PORT MORESBY - Ndege yaying'ono yonyamula anthu 13 kuphatikiza anthu asanu ndi anayi aku Australia idasowa ku Papua New Guinea Lachiwiri ndipo akuwopa kuti yagwa, ndegeyo ndi akuluakulu aku Australia adati.

Sitima yapamadzi ya Twin Otter yokhala ndi anthu 20 idasowa nthawi ya 10:53 am (0053 GMT) ikupita kumalo odziwika bwino a alendo ku Kokoda itanyamuka ku likulu la dziko la South Pacific ku Port Moresby.

"Pakapita nthawi zikuwoneka bwino (mwina) kuti zikhala ngozi," mkulu wa ndege ku PNG Allen Tyson adauza AFP, ndikuwonjezera kuti ntchito zofufuzira zikulepheretsedwa ndi nyengo yoipa.

Nduna Yowona Zakunja ku Australia a Stephen Smith adati m'botimo muli anthu 9 aku Australia, atatu aku Papua New Guinea ndi nzika yaku Japan, ndipo ali ndi "mantha akulu" chifukwa chachitetezo chawo pomwe malipoti a ngozi yachitika.

"Kutsatira upangiri ndi zidziwitso zochokera kwa anthu am'deralo ndi anthu am'mudzimo pali lingaliro loti m'derali ngozi mwina yachitika," adatero Smith ku Canberra.

"PNG Airlines ndi akuluakulu a PNG akupitiriza chifukwa chakuti achepetsa malo ofufuzira kuti apeze malo omwe angawonongeke," anawonjezera.

Ndegeyo idataya mawayilesi owongolera pansi patangotha mphindi 10 kuti ifike, akuluakulu aboma adati, ndipo palibe chizindikiro chomwe chidalandiridwa kuchokera ku beacon yadzidzidzi ya ndegeyo.

Akuti gululi linali la gulu la anthu oyenda maulendo ataliatali lochokera ku Melbourne, No Roads Expeditions, ndipo anali paulendo wopita ku Kokoda, komwe kunkadutsa anthu okwera mapiri komanso nkhondo yachiŵiri ya padziko lonse yokhudza asilikali a ku Australia.

"Okwerawa akuphatikizapo gulu la anthu asanu ndi atatu a ku Australia paulendo wopita ku Kokoda Track, komanso wotsogolera alendo wa ku Australia ndi mmodzi wotsogolera alendo ochokera ku Papua New Guinea," No Roads anauza a AAP newswire.

"Anthu aku Australia anali kuyenda ngati gawo laulendo wokonzedwa ndi No Roads Expeditions."

Smith adati palibe chizindikiro cha ndegeyo pofika usiku, ndipo "ntchito yowonjezereka yofufuza ndi kupulumutsa" idzayamba poyera mothandizidwa ndi theka la asilikali a ku Australia ndi ndege zopulumutsa panyanja.

"Ndege idakalipobe pamapeto pa kufufuza usikuuno, kufufuzako kwasokonezedwa ndi nyengo yoipa kwambiri komanso yoipa, ndipo ndithudi tsopano kuli mdima ku PNG," adatero.

Kuwoneka kocheperako kudalepheretsa kusaka kwa Lachiwiri, komwe kunalinso malo owundana komanso olimba m'mapiri a Owen Stanley kumpoto kwa Port Moresby, adatero.

Mkulu wandege a Tyson adati ma helikoputala ndi ndege zina zasakaza derali osachita bwino.

"Nyengo yoipa ikulepheretsa kufufuza ndi kupulumutsa m'derali kotero pakadali pano sitingathe kutsimikizira ngati ndi ngozi kapena ngati ndegeyo yafika kwinakwake ndipo ikulephera kutilankhula," adatero Tyson.

"Tili ndi ma helikoputala angapo komanso ndege zamapiko osasunthika mderali kuyesa kupeza ndegeyo kotero pakadali pano sitingathe kutsimikizira ngati idachitikadi mwangozi."

Pafupifupi ndege za 19 zagwa kuyambira 2000 ku Papua New Guinea, komwe malo ake olimba komanso kusowa kwa misewu yolumikizira kumapangitsa kuyenda kwandege kukhala kofunikira kwa nzika zake mamiliyoni asanu ndi limodzi.

Oyendetsa ndege aku Australia adamwalira pangozi ku PNG mu July 2004, February 2005 ndi October 2006.

Malipoti oti katangale ndi kusowa kwa ndalama zadzetsa kutsika kwambiri kwa chitetezo cham'mlengalenga adayambitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa bungwe lofufuza za ngozi za ndege chaka chatha.