Ndege zowuluka ma A330s atalikirana ndi ndege pa ngozi ya Air France

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Ndege zingapo zowulutsa mtundu wa ndege zomwe zidakhudzidwa ndi ngozi ya Air France adati Lachiwiri amagwiritsa ntchito mtundu wina wa sensor yothamanga kwambiri kuposa omwe adakwera ndege yomwe yatsala pang'ono kuwonongedwa, kudzipatula ku zida zomwe zidawoneka ngati zomwe zingachitike ngozi yatha sabata yatha.

Panthawi imodzimodziyo, zonyamulira zina zomwe zimagwiritsa ntchito ma probes ofanana ndi omwe ali paulendo - kuphatikizapo Delta Air Lines Inc. ndi Qatar Airways ya Middle East - adanena kuti akugwira ntchito yokonzanso zipangizo pa ndege zambiri za Airbus.

Ndegeyo inasowa pa nyanja ya Atlantic pamene inali paulendo wochoka ku Rio de Janeiro kupita ku Paris, ndikupha anthu 228.

Yang'anani pa masensa omwe amadziwika kuti machubu a Pitot adakula pambuyo poti Air France idatulutsa mawu sabata yatha kuti inali mkati mosintha zida zamtundu wa Airbus A330.

Zomwe zidachititsa ngozi ya Air France Flight 447 pa Meyi 31 sizikudziwikabe. Koma chiphunzitso chimodzi ndi chakuti masensawo adazizira kwambiri ndipo adawerenga molakwika. Zimenezi zikanachititsa kuti ndegeyo iziuluka mochedwa kwambiri kapena mothamanga kwambiri.

Masensa omwe adakwera mundege adapangidwa ndi gulu la France la Thales ndipo anali asanasinthidwe. Mneneri wa Thales a Caroline Philips adatsimikiza kuti kampaniyo idapanga machubu a Pitot pa jet yomwe idagwa. Wopanga chitetezo ndi ndege sanapereke zambiri pazida kapena kunena kuti ndi ndege zingati zomwe zimagwiritsa ntchito.

Emirates, ndege yayikulu kwambiri ku Middle East komanso m'modzi mwa oyendetsa ndege wamkulu wa A330, adati machubu a Pitot omwe adakwera ndege zake sanapangidwe ndi Thales koma ndi wopanga waku US Goodrich Corp. waku Charlotte, North Carolina.

"Sitinakumanepo ndi vuto lililonse pamagawo athu ofufuza," atero a Adel al-Redha, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wamkulu wa Emirates pa engineering ndi ntchito. "Emirates ikutsatira kwathunthu malangizo onse oyendetsera ndege omwe amaperekedwa ndi opanga ndege, komanso zofunikira zomwe zafotokozedwa ndi chitetezo chapadziko lonse lapansi ndi oyang'anira."

Chonyamulira chochokera ku Dubai chimagwira ntchito 29 mwa mitundu ya A330-200, kuposa ndege ina iliyonse. Mtunduwu ndi womwewo womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito pa Air France Flight 447.

Etihad Airways yaku Abu Dhabi komanso Qantas Airways yaku Australia ati ma A330 awo alinso ndi masensa akuthamanga a Goodrich.

"Sitikukhudzidwa chifukwa ndi njira yosiyana m'ndege zathu," atero a Qantas General Manager wa Boma ndi Corporate Affairs David Epstein.

Mneneri a Goodrich sanapezekepo nthawi yomweyo kuti ayankhe.

Machubu a pitot ndi masensa omwe amatsagana nawo amadyetsa data yofunikira kwambiri komanso zidziwitso zina m'makompyuta a cockpit. Masensa amagwira ntchito mofanana, koma akhoza kupangidwa mosiyana malinga ndi mtundu wa ndege ndi wopanga.

“Zili ngati (ndege) mabuleki. Anthu ena amagwiritsa ntchito kaboni, ena amagwiritsa ntchito zitsulo,” adatero mlangizi wodziimira payekha wandege a Bob Mann.

Kudetsa nkhawa kwa masensa a Thales kudapangitsa mgwirizano wa Air France Lolemba kulimbikitsa oyendetsa ndege ake kuti asawuluke ma Airbus A330s ndi A340s pokhapokha ngati masensa awiri mwa atatu a Pitot asinthidwa. Mgwirizano wa Alter umayimira pafupifupi 12 peresenti ya oyendetsa ndege a Air France.

Powonetsa nkhawa yomwe ikukulirakulira kwa zidazi, Qatar Airways idalemba mawu patsamba lake Lachiwiri kuti ikumaliza "kusinthidwa kovomerezeka ndi Airbus" kwa Thales pa ndege zake zonse za Airbus A319, A320, A321, A330 ndi A340. . Ndege zopitilira 50 zimapanga kuchuluka kwa zombo zonyamulira.

Qatar Airways idati kubwezeretsako kudayamba chaka chatha, pomwe ndege 21 zidasinthidwa mpaka pano.

Delta yochokera ku Atlanta ikukhazikitsa machubu atsopano a Pitot kuchokera ku Thales pa ndege yake ya A330 malinga ndi malingaliro a wopanga, wolankhulira Betsy Talton adati.

"Mpaka makonzedwewa atha, tikulankhulana ndi ogwira ntchito m'ndege kuti tibwereze njira zolondola zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati pali zizindikiro zosadalirika," adatero Talton.

Kampani ya Delta ku Northwest Airlines yayikanso machubu atsopano a Pitot pa ndege yake ya A319/320, adatero Talton.

Delta, woyendetsa ndege wamkulu padziko lonse lapansi, ali ndi 11 A330-200s ndi 21 A330-300s. Ndi eni ake kapena kubwereketsa 57 A319-100s ndi 69 A320-200s.

Tempe, ku Arizona ku US Airways, wogwiritsa ntchito wina wamkulu wa US A330, wayamba kusintha gawo la chubu la Pitot pa ma A330 ake chifukwa chosamala, mneneri Michelle Mohr adati, ngakhale anakana kudziwa wopanga. Ma 11 A330 onyamula asanu ndi anayi ali muutumiki wanthawi zonse.

Ku Brazil, bungwe lazofalitsa zachinsinsi la Agencia Estado linanena kuti ndege yaikulu kwambiri m'dzikoli, TAM Linhas Aeras SA, yasintha kale machubu a Pitot pa ndege zake za Airbus. TAM idasinthanso pambuyo pa malingaliro a 2007 ochokera ku Airbus, Chief Executive David Barboni adauza Agencia Estado.

Pakadali pano, gulu lankhondo laku Brazil linanena kuti akatswiri asintha machubu a Pitot pa Airbus A319 yogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Purezidenti Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva chifukwa cha malingaliro ochokera kwa wopanga ndegeyo kutatsala mwezi umodzi kuti ndege ya Air France igwe.

Col. Henry Munhoz wa Air Force adati machubuwa asinthidwa panthawi yomwe akukonzekera, koma adanenetsa kuti ntchitoyi sinachitike chifukwa cha ngoziyi.

Pafupifupi ndege 70 zimagwiritsa ntchito mitundu 600 ya ma A330 omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito padziko lonse lapansi.