Abagenzi b’indege ya American Airlines Flight 1006 bavuye Colorado Springs berekeza Dallas, bahuye n’akaga ubwo indege barimo yafashwe n’inkongi y’umuriro ku kibuga cy’indege mpuzamahanga cya Denver.
Iyi ndege yo mu bwoko bwa Boeing 737-800 yari imaze kugwa ahagana saa 5:15 z’umugoroba ku isaha ya Denver, ubwo moteri yayo yafatwaga n’umuriro. Ibi byateje umwotsi mwinshi wagaragaye hejuru y’ikibuga, bitera impungenge abagenzi n’abari hafi aho.
Nk’uko byatangajwe n’ubuyobozi bw’ikibuga cy’indege, ubwo abapilote babonaga ibimenyetso by’inkongi, bahise batangaza impuruza maze abashinzwe kuzimya inkongi bihutira gutabara. Abashinzwe umutekano bahise bafunga igice cy’ikirere cyari cyegereye aho indege yari iparitse kugira ngo hirindwe impanuka zindi.
Abagenzi bose uko ari 157 n’abakozi b’indege 6 bari muri iyi ndege bahise basohorwa huti huti kugira ngo hatagira ugerwaho n’ingaruka z’umuriro. Abatangabuhamya bari ku kibuga bavuze ko bumvise urusaku rukomeye mbere y’uko babona umwotsi mwinshi uva ku ndege.
Umwe mu bagenzi, John Peterson, yavuze ati: “Twari dusohotse mu ndege nk’ibisanzwe, hanyuma tubona umwotsi uturuka kuri moteri. Byateye ubwoba ariko byahise bicungwa neza.”
Ubuyobozi bwa American Airlines bwatangaje ko iyi mpanuka yatewe n’ikibazo cya moteri cyabaye nyuma yo kugwa kw’indege. Bavuze kandi ko bari gukorana n’inzego zibishinzwe kugira ngo hamenyekane icyateye iyo nkongi.
Ishami rishinzwe umutekano w’indege muri Amerika (FAA) ryatangaje ko hatangiye iperereza ku byabaye kugira ngo hamenyekane icyateye iyo mpanuka. Bavuze ko iyi ndege yari imaze iminsi ikorerwa igenzura, ariko hakenewe ubushishozi mu kumenya niba hari ubundi bibazo byari bisanzwe bihari.
Nta muntu n’umwe wakomeretse muri iyi mpanuka, kandi abagenzi barimo guteganyirizwa izindi ngendo kugira ngo bakomeze urugendo rwabo. American Airlines yavuze ko izakomeza gutanga ubufasha bwose bukenewe ku bagiye bahura n’iki kibazo.
