NgoMeyi 25, 2003, kwebiwa indiza iBoeing 727-223, ebhaliswe njenge-N844AA esikhumulweni sezindiza iQuatro de Fevereiro Airport, eLuanda, e-Angola, yanyamalala ngokuzumayo ngaphezu kolwandle i-Atlantic. Usesho olukhulu lwenziwa yi-Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) yase-United States kanye neCentral Intelligence Agency (CIA), kepha akukatholakali nowodwa umkhondo.
Ngemuva kokusebenza iminyaka engama-25 kwiAmerican Airlines, indiza yayisibekiwe phansi yahlala izinzile eLuanda izinyanga eziyi-14, ngenqubo yokuguqulwa ukuthi isetshenziswe yi-IRS Airlines. Ngokwencazelo ye-FBI, indiza ibingapendiwe ngesiliva ngombala ngomugqa wombala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nomhlophe futhi phambilini ibisemkhunjini womoya wendiza enkulu yezindiza, kodwa zonke izihlalo zabagibeli zisusiwe ukuthi zigqokiswe ukuthwala uphethiloli kadizili .
Kukholakala ukuthi ngaphambi nje kokushona kwelanga langoMeyi 25, 2003, amadoda amabili ogama lakhe linguBen C. Padilla noJohn M. Mutantu bagibela indiza ukuze balungele ukuhamba. UBen wayengumshayeli wendiza nomshayeli wendiza waseMelika kanti uJohn wayengumakhenikha oqashiwe waseRiphabhulikhi yaseCongo, futhi bobabili bebesebenza nomakhenikha base-Angola. Kepha akekho noyedwa kubo oqinisekisiwe ukundiza iBoeing 727, evame ukudinga izindiza ezintathu.
Ibhanoyi laqala ukumisa amatekisi ngaphandle kokuxhumana nombhoshongo wokulawula. Yayihamba ngendlela engaqondakali futhi ingena evulekile ngaphandle kwemvume. Izikhulu zombhoshongo zizamile ukuxhumana nabo, kodwa akubanga nampendulo. Njengoba izibani zicishiwe, indiza yandiza, yaya eningizimu-ntshonalanga phezu kwe-Atlantic Ocean engaphinde ibonwe, futhi bobabili laba bantu abakaze batholakale. Kunemibono eminingi yokuthi kwenzekani endizeni iBoeing 727-223 (N844AA).
NgoJulayi 2003, kwabonakala ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ibhanoyi elilahlekile latholakala eConakry, eGuinea, kodwa lokhu kuchithwe ngokuphelele nguMnyango Wezwe wase-United States.
Umndeni kaBen Padilla usola ukuthi uBen ubehamba ngendiza futhi wesaba ukuthi uzoshayisa kwenye indawo e-Afrika noma ubanjwe engafuni.
Eminye imibiko iphakamisa ukuthi kwakukhona umuntu oyedwa kuphela owayegibele indiza ngaleso sikhathi, lapho abanye bephakamisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi babekhona abangaphezu koyedwa.
Imibiko eminingi eputshukile ithi iziphathimandla zase-United States zayifuna ngasese le ndiza emazweni amaningi ngemuva komcimbi kungekho miphumela. Ukuseshwa komhlaba kwenziwe futhi ngabanxusa abasebenza eNigeria ezikhumulweni zezindiza eziningi bengakutholanga.
Zonke iziphathimandla ezibandakanya izinhlangano ezincane nezikhulu zezindiza, imiphakathi yezindaba kanye nabaphenyi abazimele abakwazanga ukuthola iziphetho ngokuthi ikuphi noma ikuphi indiza, ngaphandle kocwaningo nezingxoxo nabantu abanolwazi ngemininingwane ezungeze ukunyamalala.
Ngemuva kwalokho, kwenzekeni ngempela ngezindiza ezebiwe zaseMelika iBoeing 727-223 ??
