Ndege zowulukira ku Nairobi sizikufuna kudalira chitetezo cham'deralo kuti chitetezedwe

Ndege zambiri zomwe zimawulukira pabwalo la ndege la Jomo Kenyatta International alemba ganyu makampani achitetezo azibizinesi kuti azilondera anthu okwera, katundu ndi ndege m'malo modalira a Kenya Airports Authority kapena apolisi akumaloko kuti atetezedwe.

Ngakhale akuluakulu a US ndi Kenya adanena kuti palibe chiwopsezo chauchigawenga pabwalo la ndege kapena ndege zomwe zikugwira ntchito kumeneko, zochitika zam'mbuyomu zakhala zikudetsa nkhawa.

Kenya yakhudzidwa ndi zigawenga zazikulu zitatu pazaka 11 zapitazi. Ogwira ntchito za Al-qaeda adaphulitsa ofesi ya kazembe wa US mu 1998, ndikupha anthu opitilira 200. Mu 2002 bomba la galimoto linaphulika pa hotelo ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja yomwe alendo a ku Israel amakonda kupitako, ndikupha anthu 15. Pafupifupi nthawi yomweyo, zigawenga zinayesa kugwetsa ndege yobwereketsa yomwe inanyamula alendo aku Israeli ndi mzinga wowombera pamapewa.

Funso lachitetezo pabwalo la ndege la Nairobi lidadzutsidwanso mwezi watha pomwe Delta Air Lines idayimitsa mwadzidzidzi ndege yoyambira ku Atlanta kupita ku Nairobi Boma la Transportation Security Administration litakana kuvomereza njirayo.

Akatswiri oyendetsa ndege amati alonda a pabwalo la ndege ndiofala m'malo ankhondo padziko lonse lapansi, koma osowa m'maiko okhazikika ngati Kenya. Komabe, ndege ya Kenya Airways ili m'gulu la omwe amagwiritsa ntchito kampani yachitetezo pabwalo la ndege la Nairobi.

"Tachita izi chifukwa sitikhulupirira kuti chitetezo chomwe timatuluka pabwalo la ndege ndi chokwanira," a Titus Naikuni, woyang'anira gulu la Kenya Airways, adauza The Associated Press.

"Siku Kenya kokha. Ngakhale kunja kwa Kenya, anthu achita zimenezo,” adatero Naikuni. "Sindingathe kupatsa chitetezo chachitatu."

Bungwe la Kenya Airports Authority, bungwe la boma lodziyimira pawokha lomwe limayang'anira ma eyapoti mdzikolo, lakana kuyankhapo.

Naikuni ati asitikali aku Kenya atha kukhala opanda chitetezo, koma amachita bwino pamisonkhano yanzeru. “Amatipatsa zidziwitso, mwatsoka nthawi zina sitingathe kuuza ena chifukwa ndi zachinsinsi. Koma ndi odziwa kwambiri,” adatero Naikuni.

Pa Juni 2, Delta Air Lines idayimitsa ndege yake yoyamba yochokera ku Atlanta kupita ku Nairobi kutsatira lamulo lomaliza lochokera ku Transportation Security Administration Division ku US Homeland Security department.

Malinga ndi mkulu wina wa TSA yemwe sanatchule dzina chifukwa mkuluyo sanaloledwe kuyankhula pagulu za nkhaniyi, Delta idagulitsa matikiti oyendetsa ndege popanda chilolezo chaboma.

Delta sanalandire chilolezo pazifukwa zingapo, kuphatikiza kuwunika kwachitetezo cha eyapoti komanso mgwirizano ndi Kenya pothana ndi ziwopsezo zomwe zingachitike, mkuluyo adatero. Mkuluyo sananene zina.

Mneneri wa Delta a Susan Elliott adati ndegeyi yatsatira kale mchitidwe wovomerezeka wamakampani wolengeza ndikugulitsa ntchito poyembekezera kuvomerezedwa ndi boma.

"Lingaliro mochedwa la TSA lokana kuyamba ntchito ku Nairobi ndi Monrovia zinali zachilendo kwambiri zomwe zinali zisanachitikepo," adatero Elliott. "Delta yapepesa kwa makasitomala omwe akhudzidwa ndi kuchotsedwa mosayembekezekaku."

Mkulu wina wa Dipatimenti ya Boma, yemwe sanatchulidwe chifukwa chakuti mkuluyo sanaloledwe kulankhula ndi atolankhani, adanena kuti kuchotsedwako kukugwirizana ndi chenjezo la maulendo a Nov. 14, ponena za kuopseza kwa ndege za anthu wamba.

Chenjezoli ndi lolumikizidwa ndi kuyesa kwa 2002 kugwetsa ndege yobwereketsa, mkuluyo adati, ndikuwonjeza kuti panalibe chiwopsezo chambiri paulendo wa Delta.

Steve Lott, wolankhulira bungwe la International Air Transport Association, adati ndege zikuyembekeza kuti maboma achitepo kanthu pachitetezo cha ma eyapoti. Makampani oyendetsa ndege adawononga $ 5.9 biliyoni chaka chatha kuti atsatire njira za boma kuti atsimikizire chitetezo ndi chitetezo pama eyapoti, adatero Lott, yemwe bungwe lake limayimira ndege 230 padziko lonse lapansi.

"Si zachilendo kuti ndege padziko lonse lapansi zilembe ntchito zachitetezo pa eyapoti iliyonse yomwe amagwira," adatero Lott. "Ndicho chifukwa chake timadalira chuma cha boma ndi kuyang'anira kuti tipereke chitetezo ku eyapoti ya mumzinda."

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport imatenga gawo lalikulu pazamalonda ndi zokopa alendo ku Kenya. Ndege zingapo zapadziko lonse lapansi zimagwira ntchito kuchokera pamenepo; kuphatikizapo Air India, British Airways, Emirates, KLM, Qatar Airways, Saudi Arabian Airlines, South Africa Airways, Swiss International Air Lines ndi Virgin Atlantic.

Chiwerengero cha anthu odutsa pabwalo la ndege chakwera kufika pa 4.86 miliyoni mu 2007 kuchoka pa 3.45 miliyoni mu 2003, malinga ndi kafukufuku wa zachuma wa boma.

Kenya ndi malo apamwamba oyendera alendo ku Africa, chifukwa alendo amatha kuwona nyama zakuthengo m'malo ake achilengedwe ndikusangalala ndi magombe amchenga oyera. Chaka chatha, alendo 1.2 miliyoni adayendera dzikolo.

Kenya ilinso malo azachuma komanso akazembe kum'mawa kwa Africa. Amalonda ambiri, akazembe ndi ogwira ntchito othandizira amadutsa pa eyapoti yake yayikulu. Nairobi ndi likulu la Africa la osunga ndalama zazikulu monga Coca Cola Co ya ku Atlanta. Amakhalanso ndi likulu la United Nations ku Africa.
Wolemba Associated Press Airlines a Harry Weber ku Atlanta komanso olemba atolankhani a Associated Matthew Lee ndi Eileen Sullivan ku Washington anathandizira nkhaniyi.