300 pachaka pamakampani akuluakulu a ndege monga Continental kapena Delta Air Lines Inc., pomwe woyang'anira woyamba ku Pinnacle wokhala ndi zaka zomwezo akupanga $32,100, malinga ndi AIR Inc. , kampani yochokera ku Atlanta yomwe imatsata malipiro oyendetsa ndege.

Hersman adati imelo yomwe adalandira kuchokera kwa woyendetsa ndege ku Delta's Comair unit idadandaula kuti mamembala 301 a okwera ndege akusamutsidwa kupita ku New York kuchokera ku Cincinnati.

Ngakhale mitengo yanyumba imakhala pafupifupi $ 131,000 ku Cincinnati, imawononga pafupifupi $437,000 kudera la New York, adatero. "Mwachiwonekere pakhala kuwonjezeka kwa ndalama kwa anthu."

Kugula Matikiti

Ogula nthawi zambiri amagula matikiti onyamula katundu wamkulu kuti azindikire pambuyo pake kuti akuwuluka pa ndege yachigawo, Higgins adatero.

"Simumagula tikiti pa Colgan, mumagula tikiti ku Continental," adatero.

Senator Dorgan adati zokambirana zomwe akukonzekera zidzayang'ana zachitetezo cha pandege "makamaka zokhudzana ndi ndege zapaulendo koma osati kokha."

Adauza atolankhani lero pamsonkhano wa atolankhani kuti akufuna kuwona ngati zomwe zidayambitsa ngoziyi pafupi ndi Buffalo zinali zolakwika kapena gawo lalikulu lamakampani opanga ndege m'chigawocho.

"Ndili ndi nkhawa kuti zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi zambiri," adatero. "Sicholinga changa kuchititsa mantha."

Kuwonongeka kwa Colgan sikoyamba ndi wonyamula madera omwe bungweli lidawunika zaka zaposachedwa.

Oyendetsa ndege a Comair adagwiritsa ntchito njira yolakwika ya ndege yomwe idapha anthu 49 ku Kentucky mu 2006 chifukwa adalephera kugwiritsa ntchito magetsi, zizindikilo ndi zithandizo zina kuti adziwe komwe ali, NTSB idatsimikiza.

Ndege ya Corporate Airlines inagwa mu 2004, kupha anthu 13, ku Kirksville, Missouri, chifukwa oyendetsa ndegewo sanatsatire ndondomeko ndikuwulutsa ndegeyo pansi kwambiri m'mitengo, malinga ndi NTSB.

Kulumikiza Madontho

Wapampando wa NTSB, a Mark Rosenker, adauza atolankhani kuti "sitinathe kulumikiza madonthowa" kuti tipeze kuti zonyamula m'derali ndi zotetezeka kwambiri kuposa ndege zazikulu. Awiri mwa ngozi zaposachedwa za ndege zomwe bungweli likufufuza zidakhudza zonyamulira zazikulu - ndege ya Continental mu Disembala ku eyapoti ya Denver ndi ndege ya US Airways Group Inc. yomwe idatsika ku Hudson River ku New York mu Januwale.

A Les Dorr, wolankhulira Federal Aviation Administration, adati poyankhulana kuti zonyamula m'madera ndi ndege zazikulu ziyenera kukwaniritsa mfundo zofanana zachitetezo ku federal.

Colgan adanena dzulo kuti amapereka nthawi yowirikiza kawiri nthawi yophunzitsidwa ndi FAA yofunikira pa mtundu wa ndege zomwe zinachitika pa ngozi ya February.

"Mapulogalamu athu ophunzitsira ogwira ntchito amakwaniritsa kapena kupitilira zomwe zimafunikira pamakampani onse akuluakulu a ndege," Colgan adatero m'mawu ake.

'Kusankhidwa Mopanda chilungamo'

Makampani oyendetsa ndege m'derali "akusankhidwa mopanda chilungamo," adatero Roger Cohen wa Regional Airline Association, gulu lamakampani, poyankhulana.

"Mwachiwonekere tikuyang'ana zomwe taphunzira pa izi," adatero Cohen ponena za ngozi ya Colgan. “Ngakhale ngoziyi isanachitike, takhala tikuyang'ana kwambiri zonse zomwe zidanenedwa pano pakufufuza kwa NTSB. Ndikofunikira kudziwa kuti ma membala athu andege akugwira ntchito motsatira malamulo omwewo” monga onyamula akuluakulu.