Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo TACA International Airlines ma ka Pōʻakolu i nā hōʻike i hōʻole ʻia i ke kōkua mai nā luna federal e like me ka jetliner e lawe ana i nā ohua 191 e noho ana ma ka tarmac no ʻeiwa mau hola ma LA/Ontario International Airport.
Ua hoʻohuli ʻia ʻo Flight670 mai San Salvador, El Salvador, i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Ontario i ka wā i uhi ʻia ai ka noe nui o Los Angeles International Airport i ke kakahiaka nui o ka Pōʻakahi. Ke hoʻomau nei ka mokulele, nā luna mokulele a me ka US Customs and Border Protection i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i kekahi i kekahi no ka miscommunication i ka wā lōʻihi.
"ʻO kēia mau lohi, ma muli o nā kūlana i waho o ka mana o ka mokulele a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kumukūʻai hana, hoʻopuka pū kekahi i ke kumukūʻai noʻonoʻo no kā mākou poʻe kaʻa," wahi a Julio Gomez, he pelekikena hope TACA, i loko o kahi ʻōlelo i kākau ʻia. "He mea maʻamau ka ʻimi mau ʻana o ka mokulele i nā ala e hoʻoponopono ai a pale aku iā lākou, inā hiki."
Ua pae ka mokulele Airbus A320-100 ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Ontario ma mua o ke aumoe a kali e hoʻopiha hou ʻia ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i LAX. Eia naʻe, ua haʻi aku ka ʻoihana wahie i ka mea hoʻokele ua paʻa loa ia i ka lawelawe ʻana ma kahi o 40 mau mokulele ukana a me nā mokulele i hoʻohuli ʻia i Ontario ma muli o ka noe.
I kēia manawa, ua haʻi aku nā luna dute i ka mokulele he ʻekolu wale nō mau ʻelele i loaʻa ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Ontario, e like me ka ʻōlelo a TACA. A laila kauoha aku nā luna dute i ka mokulele e kali i hiki ke hana ʻia nā mea holo ma LAX, wahi a nā luna mokulele.
Akā ua hāʻawi nā luna mokulele i kahi ʻano like ʻole o nā hanana.
ʻAʻole i noi ʻo TACA no ka ʻae ʻana e haʻalele a hōʻole i kekahi mau makana e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā poʻe kaʻa ma Ontario, a laila e hoʻouna iā lākou ma ke kaʻa i LAX, wahi a Nancy Castles, he ʻōlelo no Los Angeles World Airports, ke keʻena e hoʻokele ana i ka mokulele ʻo LAX a me Ontario.
ʻO ka poʻe holo moku o ka liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe i hoʻohuli ʻia i ka honua holoʻokoʻa i ʻae i nā poʻe holo kaʻa e hoʻopaʻa i ka hōʻike federal ma Ontario. A laila lawe ka poʻe huakaʻi i kahi kaʻa i LAX.
"I ka nānā hou ʻana, aia kekahi mau koho i loaʻa iā TACA ma hope o ka lele ʻana o 670 ma Ontario," wahi a Castles. "Inā i hoʻohana ʻia kekahi o kēia mau koho, ua pale paha lākou i nā poʻe holo kaʻa mai ka noho ʻana ma ka mokulele no ka lōʻihi."
ʻAʻole i hoʻihoʻi mai ʻo Carlos Martel, ka luna o ke awa o US Customs ma LAX, i kekahi mau kelepona kelepona i ka Pōʻakolu e ʻimi ana i ka manaʻo e pili ana i nā ʻōlelo a TACA. Ma mua o kēia pule, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Martel ua hōʻole ka hui o TACA i ke kōkua i hāʻawi ʻia e nā luna mokulele a me nā luna dute.
Ua haʻalele nā luna dute i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Ontario ma ka hola 1:30 a.m. oiai ua hoomau ka mokulele i ka kali no ka wahie hou aku, e like me ka olelo a na luna o ka mokulele. Noi aku ka pailaka o TACA e noho lohi ma LAX.
Ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola ma hope mai, ua haʻi aku nā luna dute i ka mokulele e pani ʻia nā hana nānā a LAX a hiki i ka hola 6a.m.
Ua ʻimi nā luna mokulele e ʻimi i kahi ʻē aʻe e pae ai, akā ua loaʻa nā mokulele kokoke i Kapalakiko, Oakland, Las Vegas, Phoenix a me Fresno i nele i nā limahana hana a i ʻole i uhi ʻia i ka noe, e like me ka ʻōlelo a TACA.
Ma ka liʻiliʻi o hoʻokahi kaʻa i kapa ʻia ʻo 911, e koi ana i nā kaʻa mākaʻi mokulele ʻo Ontario e hoʻopuni i ka mokulele.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo TACA ua kū nā mākaʻi mokulele ma waho o ka jetliner e pale aku i nā poʻe holo kaʻa mai ka haʻalele ʻana, akā ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa nā luna mokulele i kēlā ʻōlelo.
"ʻO ka hana a nā mākaʻi mokulele ʻo ia ka hōʻoia ʻana ʻaʻole hiki i nā poʻe ʻae ʻole ke komo i nā wahi i kaupalena ʻia o ke kahua mokulele, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kahua mokulele," wahi a Castles. “Eia hou, ʻaʻole i pale aku nā mākaʻi mokulele i ka lele ʻana o ka mokulele. He hoʻopaʻapaʻa kēia ma waena o ka mokulele a me nā dute.
Ua hoʻopaneʻe hou ʻia ka lele ʻana i ka honua i ka wā i lawe ʻia ai ka mokulele TACA hou i ka mokulele i ka hola 7 a.m. no ka mea, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hola lele o ka poʻe holo mua.
Ua ʻae ʻia nā luna o ke kahua mokulele ma ka hola 6 a.m. e lawelawe i nā halepaku a hāʻawi i ka poʻe kaʻa i ka meaʻai a me ka wai. Ua ʻae pū ʻia nā limahana lapaʻau ma ka mokulele e nānā ma kahi o ʻekolu mau kaʻa i hoʻopiʻi i nā maʻi liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻohe mea i mālama ʻia i ka haukapila.
Ma hope o ka wehe ʻana o ka noe a hoʻopiha ʻia ka mokulele, ua haʻalele ka TACA Flight 670 i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Ontario ma ka hola 9 a.m., pae i LAX ma kahi o 20 mau minuke ma hope.
