Ua pae maluhia mai kahi mokulele Continental Airlines mai Brussels ma Newark Liberty International Airport ma hope o ka make ʻana o ke kāpena o ka mokulele ma waena o ka lele ʻana i ke kakahiaka Poaha, ua aʻo ʻo CBS 2.
Ua ʻōlelo nā luna o ka Federal Aviation Administration, ʻo Continental Flight 61, he Boeing 777 me 247 mau ohua ma luna o ka moku, ua pae ma Newark ma 11:49 am ʻo Newark ka huakaʻi hope loa o ka lele. Ua haʻalele ka mokulele iā Brussels i ka hola 9:45 am, a ua make ke kāpena ma kahi o ʻekolu a ʻehā mau hola i ka lele ʻana. Ua haʻi aku kekahi kauka ma luna o ka moku ua make ka pailaka.
Ua haʻi aku nā luna Continental iā CBS 2 ua make ka pilote 61 makahiki i nā kumu kūlohelohe. ʻAʻole i hoʻokuʻu ʻia kona ʻike, akā ʻōlelo nā luna ua hana ʻo ia no ka hui no 21 mau makahiki a ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma waho o Newark.
"Ua pili ka hui me kona ʻohana a hoʻonui mākou i ko mākou aloha nui," i ʻōlelo ai ka mokulele i kahi ʻōlelo. “ʻO ka poʻe holo moku ma kēia mokulele ua komo pū kekahi mea hoʻokele kōkua hou i lawe i kahi o ka mea hoʻokele i make. Ua hoʻomau maikaʻi ʻia ka lele me ʻelua mau pailaka ma nā hoʻokele.
Ua ʻōlelo nā luna ma kahi o nā luna mua ʻelua i ka lele ʻana, aia pū kekahi pūʻali koa.
"Ma kēia hihia kūikawā, he lele ʻē aʻe, no laila no ka lōʻihi, aia ka lua o ka luna mua," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka loea mokulele ʻo Al Yurman iā CBS 2.
Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ke kino o ke kāpena mai ka cockpit a waiho ʻia ma kahi hoʻomaha o ka poʻe holo moku i ka wā o ka lele.
Nui nā keʻena lawelawe lapaʻau pilikia ma Newark a hahai i ka mokulele ma ka tarmac ma hope o ka pae ʻana.
ʻO ka Boeing 777 ka twinjet nui loa o ka honua a hiki ke lawe ma kahi o 400 mau ohua ma luna.
