Pa 50 Boeing Ndege zonyamula anthu zidayimitsidwa padziko lonse lapansi atapezeka kuti pali 'ming'alu yokhudzana ndi mapiko', wopanga ndege wamkulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi watsimikizira lero.
Ndi mtundu wa 737NG (Next Generation) wa chimphona cha ndege ku US chomwe tsopano chikuwunikidwa. Ndegeyo ndi kalambulabwalo wa ndege yodziwika bwino ya Boeing 737 MAX, yomwe idapha anthu 346 pa ngozi ziwiri ku Indonesia ndi Ethiopia, ndipo yaimitsidwa kuyambira Marichi.
Mneneri wa Boeing adati ndege pafupifupi 1,000 padziko lonse lapansi "zafika poyambira kuyendera." Vuto lomwe kuyendera kumeneku kunali kotchedwa 'pickle foloko' - gawo la ndege lomwe limalumikiza fuselage ndi phiko.
Akuluakulu oyendetsa ndege ku US mwezi uno adalamula cheke cha ndege za Boeing 737NG zomwe zidapanga maulendo opitilira 30,000.
Pakadali pano, mkulu wa opanga ndegeyo akuchitira umboni pamaso pa gulu la nyumba ya US House Lachitatu, pomwe adati kampaniyo idalakwitsa pazinthu zazikulu zachitetezo zomwe zimadziwika kuti MCAS.
“Ndili ndi udindo. Ngozi ziwirizi zidachitika pa wotchi yanga. Ndikuona kuti ndili ndi udindo kuti ndithetse vutoli,” adatero Dennis Muilenburg, akukana kusiya udindo.
Ziwopsezo ziwiri zakupha pasanathe miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yokhudzana ndi ndege yaposachedwa kwambiri ya Boeing 737 MAX 8 yaika pachiwopsezo kukhulupirika kwa wopanga. Ngozi yoopsa ya Ethiopian Airlines idapha anthu 157 mu Marichi, ndipo idatsatiridwa ndi ngozi yofananayi ku Indonesia, yomwe idapha anthu onse 189 omwe adakwera mu Okutobala.
