PORT MORESBY - Ndege diki inotakura vanhu gumi nevatatu kusanganisira vapfumbamwe veAustralia yakarasika pamusoro pePapua New Guinea Chipiri uye yaityiwa kuti yadonha, ndege nevakuru veAustralia vakati.
Chikepe chine vanhu makumi maviri cheTwin Otter chakanyangarika na20:10 am (53 GMT) munzira kuenda kunzvimbo inozivikanwa yevashanyi Kokoda mushure mekusimuka kubva kuSouth Pacific guta guru rePort Moresby.
"Nekufamba kwenguva zvinoratidzika zvakanyanya (zvichida) kuti ichava tsaona," mukuru wePNG weAirlines Allen Tyson akaudza AFP, achiwedzera kuti mabasa ekutsvaga ari kukanganiswa nemamiriro ekunze akaipa.
Gurukota rinowona nezvekunze kweAustralia, VaStephen Smith, vakati pane vanhu vapfumbamwe veAustralia, vatatu vePapua New Guinea uye mugari wemuJapan vari muchikepe, uye "vakatya zvakanyanya" nekuda kwekuchengeteka kwavo pakati pemishumo yekuparara.
"Kuenderera mberi nezano uye ruzivo kubva kuvanhu veko uye vagari veko pane fungidziro yekuti munharaunda inogona kunge yakaitika tsaona," Smith akadaro muCanberra.
"PNG Airlines nevakuru vePNG vari kuenderera mberi nechikonzero chekuti vakadzikisa nzvimbo yekutsvaga kune imwe nzvimbo inogona kuparara," akawedzera.
Ndege yakanga yarasikirwa neredhiyo nekudzora pasi angangoita maminetsi gumi isati yasvika, vakuru vakuru vakati, uye hapana chiratidzo chakatambirwa kubva kubhekoni yekukurumidzira kwendege.
Boka iri rinonzi raive nhengo dzeboka rekufamba muMelbourne, No Roads Expeditions, uye vaienda kuKokoda, nzvimbo yenzira yekukwira makomo uye Hondo Yenyika II yaisanganisira mauto eAustralia.
"Vafambi ava vanosanganisira boka rekushanyira revanhu vasere veAustralia vari munzira yekufamba Kokoda Track, pamwe chete neAustralia tour guide uye imwe tour guide kubva kuPapua New Guinea," No Roads akaudza AAP newswire.
"VeAustralia vaifamba sechikamu chekushanya kwakarongwa neNo Roads Expeditions."
Smith akati pakange pasina chiratidzo chendege nehusiku, uye "kunatsiridza kutsvaga nekununura kuedza" kwaizotanga pachiedza nerubatsiro rwehafu gumi nemaviri yemauto eAustralia nendege yekununura yemugungwa.
"Ndege ichiri kushaikwa pakupera kwekutsvaga manheru ano, kutsvaga kwave kukanganiswa nemamiriro ekunze akaipa uye asina kunaka, uye zvechokwadi ikozvino kwasviba muPNG," akadaro.
Kuonekwa kushoma kwakatadzisa kutsvaga kweChipiri, uko kwanga kuri pamusoro penzvimbo yakaoma uye yakaoma mumakomo eOwen Stanley kuchamhembe kwePort Moresby, akadaro.
Mukuru mukuru wendege Tyson akati zvikopokopo nedzimwe ndege dzakakomba nzvimbo iyi zvisina pundutso.
“Kushata kwemamiriro ekunze kuri kutadzisa kutsvaga nekununura vanhu munzvimbo iyi saka parizvino hatisati tave nechokwadi chekuti itsaona here kana kuti ndege yakamhara kune imwe nzvimbo uye haakwanise kutibata,” akadaro Tyson.
"Tine chikopokopo chakati wandei nendege dzemapapiro munzvimbo iyi dziri kuyedza kutsvaga ndege saka parizvino hatisati tave kukwanisa kuona kana iri tsaona."
Ndege dzinenge gumi nepfumbamwe dzakadonha kubva muna 19 muPapua New Guinea, ine nzvimbo ine mawere uye kushaikwa kwemigwagwa inobatanidza mukati kunoita kuti kufamba nendege kuve kwakakosha kune vagari vayo vane mamirioni matanhatu.
Vatyairi veAustralia vakafa mutsaona muPNG muna Chikunguru 2004, Kukadzi 2005 naGumiguru 2006.
Mishumo yekuti uori uye kushaikwa kwemari zvakakonzera kudzikira kwakanyanya kwemitemo yekuchengeteka kwakakurudzira kuumbwa kwekomisheni yekuongorora njodzi dzendege gore rapfuura.
