ʻO ka lele ʻana o Delta Air Lines mai Orange County a hiki i Seattle, ua lūlū ʻia i ka luʻu ihu i ʻelua mau manawa e ka haunaele koʻikoʻi. Ua hoʻouna nā ʻōpala i nā pā meaʻai e lele ana i ke alaloa a ua hōʻeha ʻia kekahi mau mea holo ma mua o ka hoʻokele ʻana o nā pailaka i kahi pae kūpilikiʻi.
ʻO ka mokulele Delta Airlines e pili ana iā Seattle e lawelawe ʻia ana e Compass Airlines a ma kahi o 60 mau kānaka ma luna o ka moku i ka wā i hoʻoluliluli ʻia e nā ʻino nui e luku ana i ka lewa o Kaleponi i ka Pōʻakolu.
Wahi a ka mea hōʻike ʻo Joe Justice, ua ikaika loa ka haunaele a hoʻokomo i ka mokulele i kahi ihu i ʻelua manawa, e hoʻohuli ana i kahi kaʻa meaʻai māmā ma ke alaloa ma mua o ka hoʻoholo ʻana o nā pailaka e lele i kahi pae kūpilikiʻi ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Reno-Tahoe o Nevada.
ʻO nā kiʻi i kiʻi ʻia ma hope o ka hoʻoluliluli ʻana e hōʻike ana i ka haunaele i hana ʻia, ua hāliʻi loa ke kaʻa i kona ʻaoʻao me ka meaʻai a me nā mea inu i pāhola ʻia i ka papahele o ka lumi.
Ua ho'ākāka kahi mea holo kaʻa i ke kūlana he "chaotic a weliweli" akā ua hoʻohui ʻia ua "hōʻike ʻia ka poʻe" ma ke ʻano he ʻano maikaʻi loa.
I ka pae ʻana, ʻekolu mau poʻe i loaʻa i ka haukapila me nā hōʻeha liʻiliʻi, wahi a ka Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority (REMSA). Ua hōʻeha ʻia he ʻelima mau kānaka i ka huina, wahi a ka waha ʻōlelo ʻo Reno-Tahoe International Airport ʻo Brian Kulpin.
"Ke hoʻolako nei ʻo Delta i nā kumuwaiwai e hiki ai ke mālama a kākoʻo i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku. Ke kala aku nei mākou no kēia ʻike ke hana nei mākou e kiʻi i nā mea kūʻai aku i Seattle, "wahi a ka ʻoihana i loko o kahi ʻōlelo ma hope o ka hanana, hāʻawi pū i nā mea kaʻa i kekahi pizza a me soda i ka wā e kali ana no kahi lele hou.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- According to witness Joe Justice, the turbulence was so strong it put the plane into a nosedive twice, flipping a snack cart through the aisle before pilots decided to make an emergency landing at Nevada's Reno-Tahoe airport.
- We apologize for this experience as we work to get customers to Seattle,” the company said in a statement following the incident, also offering passengers some compensatory pizza and soda while they waited for another flight.
- The jolts sent snack trays flying into the aisle and several passengers were injured before pilots managed to pull off an emergency landing.
