WASHINGTON — Hurumende iri kutemera mafaindi kekutanga kumakambani endege kune vanenge vangomira panhandare yetara, bazi rinoona nezvekutakurwa kwezvinhu rakazivisa neChipiri.
Bazi iri rakati rakabhadharisa madhora zviuru zana nemakumi manomwe neshanu mufaindi kumakambani matatu endege nebasa raakaita mukumisa vafambi husiku mundege kuRochester, Minn., Nyamavhuvhu 175,000.
Continental Express Flight 2816 yakanga ichibva kuHouston ichienda kuMinneapolis yakatakura vanhu makumi mana nevanomwe apo mabhanan'ana akamanikidza kuti itsaukire kuRochester, uko yakamhara dzinenge 47:12 am Iyo airport yakavharwa uye vashandi veMesaba Airlines - ivo chete vashandi vendege panhandare yendege panguva iyoyo. - yakaramba kuvhura terminal kune vafambi vakapererwa.
Continental Airlines pamwe newayo mufambidzani wendege wedunhu ExpressJet, iyo yaifambisa ndege yeContinental, vakabhadhariswa zviuru makumi mashanu zvemadhora. Mutauriri we ExpressJet, Kristy Nicholas, akati ndege iyi inogona kudzivirira kubhadhara hafu yefaindi kana ikashandisa mari yakaenzana pakuwedzera kudzidziswa kwevashandi vavo nezve mabatiro akawedzera kunonoka kwetara.
Bazi iri rakatemera chirango chikuru - $75,000 - paMesaba Airlines, imwe kambani yeNorthwest Airlines, iyo yakatorwa neDelta Air Lines gore rapfuura.
"Ndinovimba kuti izvi zvinotumira chiratidzo kune yasara indasitiri yendege kuti isu tinotarisira kuti vendege varemekedze kodzero dzevafambi nendege," Munyori wezvekutakurwa Ray LaHood akadaro mukutaura. "Tichashandisawo zvatakadzidza kubva muongororo iyi kusimbisa dziviriro kune vatyairi vendege vanenge vachinokerwa netara kwenguva refu."
Vafambi veFlight 2816 vakachengetwa vakamirira kwemaawa angada kusvika matanhatu mukati mendege yedunhu yakamanikana pakati pevana vaichema uye muchimbuzi chainhuwa kunyangwe vaive mayadhi makumi mashanu chete kubva pachiteshi. Mutungamiriri wendege akateterera kakawanda kuti vabvumire vafambi kuti vadzike uye vapinde muchiteshi.
Kuseni vakabvumirwa kuburuka. Vakapedza maawa maviri nehafu vari mukati mechiteshi vasati vakwirazve ndege imwe chete kuti vapedze rwendo rwavo rwekuMinneapolis.
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“Mhedziso yokuti pakanga pane chakaipa kana kuti kuregeredza inokosha zvikuru kwandiri kupfuura mwero wefaindi,” akadaro Christin, mudzidzisi paWilliam Mitchell College of Law muSt. Paul, Minn.
Mafaindi aya anotumira meseji kwete kumakambani endege chete, asi kunharaunda yemabhizinesi akakura "kuti kune sheriff mutsva mutaundi uye vangangobata vatengi vavo zvine musoro uye nehungwaru," akadaro Dan Petree, mukuru wechikoro chebhizinesi paEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University. muDaytona Beach, Fla.
John Spanjers, purezidhendi weMesaba, akati ndege iyi "inoramba ichinzwa kuti inoshanda mukutenda kwakanaka."
"Zvisinei, basa revatengi rakakosha, uye tiri kuongororazve marongero edu nematanho ekubata neruremekedzo kwedzimwe ndege dzendege kuti tiite chikamu chedu kudzikisira kunonoka uku," Spanjers akadaro.
Continental yakataura zvakananga mukutaura kuti faindi dzayo dzaive shoma pane dzakatemerwa mubatsiri weDelta.
Kunze kwefaindi iyi, Continental yakapawo mari izere kumutyairi wega wega uye "yakapa mutyairi wega wega muripo wekuti vabvume nguva yavo nekusagadzikana," bazi iri rakadaro.
Zvakaitwa nedhipatimendi iri zvinouya apo Congress inoyera mutemo wekodzero dzevatyairi uyo unoisa chivharo chemaawa matatu ekuti ndege dzendege dzinogona kurebesa vafambi vakamirira patara vasati vavapa mukana wekudonha kana kudzokera kugedhi. Chiyero ichi chaizopa kaputeni wendege mvumo yekuwedzera nguva yekumirira imwe hafu yeawa kana zvikaita sekuti mvumo yekusimuka yava pedyo.
Chiyero ichi chinopikiswa neAir Transport Association, inomiririra ndege huru. Vakuru vemaindasitiri vanoti muganho wemaawa matatu unogona kuunza matambudziko akawanda pane zvaunokwanisa kuderedza nekuwedzera huwandu hwendege dzakamiswa uye kusiya vafambi vakamira panhandare dzendege vachiedza kuita hurongwa hutsva hwekufamba.
Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., uye Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, vanyori vanyori vemutemo wekodzero dzevatakuri, vakataura mumashoko akabatanidzwa kuti vafadzwa nekuita kwebazi, asi mutemo uchiri kufanira kuisa mukati. kuisa zviyero zvemabatirwo emakambani endege kune vatengi vavo uye kuita kuti makambani endege azvidavirire pakuzadzisa zviyero izvozvo. Kunze kwechivharo chemaawa matatu, bhiri raizoda kuti vendege vape chikafu, mvura inonwiwa, tembiricha yekabhini yakagadzika uye mhepo inofefetera, uye zvimbudzi zvakaringana kuvafambi panguva yekunonoka.
Kevin Mitchell, sachigaro weBusiness Travel Coalition, boka revatengi rinomiririra vafambi vebhizinesi, vakati vanotarisira kuti faindi idzi dzichashanda sechipo chekumanikidza indasitiri yendege kuti igadzirise kushushikana kwemabatirwo evafambi panguva yekunonoka kwetarmac mushure memakore ekukurudzira wadhi. kunze kwemutemo.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- The department said it has levied a precedent-setting $175,000 in fines against three airlines for their role in the stranding of passengers overnight in a plane at Rochester, Minn.
- The airport was closed and Mesaba Airlines employees — the only airline employees at the airport at the time — refused to open the terminal for the stranded passengers.
- “I hope that this sends a signal to the rest of the airline industry that we expect airlines to respect the rights of air travelers,”.
