Southwest Airlines Co., yomwe ndi yayikulu kwambiri yonyamula zotsika mtengo, idayimitsa wogulitsa wokonza zolumikizidwa ndikugwiritsa ntchito zida zosaloledwa mundege za 82 Boeing Co. 737.
Kampani ya ndege ndi Federal Aviation Administration yalephera kukwaniritsa mgwirizano wothetsera nkhaniyi lero, adatero Beth Harbin, mneneri wa Kumwera chakumadzulo kwa Dallas. Lynn Lunsford, wolankhulira FAA, adati bungweli likuyembekeza kukhala ndi mgwirizano pofika nthawi yake ya 5pm nthawi ya Dallas mawa.
Ngakhale oyendetsa ndege, FAA ndi Boeing anena kuti mbalizo sizipereka chiwopsezo chachitetezo, malamulo aku US amaletsa ndege kuwulutsidwa ndi zidutswa zopangidwa popanda chiphaso cha boma. Zigawozi zikhoza kukhala pa ndege zina kwa zaka zitatu, malinga ndi Southwest.
"Iwo, ngakhale mosadziwa, aphwanya malamulo pogwiritsa ntchito magawo osaloledwa," a Jon Ash, purezidenti wa InterVistas-GA2 ku Washington, adatero poyankhulana. “Pamapeto pake, ndimakayikira kuti alandira chindapusa. Ndiko kupatsidwa.”
Lunsford adati "Kumwera chakumadzulo kwanena kale kuti akufuna kusintha magawowa ndikupitiliza kuyendetsa ndege zake. Tikugwira ntchito kuti tiwone ngati pali njira yochitira izi ndikuchita mogwirizana ndi malamulo. ”
FAA m'mbuyomu idalola Kumwera chakumadzulo kupitiliza kuyendetsa ndege kwakanthawi, pomwe mbali ziwirizi zidayamba kukambirana pa Ogasiti 22 pa ndandanda ndi njira yosinthira magawo. Kumwera chakumadzulo kwasintha kale ma jets 30.
'Tili ndi chiyembekezo'
"Tikukhulupirirabe kuti FAA ivomereza kuti takonza nthawi yolimbana ndi kusatsata malamulo motetezeka," adatero Harbin.
Popanda mgwirizano ndi FAA, ndege iliyonse yakumwera chakumadzulo yowuluka ndi mbali zosavomerezeka ingaphwanya lamulo la federal ndipo ndegeyo ikhoza kukumana ndi chindapusa cha $25,000 paulendo wa pandege, Lunsford adatero kale lero.
Vutoli linapezeka pa Ogasiti 21, pambuyo poti wofufuza wa FAA woyang'anira ntchito yokonza kumwera chakumadzulo anapeza zolakwika pamapepala a magawo ena. Woyang'anirayo adatsimikiza kuti subcontractoryo adapanga ma hinge fittings pamakina omwe amasuntha mpweya wotentha kutali ndi mapiko akumbuyo kwa mapiko akawonjezedwa, ntchito yomwe sinaloledwe ndi FAA kuti igwire.
Southwest idayimitsa D-Velco Aviation Services yaku Phoenix, kampani yomwe idalemba ganyu wocheperako, ngati m'modzi mwa ogulitsa ake, Harbin adatero. Wothandizira yemwe adapanga zopangirazo sanatchulidwe. Ndege 82 zikuimira 15 peresenti ya zombo za 544-jet za Kumwera chakumadzulo.
Poyamba Chabwino
Kufunsaku kumayang'ana kwambiri pa ndege kumwera chakumadzulo. Ndegeyo mu Marichi idavomereza kulipira chindapusa cha $ 7.5 miliyoni, chilango chachikulu kwambiri chomwe FAA idasonkhanitsira, chifukwa chowuluka ndege popanda kuyendera fuselage mu 2006 ndi 2007. kutera mwadzidzidzi.
American Airlines ya AMR Corp. inakonza maulendo apandege 3,300 ndikusowetsa okwera 360,000 chaka chatha pambuyo poti FAA idafuna kuyang'anira mawaya ndi kukonza ma 300 Boeing MD-80s. American idayimitsa pafupifupi theka la zombo zake pambuyo poti bungwe la FAA lipeza kuti ndegeyo inalibe mawaya mawaya malinga ndi malangizo a bungwe.
Kum'mwera chakumadzulo, "chitetezo cha magawo si vuto," adatero Harbin. "Chomwe chikuvuta ndichakuti palibe njira yokhazikitsidwa yothanirana ndi vuto lomwe muli ndi magawo otetezeka, omwe amaganiziridwa ndi opanga ndege, omwe amayenera kuchotsedwa ndikusinthidwa."
Chifukwa chakuti mbalizo siziwopsyeza chitetezo cha ndege, FAA mwina idzapatsa kampaniyo "nthawi yokwanira" kuti isinthe mbali zosaloledwa, Ash adatero. Nkhani yaposachedwa siyenera kudzutsa ma alarm okhudza chitetezo chakum'mwera chakumadzulo, adatero. Ndi ndege 544, zochitika zoterezi zidzachitika "nthawi ndi nthawi," adatero Ash.
A FAA atha kusankha kuti mbalizo zisinthidwe nthawi yomweyo kapena kuti zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito mpaka nthawi yabwino yosinthira, Lunsford adatero. Ndikoyamba kwambiri kunena ngati Southwest angakumane ndi chindapusa pazinthuzi, adatero.
