Intlekele yehla esibhakabhakeni xa uKapteni weAmerican Airlines uMichael Johnston, 57, wasweleka ngelixa uqhuba inqwelomoya esuka ePhoenix isiya eBoston ngoMvulo. Xa uJohnston engakwazi ukubhabha, umqhubi wenqwelomoya kunye neqela basebenza ngokungxamisekileyo ukufika eSirakuse, eNew York. Bonke abakhweli kunye nabasebenzi beenqwelo moya ezongezelelweyo bafika bengonzakalanga.

Nangona kunqabile kakhulu ukuba izinto zingahambi kakuhle kwi-moya-i-International Civil Aviation Organisation ixelwe iqondo leengozi le-2.8 kwisigidi ngasinye sokuhamba-izinto ziyenzeka. Ukusuka kwimeko kaxakeka kwezonyango ukuya ekuphulukaneni nolawulo lwenqwelomoya kunye nokungasebenzi kakuhle koomatshini, ngamanye amaxesha esona siganeko singalindelwanga sinokubeka inqwelomoya rhoqo engozini.

Xa iinjini zingaphumeleli, ookapteni bengakwazi ukusebenza, okanye iphela ipetroli, sibhenela kubaphathi bethu abanezakhono nabangamagorha, abaqhubi beenqwelo moya, kunye nabasebenzi ukunceda ukukhokela iinqwelomoya zethu ekhaya.

Uhambo lweQantas 464, Okthobha 2014

ESydney kunyaka ophelileyo, uKapteni waseQantas uJerem Zwart kunye nomlingani wakhe, uLachlan Smale, banconywa njengamaqhawe emva kokufika ngenqwelomoya ngenqwelomoya. iliso lesiphango kunye nokwenza umhlaba ogqibeleleyo.

I-US Airways Flight 1549, ngoJanuwari 2009

Phantse yonke into malunga nokufika ngokungxamisekileyo kokufika ngokungxamisekileyo kungummangaliso, ukusuka kwisizathu sokusilela kwe-injini ezimbini (amarhanisi aseCanada afakwe ziinjini zombini) ukuya kufuthe olumnandi kuMlambo i-Hudson. UCaptain Chesley B. Sully Sullenberger unikwe iwonga lokuba ligorha ngumntu wonke ukusuka eMichael Bloomberg ukuya kuLaura noGeorge Bush. Inqwelomoya, eyayihamba ngaphaya kweBhulorho yaseGeorge Washington ingaphantsi kweenyawo ezili-1 000, yahlala igcwele ngokupheleleyo.

Uhambo ngenqwelomoya 236, Agasti 2001

Umqhubi wenqwelo moya uRobert Piché ucele abeendaba ukuba bangathethi ngaye njengegorha, kodwa ukubanakho kwakhe ngokukhuselekileyo ukubeka inqwelomoya kwi-zero fuel kubonisa ukuba unjalo. Endleleni esuka eToronto isiya eLisbon, ndineentloni kangangeenyawo ezingama-40,000, uPiché waphulukana namandla kwiinjini elungileyo ngenxa yokunqongophala kwamafutha. Kwimizuzu nje embalwa kamva, ekhohlo akuphumelelanga, nako. UPiché kunye nomqhubi wenqwelomoya, u-Dirk DeJager, bayidibanisa inqwelomoya yaya kuthi ga kwi-glide, eyayihlala i-80 yeekhilomitha de yafika kwisiqithi esincinci e-Azores. Ngaphandle kokonzakala okumbalwa, bonke abasebenzi kunye nabakhweli basindile.

I-British Airways Flight 5390, ngoJuni 1990

Ngaphaya nje kweenyawo ezingama-20 000 ngaphezu kweOxfordshire, iefestile zomphathi zomoya zavuthuza. Utshintsho lwequbuliso lwancancisa uKapteni Tim Lancaster, 42, ngaphandle kwenqwelomoya: gcina imilenze yakhe, eyayibanjwe ngumgcini wendiza uNeil Ogden. Umqhubi wenqwelomoya u-Alistair Atcheson, 39, wanxiba imaski yeoksijini kwaye wabhabha kwinqwelomoya. Wonke umntu wasinda, kubandakanya iLancaster.

I-Chinese Airlines Flight 006, ngoFebruwari 1985

Emva kokuphulukana namandla kwenye yeenjini, i-747 yaphosa iinyawo ezingama-30,000 kwimizuzu engaphantsi kwemithathu. Inqwelomoya yaqala ukuqengqeleka elwandle, kwaye ngemizuzwana embalwa kuphela, uPilot Min-Huan Ho wafumana ulawulo lwenqwelomoya. Ngenjini enye kuphela, wahamba ngenqwelomoya eya eSan Francisco. Kuphela emva koko yabhengezwa njengokufika okungxamisekileyo.

I-Air Canada Flight 767, Julayi 1983

Kwenye indawo ngaphaya kwe-Ontario, iBoinging 767 entsha kaCaptain Robert Pearson-ezaliswe ngabantu abangama-61 kunye nabasebenzi abasibhozo-baphelelwa ngamandla kwaye baphelelwa ngamandla. Ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezili-100, uPearson kunye negosa lakhe lokuqala, uMnu.Maurice Quintal, bawela ithafa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya somkhosi esishiyiweyo eGimli. Inqwelomoya yaziwa ngokuba yiGimli Glider kunye nePearson.

I-British Airways Flight 009, ngoJuni 1982

Manene namanenekazi… UKapteni u-Eric Moody watsho kubakhweli bakhe. Sinengxaki encinci. Zonke iinjini ziyekile. Senza okona kulungileyo ukuba siyilawule. Ndiyathemba ukuba awukho kuxinzelelo oluninzi. NgoJuni 24, 1982, uMoody wenza enye yezona zinto zakha zenzeka ngendlela engaqhelekanga kwimbali yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya-kwaye yenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo zakha zenzeka. Ngelixesha libhabha ngaphezulu koLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, iinjini ezine zeBoeing 747 zabamba umlilo, kwaye ikhabhathi yazaliswa ngumsi wesalfure: inqwelomoya yayibaleke ilifu lomlotha wentaba-mlilo. Njengoko inqwelomoya yaqala ukuwa, kunye nokuphulukana noxinzelelo lomoya, uMoody wayithumela kwindawo ekhuselekileyo ukuze ifikelele ngokukhawuleza kwindawo ephezulu yokuphefumla. Ngokwenza njalo, wabuyisela ubomi kwiinjini ezintathu, zamvumela ukuba aqhube inqwelomoya kwibala leenqwelomoya.

UMelanie Lieberman nguMhleli weDijithali oNcedisayo kuhambo + noLonwabo. Mlandele kwi-Twitter nakwi-Instagram ngo @lungelo .