Kufakwe icala ngemuva kokuba ubaba nendodana bebulewe ngesikhathi bendiza i-Cessna yabo. Umndeni wabo ufake icala lokufa ngokungemthetho ngokumelene nohulumeni wobumbano ngemuva kokuba abathandekayo babo beshonile ngenxa yendiza ye-Air Force eyaphuma endizeni yabo ngenkathi indiza. Leli cala lithi “abasebenzi be-Federal Aviation Administration ababephethe ukulawula ukuhamba kwezindiza ngalolo suku bahlulekile ukusabela ngendlela efanele kulesi simo.” Abameli babamangali bathi i-FAA ayizange ithathe noma yiziphi izinyathelo zokuqapha kwaze kwaba yilapho ingozi ingenakugwenywa.
UJim Brauchle, ummeli oholayo omele umndeni, uthi umndeni uzizwa ukhohliwe. Bebexoxisana nohulumeni wobumbano ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule kodwa abazange babe nenhlanhla. UBrauchle uchaze wathi, “Imindeni idumele kakhulu futhi inomuzwa wokuthi uhulumeni akathathanga cala ngale ngozi.”
Michael Johnindodana, eneminyaka engu-68, kanye nendodana yakhe, Joseph JohnIndodana, eneminyaka engu-30, yayilibangise esikhumulweni sezindiza futhi yashayiswa imizuzu emine kuphela ngemva kokuba isuke eBerkeley. Ngo-11 ekuseni isikhungo sokulawula ithrafikhi yezindiza sathola isexwayiso esibonisa nge-radar ukuthi izindiza zaziqhelelene ngamamayela amabili kuphela futhi zaziseduze nokushayisana. Umlawuli wabe esethumela isexwayiso kumshayeli wendiza i-F-16, echaza ukuthi indiza yayiqondile phambili, ngamamayela amabili ukusuka lapho. Kwabe sekuthunyelwa umyalelo othi, “Uma ungenalo lelo thrafikhi elibonakalayo, jika ngakwesobunxele ubheke ku-zero eyodwa engu-8 ngokushesha.” Umshayeli wendiza i-F-16 waqala ukujika indiza yakhe. Ngemva kwesikhashana, i-F-16 yanqamula iCessna futhi kwaba nokuphahlazeka kokulawula okuqondiswe emfuleni oseduze. Umshayeli wendiza i-Air Force wahamba ngeparashuti waya endaweni ephephile.
Brauchle, “uthe njengoba ingozi yayiseduze, umlawuli bekufanele abe nokuphuthuma okwengeziwe.” Isikhathi esinqunyiwe sibekwe kuJulayi 3, 2017, ukuze uhulumeni aphendule.
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