An buɗe hanyar haɗin iska ta Ostiraliya-Antarctica, cikakke tare da titin jirgin sama na kankara

WILKINS RUNWAY, Antarctica (AFP) - Jirgin fasinja mai tarihi daga Ostiraliya zuwa Antarctica ya sauka lafiya a kan titin kankara mai shudi a ranar Juma'a, inda ya kaddamar da hanyar jirgin sama na yau da kullun tsakanin nahiyoyi.

Kimanin rabin karni tun lokacin da aka fara tayar da tunanin titin jirgin sama a Antarctica, jirgin Airbus A319 daga Hobart ya sauka a Wilkins kusa da tashar Casey ta Antarctic na Australiya, in ji wani mai daukar hoto na AFP a cikin jirgin.

Ministan muhalli Peter Garrett, wanda yana cikin wasu jami'ai 20, masana kimiyya da kuma kafofin yada labarai a cikin jirgin na farko, ya ce kallon da jirgin ya yi yana da ban sha'awa yayin da jirgin ya tunkari Antarctica.

"Don ganin dusar ƙanƙara, ƙananan ƙaƙƙarfan matsuguni a nan kuma ba kome ba kamar yadda za ku iya gani a kowane bangare sannan kuma wannan titin jirgin ya bayyana kamar daga babu inda," in ji tsohon dan wasan Midnight Oil.

“Yana da wani gagarumin aikin injiniya da waɗannan mutane suka samu. Wannan nasara ce ta dabaru kuma ta haɗu da nahiyoyin biyu na ƙarshe don haɗa ta iska,” in ji shi.

“Wannan babban taron ne, tabbas yana da tarihi. Wani sabon zamani zai bayyana a gare mu ta fuskar kula da duniyarmu.”

Titin jirgin mai tsawon kilomita hudu (mil 2.5) mai fadin mita 700 kuma yana tafiyar kimanin mita 12 kudu maso yamma a kowace shekara saboda ruwan dusar ƙanƙara, an zana shi ne daga cikin kankara kuma an daidaita shi ta hanyar amfani da fasahar Laser.

"Titin jirgin sama a nan ya fi santsi fiye da yawan titin jiragen sama a filayen jiragen sama na duniya a duniya," in ji matukin jirgin Garry Studd.

Titin jirgin sama da dala miliyan 46 (dalar Amurka miliyan 41) ya ɗauki fiye da shekaru biyu ana gina shi kuma an tsara shi don kawo masana kimiyya da sauran ma'aikatan Antarctic na Australiya zuwa cikin daskararru don nazarin batutuwa kamar sauyin yanayi.

Jiragen sama za su zo mako-mako a cikin mafi zafi watanni na Oktoba zuwa Maris amma ba za a bude don yawon bude ido ba.

A baya can, an tilasta wa masana kimiyya kwashe tsawon makonni biyu a kan jirgin ruwa don isa tashar Casey.

"Zai kawo sauyi yadda za mu iya yin bincikenmu," in ji babban masanin kimiyyar Michael Stoddart ga kamfanin dillancin labarai na AAP na Australia.

Jirgin ya taso ne daga birnin Hobart da ke kudancin Ostireliya kuma ya dauki sa'o'i hudu da rabi kafin ya isa Wilkins. Ya kasance a kasa na tsawon sa'o'i uku kafin yin tafiya ta dawowa ba tare da buƙatar man fetur ba.

An sanya wa titin jirgin sunan dan kasada kuma matukin jirgi Sir Hubert Wilkins, wanda ya yi tashin farko a Antarctica shekaru 79 da suka gabata.

Sauran kasashen da ke da tashoshin binciken Antarctic sun yi ta shawagi zuwa nahiyar da ke kankara tsawon shekaru daga kasashe irin su New Zealand da Afirka ta Kudu, amma suna amfani da jiragen yaki.

Sashen Antarctic na Ostireliya ya ce ƙaddamar da wani jirgin sama na zamani na jet, wanda zai iya kammala aikin dawowa ba tare da an sha mai ba, ya nuna sabon zamani.