KATHMANDU, NEPAL – Abantu bashika kuri 71 barimo n’abasanzwe ari abakozi b’indege nibo barokotse impanuka y’indege kukibuga citwa Kathmandu Tribhuvan airport.
Nkuko abadereva b’iyo ndege babimenyesheje mbere y’impanuka, habaye kutumvikana neza hagati y’abari hasi bayoboraga iyo ndege n’abatwaraga iyi ndege. Biravugwa yuko abatwaraga iyi ndege batasobanukiwe neza umurongo baza kwitura ho, bityo akaba ari nabyo nyateye iyi mpanuka.
Nkuko byavuzwe n’umwe mu bayobozi bashinzwe ikibuga c’indege, yagize ati:
Nibyo koko kubwo kutumvikana, uku kutumvikana (miscommunication) biri mu bituma indege ninshi zikora impanuka mbere yo kwitura cangwe se na mbere yo guhaguruka. – Ushinzwe imikorere y’indege –
Igihugu ca Nepal kiri mu bihugu byambere ku isi bifite inzira mbi y’indege ishobora guteza impanuka ndetse n’ikirere caho cicara gihinduka, ari na bimwe bigaragaza impamvu yazimwe mu nzira zishobora guteza impanuka.
Mu mwaka w’i 1992 indi ndege yitwa Pakistan International Airlines yakoze impanuka aho iyi mapnuka yahitanyeabantu barenga 167, barimo n’abakozi, abantu bose bari muri iyo ndege bahasize ubuzima.
Biravugwa kandi ko mu mwaka w’i 1949 indi ndege yakoze impanuka ubwo abandi bantu barenga 70 nibo barokotse impanuka ubwo indege yituye k’umusozi witwa Himalayan, nyuma yo kubura inzira bitewe n’uko ikirere cari kimeze nabi.
Indege nishi zimaze gusimbuka impanuka bitewe n’ikirere kibi nkuko bivugwa n’abahenzuzi b’ibirere ku isi.