Woyendetsa ndege yemwe adachita ngozi yomwe idapha anthu 15 adalola oyendetsa ndege osadziwa kuwulutsa ndege zapaulendo osalipidwa kuti athetse nthawi yowuluka, afunsa a Senate.
Fiona Norris, yemwe mwamuna wake anali m'modzi mwa 15 omwe adaphedwa pomwe Transair Metroliner idagwa pafupi ndi Lockhart River ku Far North Queensland mu 2005, adati oyendetsa ndege a Transair amagula nthawi yowuluka atanyamula anthu.
Mwamuna wake, Paul Raymond Norris, woyendetsa ndege, anali wokwera.
Ms Norris adati oyendetsa ndegewo adagula nthawi kuti awonjezere nthawi yawo yodziwa zambiri paulendo wawo. "Ndikudziwa oyendetsa ndege ambiri omwe adagula nthawi ndi Transair," adatero.
"Ngakhale akuphunzitsidwa, koma kugula nthawi kuti asalipidwe nkomwe, akugula nthawi yawo," adatero Ms Norris.
Iye adati mchitidwewu ndi wofuna kuti oyendetsa ndege azitha kuyenda moyenerera.
"Panthawi yomwe kulibe cheke komanso maphunziro oyenera, pomwe sizothandiza kwenikweni kuti oyendetsa ndege aphunzitse oyendetsa ndegewa, ndi njira yowapangira ndalama," adatero.
Ms Norris adati oyendetsa ndege omwe ali ndi maola ochepa owuluka ayenera kupewedwa kuti asawuluke pamikhalidwe ina.
Wofufuza milandu anapeza woyendetsa ndegeyo akuuluka mofulumira kwambiri ndipo anayesa kutera mosaloledwa, ndipo kusayendetsa bwino kwa chitetezo cha ndegeyo kunapangitsa kuti ngoziyi iwonongeke.
"Ndabwera kuno ndi mphamvu yaumunthu momwe dongosololi linalepherera mwamuna wanga ndi ena omwe adakwera ndege tsiku lomwelo," atero a Norris.
"Mwachiwonekere, ndimatha kungolankhula kuchokera pazomwe ndakumana nazo monga momwe ndimakhalira mu ndegeyi, ndikuti woyendetsa ndegeyo anali ndi nthawi yochepa kwambiri, anali ndi maola ochepera 500.
"Mwamuna wanga, yemwe anali woyendetsa ndege, anali ndi maola pafupifupi 1500 ndipo sanali m'malo oyendetsa metro, ndege yochita bwino kwambiri."
smh.com.au
