Ahmedabad, 12 Kamena 2025 – Indege ya sosiyete y’igihugu ya Air India, yari itwaye abantu 242, yahanutse hashize igihe gito ivuye ku kibuga cy’indege cya Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel i Ahmedabad, mu majyepfo y’u Buhinde. Iyi ndege yari mu rugendo rwerekeza i London Gatwick, mu Bwongereza.
Indege yarimo abagenzi 230 hamwe n’abakozi 12 bari bayigize. Amakuru atangwa n’inzego z’ubutabazi avuga ko abantu barenga 200 bapfuye, mu gihe abandi benshi bakomeretse bikabije.
Ubuyobozi bw’igihugu cy’u Buhinde bwahise bwohereza inzego zishinzwe ubutabazi zirimo Polisi, abaganga n’igisirikare mu gace iyi mpanuka yabereyemo, hafi y’ishuri rya BJ Medical College. Abari hafi aho bavuze ko bumvise “urusaku rukomeye rw’umuriro”, maze nyuma indege ikagwa ku nyubako iri hafi y’ikibuga.
Indege yo mu bwoko bwa Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, izwiho kugira umutekano mwinshi n’ikoranabuhanga rihanitse, yari imaze iminota mike ihagurutse. Amakuru atangwa n’abagenzura iby’ingendo z’indege agaragaza ko piloti yagerageje gutanga ubutumwa bwo gutabaza (mayday call), avuga ko hari ikibazo cy’umuriro cyangwa moteri.
Inzego za leta zahise zohereza ibikoresho n’abakozi mu gace impanuka yabereyemo, hamwe n’ibikoresho by’umutekano n’imashini zishinzwe kuzimya umuriro. Imibiri irenga 150 yari imaze gutaburwa mu masaha ya mbere, abandi benshi bari bagikomeje gushakishwa mu bisigazwa by’indege.
Ubuyobozi bwa Air India bwatangaje ko “burimo gukorana n’inzego z’ubugenzuzi n’ubutabazi mu gushaka ukuri ku byabaye.” Uruganda rwa Boeing narwo rwatangaje ko “ruzafasha mu iperereza ku cyateye impanuka.”
Minisitiri w’Intebe w’u Buhinde, Narendra Modi, yihanganishije imiryango y’ababuze ababo abinyujije ku rubuga rwa X (Twitter), ati:
“Ni umunsi w’akababaro gakomeye ku gihugu cyacu. Turasenga kandi duhuje intimba n’imiryango y’abaguye muri iyi mpanuka.”
Iyi mpanuka yahise igira ingaruka ku isoko ry’imigabane, aho imigabane ya Boeing yagabanutseho hejuru ya 8% mu masaha yakurikiye impanuka. Abasesenguzi bavuga ko ibi bishobora gutuma isosiyete isaba guhindura ibipimo by’umutekano ku ndege zayo zose zo mu bwoko bwa 787.
