Inqwelomoya yePyper Cherokee elahlekileyo ngeCawe ifunyenwe. Nangona kunjalo, i-Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) ibhengeze ukuba bonke abakhweli abathathu abakhweleyo, bafunyenwe bebhubhile.
Inqwelomoya ephume kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseVirginia malunga nentsimbi yesi-3pm kuthiwa ibiqhutywa ngumqhubi wenqwelomoya ongumfundi.
“I-ARCC isixelele ukuba lo mba uzakuwunikezela kwiCandelo loPhando lweNgozi neZiganeko kwiNkonzo yesiPolisa yoMzantsi Afrika (SAPS) kunye neGunyabantu lezoPhapho loMzantsi Afrika ukuze kuphandwe ngokusemthethweni.
“Sivakalisa uvelwano olunzulu kwiintsapho zabakhweli abaswelekileyo,” utshilo uMphathiswa wezoThutho nokuHlaliswa koLuntu eKZN, uSiboniso Duma.
UDuma uqhube wathi ukusweleka komfundi ongumqhubi wenqwelomoya yilahleko kweli shishini.
“Ukulahlekelwa yinkokeli eselula kangaka enomsebenzi othembisayo kushishino lweenqwelomoya, phantsi kweemeko ezinjalo, akuyongozi nje kuphela kodwa kuyakhathaza.
Lo gama uphando lusaqhuba, uDuma uthe imozulu embi kweli phondo isenokuba ngunobangela.
Inqwelo-moya ebhaliswe ngokusemthethweni i-ZSKFB ayifikanga apho ibisiya khona kwaye igqityezelwe ibhabha inqumla eLadysmith, ibheka emazantsi ibheka ngasePietermaritzburg okanye eGreytown.