Motsamaisi oa lifofane tsa bapalami Trans States Holdings Inc., e seng e ntse e hlahlojoa ke 'muso bakeng sa liketsahalo tse peli tsa polokeho likhoeling tse' ne, joale o tobane le kotlo ea lehae ea $ 2.5 milione bakeng sa litani tsa tlhokomelo e felileng lilemong tse fetileng.
Ha e phatlalatsa kotlo e reriloeng ka Laboraro, Federal Aviation Administration e qositse letoto la litlolo tse sa khaotseng, tseo tse ling tsa tsona lefapha le reng li etsahetse hape leha ho bile le tlhokomeliso ho tsoa ho bahlahlobi ba lefapha. Lits'oants'o tse ling li bakiloe ke liphoso tse "sa tsotelleng" tse "behileng bophelo ba" basebetsi le bapalami kotsing, ho latela FAA.
Ho nka lifofane tse fetang 320 ho li-unit tse peli tse fapaneng tsa Trans States ho feta lilemo tse peli, tlolo ea molao eo ho thoeng e tsoa ho mathata a ho boloka lirekoto ho isa ho hloleheng ho etsa tlhatlhobo e tlamang kamora ho lula ha maemo a tšohanyetso mme kamora ho fofa ha boraro ho bile le moferefere o matla. Bajari ba babeli ba libaka, Trans States Airllines Inc. le GoJet Airlines LCC ba fofa ka makholo a lifofane tsa letsatsi le letsatsi bakeng sa United Airlines le US Airways tsa UAL Corp.
Barekisi bana ka bobeli ba boletse hore ho tloha ha litlolo tsa molao li qosoa ka 2007 le 2008, ba "maketse ke nako ea" phatlalatso ea FAA. Ka lipolelo tse arohaneng, ba boetse ba re ha ba so buisane le lefapha lena, ba bontšitse boits'epo ba ho li hanyetsa ka katleho mme ba itlama ho tsoelapele "ho matlafatsa maano a rona le lits'ebetso tsa ts'ebetso ho feta maemo a phahameng a polokeho."
Ketsahalong e 'ngoe e boletsoeng ke FAA, Trans States Airlines e ile ea hloleha ho etsa tlhahlobo e qaqileng ea jetliner ea enjene ea mafahla ea Embraer 145 ka Tshitwe 2007 kamora hore sefofane se fofe ke pherekano e matla Louisiana. Basebetsi ba tlhokomelo ea khamphani ba bolelletse motsamaisi oa sekepe hore ha a tlameha ho hlokomela boemo ba lifate tsa lifofane, ho latela lengolo la ts'ebetsong la FAA, mme Trans States "e nkile kotsi e sa hlokahaleng le e sa tsotelleng" ea ho fofa maeto a mang a 62 pele ho licheke tse hlokahalang libeke tse peli hamorao.
Khoeling eona eo, sefofane sa jete sa Bombardier se tsamaisoang ke GoJet se ile sa fihla se lula ka tšohanyetso Portland, Maine, kamora hore basebetsi ba tlalehe litemoso tse peli tsa bo-cockpit ka mathata ka mekhoa e meng ea taolo ea lifofane. Basebetsi ba tlhokomelo ba laetse bafofisi ba lifofane hampe hore ba hlophise bocha ba potoloho, ho latela FAA Phuputso e ileng ea latela e fumane hore mechini e tlameha ebe e ile ea hlahloba sefofane ho tseba hantle se etsahetseng le ho saena ka polokeho ea eona, ho boletse lefapha.
Ka Phuptjane 2008, sefofane se seng sa GoJet se phatlalalitse ts'ohanyetso 'me sa lula Denver kamora hore lisebelisoa tsa bo-cockpit li bonts'a mathata a tšoanang a libaka tsa taolo ea sefofane. Ho ea ka FAA, sefofane se hloleha ho ngola hantle ketsahalo ena mme mechini e sebelisitse lisebelisoa tsa khale tsa lipatlisiso ho fuputsa bothata. Mekhoa e nepahetseng ha ea ka ea phethoa ho fihlela mohlahlobi oa FAA a lemosa GoJet ka liphapang matsatsing a supileng hamorao.
Litlolo tse ling tseo ho thoeng ke tlolo ea molao ke lifofane li kenyelletsa ho lokisa enjene ka mokhoa o sa nepahalang oa oli; ho fofa lifofane tse ngata tse nang le lisebelisoa tse sa sebetseng tse neng li sa ngoloa hantle le ho ba le mofofisi oa sefofane ea sa tiiseng ka nepo monyako oa ts'ebeletso ea lifofane.
FAA e boletse hore liphoso tse ling tsa 2008 tsa tlhokomelo li ile tsa etsahala likhoeli tse ka bang peli kamora hore lipatlisiso tsa lefapha li senole hore sefofane se na le "bothata ba" systemic hantle ho boloka lintlha tsa lintho tsa tokiso tse chechisitsoeng. Pele ho phatlalatso ea Laboraro, FAA e file bajari nako e ka etsang khoeli ho etsa tlhahiso ea likotlo tsa ho sekisetsa ho leka ho rarolla linyeoe tsa ts'ebetsong.
Bafuputsi ba likotsi ba likotsi ba FAA le ba mmuso ba ntse ba tsoela pele ho sheba hore na hobaneng sefofane sa Trans States se tlohile tseleng bohareng ba Phuptjane kamora ho lula Ottawa, ho bakile likotsi tse tharo tse nyane.
Ka Hlakubele, hlooho ea ts'ebetso ea sefofane e ne e le taolong ea sefofane sa Trans States se neng se itokiselitse ho tloha Boema-fofane ba Machabeng ba Dulles Washington se nang le enjine e le 'ngoe feela ho tse peli e sebetsang. Mofofisi o lula tlasa lipatlisiso tsa FAA, empa sefofane se tlositsoe.
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- In March, the airline’s head of flight operations was at the controls of a Trans States flight that prepared to take off from Dulles International Airport in Washington with only one of two engines operating.
- Company maintenance personnel told the captain he didn’t have to note the situation in the aircraft’s log, according to the FAA’s enforcement letter, and Trans States “took the unnecessary and reckless risk”.
- Bafuputsi ba likotsi ba likotsi ba FAA le ba mmuso ba ntse ba tsoela pele ho sheba hore na hobaneng sefofane sa Trans States se tlohile tseleng bohareng ba Phuptjane kamora ho lula Ottawa, ho bakile likotsi tse tharo tse nyane.
