WASHINGTON, D.C. – Haduwar jirgin sama da helicopter a sama da birnin Washington DC a ranar Laraba ta haifar da mutuwar fiye da mutane 28, ciki har da wasu ‘yan wasan skaters na duniya da kociyoyinsu, kamar yadda hukumomin Amurka suka bayyana.
Jirgin saman da ke dauke da fasinjoji 64 ya yi karo da wani jirgin helicopter na sojojin Amurka a lokacin da yake shirye-shiryen saukarsa a filin jirgin sama na Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Jirgin ya fadi cikin kogin Potomac, inda aka samu gawarwakin mutane 28 har zuwa yanzu.
A cikin wata sanarwa da kungiyar Figure Skating Club of Boston ta fitar, an bayyana cewa wasu ‘yan wasan skaters guda shida, ciki har da kociyoyin Rasha Yevgenia Shishkova da Vadim Naumov, sun kasance cikin jirgin. Shishkova da Naumov sun kasance zakarun duniya a shekarar 1994 kuma sun yi aiki a matsayin kociyoyi a Amurka.
Hukumar kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama ta Amurka (FAA) ta ce bincike na farko ya nuna cewa ma’aikatan hasumiya na sarrafa jiragen sama a filin jirgin ba su cika ba, wanda hakan ya iya haifar da haduwar. Hukumar ta kuma bayyana cewa wani ma’aikacin da ke sarrafa jiragen sama ya kasance yana sarrafa duka jiragen sama da na helicopter, wanda a al’ada ana raba ayyukan biyu.
Shugaban hukumar FAA, Chris Rocheleau, ya ce, “Wannan bala’i ne mai tsanani, kuma muna godiya ga duk wadanda suka taimaka wajen ceto. Binciken da muke yi zai tabbatar da cewa irin wannan abu ba zai sake faruwa ba.”
Haduwar ta faru ne bayan gasar kasa da kasa ta figure skating da aka gudanar a Wichita, Kansas, inda wasu ‘yan wasa da kociyoyi suka tafi don shirye-shiryen gasar. Kungiyar US Figure Skating ta bayyana cewa wasu membobinta da ke cikin jirgin sun kasance daga cikin wadanda suka halarci wannan shiri.
Gwamnan Washington, D.C., Muriel Bowser, ya ce, “Muna cikin bakin ciki sosai game da wannan bala’i. Muna fatan Allah ya jikan duk wadanda suka rasu.”
Hukumar bincike ta FAA ta ce za ta ci gaba da bincike don gano ainihin dalilin haduwar, yayin da jami’an ceto ke ci gaba da neman gawarwakin sauran fasinjoji da ma’aikatan jirgin.
