Bonke abagibeli nabasebenzi badedelwe ku-Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A320 eMalta, ngemuva kokuthi abaduni beqembu elisekela uGaddafi i-Al Fatah Al Gadida bezinikele baphuma endizeni yaseLibya.
"Abaduni bazinikele, baseshwa futhi bavalelwa," ku-Twitter uNdunankulu waseMalta uJoseph Muscat ngemuva kwesimo sokuthunjwa isikhathi eside.
Kuyaqondakala ukuthi indiza ibindiza ngaphakathi eLibya isuka eSebha iya eTripoli ngaphambi kokuthi iphambukiselwe esikhumulweni sezindiza iMalta International Airport, lapho yafike yahlala khona ngo-11.30 ekuseni ngesikhathi sasekhaya. Amasosha abehlomile abe eseyizungeza emgwaqeni wezindiza.
UNdunankulu waseMalta uJoseph Muscat ukuqinisekisile ochungechungeni lwama-tweets ukukhululwa kancane kancane kwabagibeli abangu-118 nabasebenzi endizeni, ngaphambi kokuthi laba bobabili bagcine bezinikele cishe amahora amane kamuva.
Abachazwa ngokuthi "abasekela uGaddafi," kukholakala ukuthi abaduni baseminyakeni yawo-20 ubudala, besizwe samaTebu, esiseningizimu yeLibya, ngokusho kweLungu lePhalamende laseLibya uHadi al-Saghir okhulume nabakwaReuters. Ingosi yezindaba yama-Arabhu i-Alwasat ibize abaduni ngokuthi uMousa Shaha no-Ahmed Ali.
Kukholakala ukuthi laba bobabili bebephethe isibalo esingashiwongo samabhomu futhi basabisa ngokuqhumisa ibhanoyi uma izimfuno zabo zingahlangatshezwa.
Omunye wabaduni uthi ungumholi “weqembu elisekela uGaddafi,” ngokusho kweLibyan TV. Phambilini, u-Al-Saghir utshele izintatheli ukuthi laba bobabili bafuna ukuthi kwakhiwe iqembu elinjalo.
Imeya yaseSabha, uColonel Hamed al-Khayali, utshele i-BBC ukuthi abaduni bebefuna ukukhoseliswa kwezepolitiki eMalta.
"Umshayeli wendiza ubikele i-control tower e-Tripoli ukuthi bebedunwa imoto, base bengasaxhumani naye," kusho isikhulu sezindiza saseMitiga eLibya sitshela abeReuters. "Umshayeli wendiza uzame kanzima ukuthi afike endaweni efanele kodwa benqaba."
“Ukwaziswa ngesimo esingase sibe khona sokudunwa kwendiza yangaphakathi yaseLibya ephambukiselwe eMalta. Imisebenzi yezokuphepha nezimo eziphuthumayo imile," kusho u-Muscat ku-Twitter ekuqaleni kwangoLwesihlanu, wengeza ku-tweet yesibili ukuthi "izinsizakalo zezokuphepha nezimo eziphuthumayo [zi]hlanganisa imisebenzi"
Undunankulu uphinde waqinisekisa ukuthi bekunabagibeli abangu-111, abesilisa abangu-82, abesifazane abangu-28 nosana olulodwa, kanye nabasebenzi abayisikhombisa.
Iziphathimandla zesikhumulo sezindiza eMalta zichaze lesi sigameko ngokuthi "ukugxambukela okungekho emthethweni" futhi, "nokusebenza" manje sekubuyela kwesejwayelekile.
UMongameli waseMalta uMarie-Louise Coleiro ubhale ku-Twitter enxusa ukuthi "wonke umuntu azole futhi alandele izibuyekezo ezisemthethweni" njengoba isimo siqhubeka.
Umholi weqembu eliphikisayo uSimon Busuttil, uchaze lesi sigameko ngokuthi "sikhathazeke kakhulu."
"Ukubambisana kwami okugcwele noHulumeni ukuvikela ukuphepha kweMalta nokuphepha kwabagibeli," wabhala.
