Kamfanin jirgin sama na Continental Airlines na fuskantar shari'ar kisan kai a hadarin Concord

A makon nan ne kamfanin jirgin saman Amurka na Continental da biyu daga cikin ma’aikatansa ke shari’a kan kisan mutane 113 da suka mutu a wani hadarin Concorde da ya kawo karshen mafarkin tafiye-tafiyen da ba a taba gani ba.

Za a gurfanar da wani tsohon jami'in hukumar kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na Faransa da wasu manyan jami'ai biyu na shirin na Concorde a kan wannan tuhuma daga ranar Talata a wata kotu da ke kusa da birnin Paris, inda ake sa ran za a kwashe watanni hudu ana shari'ar.

Jirgin da ke kan hanyarsa ta zuwa New York ya yi hadari ne jim kadan bayan tashinsa daga filin tashi da saukar jiragen sama na Paris Charles de Gaulle a ranar 25 ga watan Yulin 2000, inda ya kashe daukacin mutane 109 da ke cikinsa – akasarinsu ‘yan kasar Jamus – da ma’aikatan otal hudu a kasa.

Concorde da ke ci da wuta ta ruguza wani otal na filin jirgin sama lokacin da ya yi rauni a ƙasa a wani hatsarin da ya nuna farkon ƙarshen duniya - kuma ya zuwa yanzu kawai - sabis ɗin jiragen sama na supersonic na yau da kullun.

Air France da British Airways sun dakatar da Concordes na tsawon watanni 15 bayan hadarin, kuma, bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci, sun kawo ƙarshen sabis na kasuwanci mai ƙarfi a cikin 2003.

Jirgin wanda aka haife shi da hadin gwiwar Birtaniya da Faransa, ya fara jigilar faransa ne a shekarar 1976. 20 ne kawai aka kera: 14 ne aka yi amfani da su wajen raya kasa, sauran 2,170 kuma na tashi ne musamman hanyoyin da ke wucewa ta tekun Atlantika a cikin gudun kilomita XNUMX a cikin sa'a guda.

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a Faransa a watan Disamba na 2004 cewa bala'in na Paris wani bangare ne ya haifar da wani bangare na karafa da ya fado a kan titin jirgi daga wani jirgin na Continental Airlines DC-10 wanda ya tashi daf daf da jirgin saman supersonic.

Kamfanin Concorde, wanda akasarin fasinjojinsa na Jamus zai hau wani jirgin ruwa na Caribbean a New York, ya bi ta kan wani babban jirgin ruwan titanium mai ƙarfi, wanda ya tsinke ɗaya daga cikin tayoyinsa, wanda ya haifar da fashewa tare da aika tarkace da ke tashi a cikin injina da kuma tarkace. tankin mai.

Ana tuhumar Continental kan gazawar kula da jiragenta yadda ya kamata, tare da wasu ma'aikatan Amurka biyu: John Taylor, makanikin da ake zargin ya kera jirgin da bai dace ba, da kuma shugaban kula da sufurin jiragen sama Stanley Ford.

An bayar da sammacin kama Taylor ne bayan da masu bincike suka kasa amsa tambayoyi, kuma a cewar lauyansa, ba zai halarci zaman kotun da ke Pontoise da ke arewa maso yammacin birnin Paris ba.

Lauyan Taylor ya ki bayyana ko wanda yake karewa zai bayyana a kotu.

Ana kuma zargin tsoffin jami’an Concorde da kuma shugaban hukumar kula da harkokin jiragen sama na Faransa da kasa ganowa da kuma tsara kurakuran da suka dace a kan jirgin sama mai girman gaske, wanda aka bayyana a lokacin bincike kuma ana tunanin shi ne ya haddasa hatsarin.

Henri Perrier shi ne darektan shirin Concorde na farko a Aerospatiale, yanzu yana cikin rukunin EADS, daga 1978 zuwa 1994, yayin da Jacques Herubel ya kasance babban injiniyan Concorde daga 1993 zuwa 1995.

Dukkan mutanen biyu ana zarginsu da yin watsi da alamun gargadi daga jerin abubuwan da suka faru a cikin jiragen na Concorde, wanda a tsawon shekaru 27 da suka yi na hidimar tayoyi da dama, ko kuma tayoyin da suka lalace, wanda a lokuta da dama ya ratsa tankunan mai.

A karshe Claude Frantzen, darektan sabis na fasaha a hukumar kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama ta Faransa DGAC daga 1970 zuwa 1994, ana zarginsa da yin watsi da wani laifi kan fikafikan fikafikan delta na Concorde, wadanda ke rike da tankunan mai.

Shari'ar dai za ta nemi a tantance rabon da ke damun kamfanonin jiragen sama na Amurka da na Concorde da na Faransa.

Yawancin iyalan wadanda abin ya shafa sun amince da cewa ba za su dauki matakin shari'a ba domin samun diyya daga kamfanonin jiragen sama na Air France, EADS, Continental da kuma kamfanin kera taya na Goodyear.

Ba a bayyana adadin kudaden da suka karba ba, amma rahotanni sun ce an raba kusan dalar Amurka miliyan 100 tsakanin 'yan uwan ​​wadanda suka mutu 700.

A cikin binciken na shekaru takwas, Continental ya yi alkawarin yaki da duk wani tuhuma a cikin lamarin.

"Shaidu da yawa sun ce gobarar a kan Concorde ta fara ne a lokacin da jirgin ke da nisan mita 800 daga bangaren (tsari na karfe)," in ji Olivier Metzner, lauya na Continental.

Domin tabbatar da haka ya ce yana shirin nunawa kotu gyaran fuska uku na hadarin.

Roland Rappaport, lauya na dangin matukin jirgin na Concorde Christian Marty, ya ce "ya kamata a guje wa hadarin".

"An san raunin Concorde fiye da shekaru 20," in ji shi.

Laifin da aka yi nasara zai haifar da mafi girman tarar Yuro 375,000 ga kamfanin jirgin da kuma daurin shekaru biyar a gidan yari da tarar Yuro 75,000 ga mutanen da abin ya shafa.