2,000 sun makale a ƙasan Channel na Ingilishi tsawon awanni 16 yayin da jiragen kasa na Eurostar suka lalace

LONDON – Fiye da mutane 2,000 ne suka makale a karkashin tashar Turancin Ingilishi na tsawon sa’o’i 16, lokacin da jiragen kasan Eurostar nasu suka tsaya a cikin wani rami, inda da yawa daga cikinsu ba su da abinci, ko ruwa - ko wani tunanin abin da ke faruwa.

A ƙarshe, dukkansu sun fito lafiya a daren Juma'a, amma wasu sun fuskanci tashin hankali ko tashin hankali, kuma fasinjoji da yawa sun koka da cewa ma'aikatan Eurostar ba su yi wani abu ba don taimaka musu cikin wannan mawuyacin hali, wanda ya tilasta wa wasu tafiya wani ɓangare na rami mai duhu, 24. mil (kilomita 38) wanda ke ƙarƙashin ruwa.

Shugabannin kamfanin na Eurostar sun ba da uzuri, dawo da kudade, tafiye-tafiye kyauta da sauran su, amma kamfanin ya soke duk wasu ayyukan fasinja ta hanyar tashar Channel har zuwa ranar Litinin a kokarin gano abin da ya faru.

Lee Godfrey, wanda ke dawowa Landan daga Disneyland Paris tare da danginsa a lokacin da aka kama shi a cikin rami ya ce "Abun ya faru ne kawai." Ya ce mutane sun sha fama da ciwon asma kuma sun suma bayan da wutar lantarkin jirgin ya mutu, inda suka katse hasken wuta da iska.

"Mutane sun yi matukar firgita," kamar yadda ya shaida wa gidan rediyon BBC, yana korafin rashin kyawun sadarwa tare da cewa wasu fasinjojin sun bude kofofin gaggawa da kansu.

Godfrey's na ɗaya daga cikin jiragen ƙasa huɗu da suka makale a cikin ramin ranar Juma'a da yamma saboda dalilan da ba a sani ba.

Jami’an Eurostar sun yi hasashen cewa, saurin sauye-sauyen da aka samu daga sanyin sanyi na kasar Faransa, da ke fama da wani yanayi mafi muni a lokacin sanyi cikin shekaru, zuwa yanayin zafi na ramin, zai iya kawo cikas ga na’urorin lantarki na jiragen kasa. Sai dai babban jami'in gudanarwa na kamfanin, Nicolas Petrovic, ya ce Eurostar za ta binciki dalilin da ya sa jiragen kasan suka lalace.

"Ba mu taba ganin wani abu makamancin haka ba a Eurostar," Petrovic ya fadawa gidan rediyon Faransa-Info ranar Asabar.

Kamfanin ya soke ayyukan da aka tsara akai-akai har zuwa Litinin don gudanar da gwaji.

Kakakin Eurostar Paul Gorman ya ce "Ba ma son a maimaita daren jiya."

An kwashe wasu fasinjoji ta hanyar ramin jirgin kasa mai duhu zuwa cikin ababen hawa. Wasu kuma an bar su a cikin jiragen kasa guda biyu waɗanda aka haɗa tare kuma aka tura su zuwa London ta hanyar ƙananan jiragen ƙasa na diesel.

Parisian Gregoire Sentilhes ya bayyana rudani yayin da hukumomi ke kokarin kwashe fasinjoji.

"Mun kwana a cikin rami," in ji shi. “Da karfe 6 na safe jami’an kashe gobara suka fitar da mu daga cikin jirgin. Mun yi tafiya na kusan mil (kilomita 1.6) da kayanmu. Mun shiga wani jirgin kasan Eurostar kuma an makale mu a kai, muna komawa cikin ramin."

Ya ce fasinjojin na fama da firgici, ba su da abin sha kuma ba su san abin da ke faruwa ba. Wasu kuma sun koka game da rudani da rashin tsari na kokarin mayar da su gida.

Wannan rudani ya kara har zuwa yammacin Asabar.

A safiyar Asabar Eurostar ta ba da sanarwar cewa tana aika fasinjojin da suka makale gida daga Landan a cikin jiragen kasa na musamman guda uku - kawai don soke sabis ɗin bayan 'yan sa'o'i. Jiragen kasa guda biyu da aka aika daga birnin Paris su ma an soke - daya ya lalace jim kadan bayan barin ramin, yayin da aka tsayar da daya a Lille da ke arewacin Faransa.

Babban jami’in gudanarwa Richard Brown ya ce kamfanin ya yi matukar nadama matuka da yadda fasinjoji da yawa suka gamu da ajalinsu a daren jiya da safiyar yau saboda yanayin yanayi a arewacin Faransa. Muna aiki tuƙuru don dawo da fasinjoji gida. Za mu mayar musu da cikakken kuɗaɗe da wani tikitin.”

Eurostar yana ba da sabis na jirgin ƙasa da ke haɗa London zuwa Paris da Brussels. Yawanci yana cincirindo da matafiya hutu a wannan lokaci na shekara.

Sunan ma'aikatan jirgin cikin aminci ya fuskanci koma baya a cikin watan Satumba, 2008, bayan da wata gobara ta tashi yayin da daya daga cikin jiragen ya shiga rami mai nisan kilomita 50 (mile 30). An yanke sabis na tsawon watanni biyar saboda an gyara barna mai yawa.

A ranar Asabar, tafiye-tafiyen masu ababen hawa da ke fatan tsallakawa tashar Turancin Ingilishi a cikin jiragen ruwa da kuma ta tashar Ramin Channel shima ya samu matsala sosai. 'Yan sanda a Kent na Ingila sun gargadi direbobi da kada su yi tafiya zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa na Dover sai dai a cikin gaggawa saboda yawaitar cunkoson ababen hawa da ke haifar da matsaloli a cikin rami da kuma tashar ruwan Faransa ta Calais.

‘Yan sanda sun gabatar da wani shiri na ba da dama ga manyan motoci 2,300 da ke fatan tsallakawa tashar Turancin Ingilishi don yin fakin a manyan tituna har sai abin ya daidaita. Ma’aikatan kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross sun bayar da ruwan sha mai zafi da ruwan sha ga masu ababen hawa da suka makale a cikin motocinsu na tsawon awanni 12.