CARACAS - Ndege yonyamula anthu yaku Venezuela yomwe inali ndi anthu 46 idasowa ndipo mwina idagwa kudera lakutali lamapiri itangonyamuka mumzinda wa Andean kutangotsala pang'ono kuti Lachinayi, akuluakulu aboma atero.
Anthu akumidzi ya kumapiri akuti amva phokoso lalikulu lomwe akuganiza kuti lingakhale ngozi pambuyo poti ndege ya injini ziwiri idawuluka kuchokera kumtunda wa Merida kupita ku likulu la Caracas mtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 300, mkulu wa chitetezo cha Civil Defense Gerardo Rojas adatero.
"Tili ndi chidziwitso pazomwe tingapeze," atero mkulu wa National Civil Defense Antonio Rivero, ngakhale adawonjezera kuti ndegeyo idalembedwabe kuti ikusowa.
"Sitikudziwa kuti okwerawo ali mumkhalidwe wotani," adatero.
Yoyendetsedwa ndi ndege ya m'deralo ya Santa Barbara, ndege ya 518 inali isanakumane ndi oyendetsa ndege kwa maola ambiri kumapeto kwa Lachinayi ndipo magulu ofufuza anali kupita kudera lamapiri lamapiri kumene ndegeyo inkaganiziridwa kuti idatsika.
Magulu opulumutsa anthu apatsogolo adapita ku chigwa cha Paramo Mifafi, komwe kumakhala kozizira kwambiri m'chigawo cha nsonga za chipale chofewa mpaka 13,000 mapazi (4,000 metres) komwe kumakhala ma condors ndi misewu yodutsamo yomwe imapangitsa kuti ikhale yotchuka ndi alendo obwera kudzagula zikwama.
Nyengo ndi mawonekedwe ake adanenedwa kuti zinali zabwino kwambiri panthawi yonyamuka ndi mkulu wina wopulumutsa ndege. Anati magulu azifufuza ndi phazi mpaka kuwala koyamba, pamene ndege ziwiri za helikopita zidzatumizidwa.
Akuluakulu oyendetsa ndege ku Venezuela ati ndegeyo idanyamula anthu 43 ndi ogwira nawo ntchito atatu. Mndandanda wa okwerawo udaphatikizapo katswiri wodziwika bwino wa ndale ku Venezuela komanso achibale a mkulu wa boma, akuluakulu aboma adatero.
Achibale amene ankayembekezera okondedwa awo kufika ku Caracas analandira thandizo kuchokera kwa akatswiri a maganizo a boma kuti athane ndi nkhaŵa.
Mtsogoleri wa Santa Barbara, ndege yaing'ono yaku Venezuela yomwe imayendetsa maulendo apakhomo ndipo imakhala ndi maulendo asanu ndi awiri a Merida patsiku, adati ndege yazaka pafupifupi 20 inali yosamalidwa bwino ndipo inalibe mbiri ya zovuta zamakono.
Woyendetsa ndegeyo anagwira ntchito ndi kampani ya ndege kwa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu ndipo anaphunzitsidwa mwapadera za kuwuluka kwa ndege ku Andes. Purezidenti wa Santa Barbara Jorge Alvarez adauza wailesi yakanema ya Globovision.
"Ndiyenera kukhulupirira kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo analidi wodziwa komanso woyenerera" paulendo wa pandege, adatero.
M'manyuzipepala ambiri aku Venezuela adafalitsa nkhani za ndege yomwe idasowa patsamba lawo lakutsogolo, pomwe ena akumidzi akuti awona ngozi ya ndegeyo.
Ndegeyo inali ya ATR 42-300, ndege ya turboprop yomangidwa ndi kampani yaku France-Italian ya ATR, bungwe loyendetsa ndege la Civil Aviation linanena.
Mitundu ya ATR 42 yakhala ikuchita ngozi zosachepera 17 kuyambira pomwe ndegeyo idayamba kuwuluka mu 1984, malinga ndi Aviation Safety Network, bungwe loyang'anira chitetezo cha ndege.
Lachinayi linali chochitika chachiwiri chachikulu chokhudza ndege ya ku Venezuela ku Venezuela chaka chino pambuyo poti ndege yonyamula anthu 14, kuphatikiza anthu asanu ndi atatu aku Italiya ndi m'modzi wa ku Switzerland, idagwa m'nyanja pafupi ndi gulu la zisumbu za Venezuela mu Januware.
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