WILKINS RUNWAY, Antarctica (AFP) - Nhepfenyuro yendege yevatakuri kubva kuAustralia ichienda kuAntarctica yakabata zvakanaka panzira yeblue ice runway neChishanu, ichitanga iyo chete yakajairika airlink pakati pemakondinendi.
Inenge hafu yezana kubvira pfungwa yenzira yekumhara paAntarctica yakatanga kusimudzwa, Airbus A319 kubva kuHobart yakasvika paWilkins padyo neAustralia Antarctic Division's Casey Station, mutori wemifananidzo weAFP aive muchikepe akadaro.
Gurukota rezvemamiriro ekunze, VaPeter Garrett, vanga vari pakati pevakuru makumi maviri, masayendisiti nevezvenhau mundege yekutanga, vakati maonero ari kubva kujongwe aishamisa sezvo ndege yaisvika kuAntarctica.
"Kuona mazaya echando, nzvimbo shoma yekugara pano uye hapana chaungaona mativi ese uyezve nzira yekufamba nendege iyi inoita sekunge yabva kupi," akadaro aimbova mutungamiri weMidnight Oil.
“Injiniya inoshamisa yakaitwa nevanhu ava. Kukunda kwehunyanzvi uye kunobatanidza makondinendi maviri ekupedzisira kuti abatanidzwe nemhepo, ”akadaro.
“Ichi chiitiko chikuru, chine nhoroondo zvechokwadi. Nguva itsva ichaitika kwatiri maererano nekutarisira pasi redu. "
Nzira yekufambisa ndege, iyo yakareba makiromita mana (2.5 mamaira) kureba, 700 metres yakafara uye inofamba anenge gumi nemaviri metres maodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero pagore nekuda kwekunaya kwechando, yakavezwa kubva muaizi uye yakasimudzwa uchishandisa laser tekinoroji.
"Nzira yekufambisa ndege pano yakapfava kupfuura nzira dzakawanda dzendege dzepasi rose pasi rose," akadaro mutyairi wendege Garry Studd.
Mugwagwa wendege wemamiriyoni makumi mana nematanhatu emadhora (US$46 miriyoni) wakatora makore anodarika maviri kuvakwa uye wakagadzirirwa kuunza vesainzi nevamwe vashandi veAustralia Antarctic Division mukondinendi ine chando kuti vadzidze nyaya dzakaita sekuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze.
Ndege dzinouya vhiki nevhiki mukati memwedzi inodziya yaGumiguru kusvika Kurume asi haizovhurirwe kufamba kwevashanyi.
Pakutanga, masayendisiti aimanikidzwa kupedza kusvika mavhiki maviri ari mungarava kuti asvike kuCasey Station.
"Ichashandura nzira yatingaite tsvagiridzo yedu," mukuru wesaenzi Michael Stoddart akaudza Australia's AAP nhau agency.
Ndege yacho yakasimuka muguta rekumaodzanyemba kweAustralia reHobart uye yakatora maawa mana nehafu kuti isvike Wilkins. Yakaramba iri pasi kwemaawa matatu isati yatanga rwendo rwokudzokera pasina chikonzero chokuzowedzerwa mafuta.
Nzira yekubhururuka nayo yakatumidzwa zita remufambi uye mutyairi wendege Sir Hubert Wilkins, akaita rwendo rwekutanga muAntarctica makore 79 apfuura.
Dzimwe nyika dzine nzvimbo dzekutsvagisa dzeAntarctic dzave nemakore dzichibhururuka dzichienda kunyika ine chando dzichibva kunyika dzakaita seNew Zealand neSouth Africa, asi dzichishandisa ndege dzemauto.
The Australian Antarctic Division inoti kuunza kwayo ndege yemazuva ano yejeti, iyo inogona kupedza rwendo rwekudzoka pasina kuwedzera mafuta, kunoratidza kutanga kwenguva itsva.
