Ua hoʻohuli ʻia kahi mokulele ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa mai Chicago a i Reagan National Airport i Dulles International Airport i ka Pōʻakahi ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana o ka poʻe holo moku i kahi hopohopo palekana e pili ana i kahi kaʻa, wahi a nā luna.
ʻAʻole i hōʻike koke ʻia ke ʻano o ka hopohopo palekana, a ʻo nā luna i ʻimi i ka mokulele ma hope o ka pae ʻana ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā mea pōʻino ma luna o ka moku. ʻAʻole ma ka papa inoa kiaʻi ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he kānalua, wahi a kahi ʻōlelo a American Airlines.
Ua pae maluhia ʻo American Eagle Flight 4117 ma mua koke o ke aumoe me 45 mau ohua ma luna o ka moku, wahi a ka ʻōlelo a ka mokulele ʻo Tim Smith, e like me ka Associated Press. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hōʻike ka poʻe holo moku i kahi hopohopo palekana i ka wā o ka lele ʻana i ka Transportation Security Administration, nāna i aʻo i ka pilote e pae ma Dulles ma kahi o National. Ua haʻalele ka hapa nui o nā mea kaʻa i ke kahua mokulele iā lākou iho, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe i hāʻawi ʻia i ka halihali, wahi a Smith. ʻO nā mokulele ʻelua ma Northern Virginia ma kahi o 28 mau mile ke kaʻawale.
I loko o kahi ʻōlelo i ka Pōʻalua kakahiaka, ua ʻōlelo ʻo TSA "ua hoʻolaha ʻia i kahi mea kaʻa e hana maʻamau" ma ka lele, a laila hoʻihoʻi ʻia i Dulles ma ke noi ʻana o ka National Capital Region Coordination Center a "pae ʻole ʻia ma kahi o 11:53 pm EDT. .”
Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻōlelo ua hui ʻo TSA a me nā limahana hoʻokō kānāwai i ka lele a "ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia nā mea holo a pau e hoʻomau." ʻAʻole ia i wehewehe koke i ka mea a ka mea holo kaʻa i hana ai i mea e hoʻohuli ai a hāʻawi i nā kikoʻī hou aku o ka hanana.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi ʻōlelo no ka Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority, ua hoʻoholo ʻia ke kūlana ma hope koke o ka pae ʻana o ka mokulele ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a ua lawe ʻia kekahi mau mea kaʻa i National.
Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka mokulele e lele i ke kakahiaka Poalua mai Dulles a i National.
