Indonesian airline’s top officials quit after drunk pilot allowed into cockpit

Inkampani yezindiza eshibhile yase-Indonesia i-Citilink izithole isemanzini ashisayo ngemuva kokuvela kokuthi omunye wabashayeli bayo uphase isheke ngaphambi kokundiza yize ubedakwe kakhulu. Indiza yakhe ibambezelekile ngemuva kokuthi abanye babagibeli abangu-154 benqume ukwehla.

Inkampani engaphansi kwenkampani ephethe ifulegi iGaruda Indonesia ithe umshayeli wendiza okukhulunywa ngaye uxoshwe ngemuva kwesigameko sangoLwesithathu ekuseni, kanti izikhulu ezimbili eziphezulu zeCitilink zimemezele ukwesula kwazo ngoLwesihlanu njengesenzo sokuzibophezela, kubika i Jakarta Post.

Umshayeli wendiza, ohlonzwe ngelikaTekad Purna, ufike emsebenzini ngoLwesithathu ezondizisa indiza esuka eJuanda International Airport eSurabaya, eMpumalanga Java, ilibhekise eSoekarno Hatta International Airport eJakarta.

Abagibeli babike ukuthi ubengakwazi ukukhuluma ngendlela ehambisanayo ngesikhathi ememezela ukwehla futhi ubesolisa. Izithombe zekhamera yonogada zimkhombisa ekhubeka ewisa izinto ngesikhathi edlula isheke esikhumulweni sezindiza.

Inkampani yezindiza ishintshe uTekad yafaka omunye umshayeli ngemuva kokuthi abagibeli abebegibele indiza yakhe bebhikishe, abanye bethi bancamela ukwehla kunokuba indize nokapteni odakiwe.

UTekad uxoshwe ngoLwesihlanu ngemuva kokuhlala izinsuku ezimbili emisiwe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMqondisi kaMengameli we-Citilink u-Albert Burhan kanye noMqondisi Wokusebenza uHadinoto Soedigno bashiye phansi, bememezela lesi sinqumo engqungqutheleni yabezindaba ebizelwe ukuzokwazisa umphakathi ngalesi sigameko esihlazisayo.

Isimo sikamshayeli wendiza ngesikhathi sesigameko kulindeleke ukuthi kudalulwe ngesonto elizayo, lapho sekumi ngomumo imiphumela yokuhlolwa kukadokotela okubili ayalelwe ukuba akwenze.

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