Shekaru XNUMX da suka gabata a wannan makon, New Zealand ta kasance tarin hawaye.
Kasar ta fuskanci bala'in iska mafi muni da aka taba fuskanta a ranar 28 ga watan Nuwamban shekarar 1979, wani jirgin saman Air New Zealand dake cikin wani jirgin yawon bude ido a kan Antarctica ya afkawa tsaunin Erebus, inda ya kashe dukkan mutane 257 da ke cikinsa.
Jirgin DC10 ya shiga cikin gangaren da dusar ƙanƙara ta lulluɓe cikin yanayin fari wanda ya sa ba a iya ganin ko da dutsen mai tsayin mita 3,600.
Bisa la’akari da cewa, ya kasance sama da mafi munin hatsarin jirgin sama na Australiya, wani jirgin Amurka da ya fado a Bakers Creek, arewacin Queensland a watan Yunin 1943, inda ya kashe sojoji 40.
Kuma idan aka yi la’akari da yawan mutanen New Zealand a shekarun 1970 na miliyan uku kacal, ba abin mamaki ba ne kusan kowa ya san wanda ke cikin jirgin Erebus, ko kuma ya san wanda ya san wani a cikin jirgin da ya halaka.
Kiwis dari biyu, Jafanawa 24, Amurkawa 22, ‘yan Britaniya shida, ‘yan kasar Canada biyu, dan Australia daya, Faransanci daya da kuma dan kasar Switzerland daya.
Bakin ciki na kasa ya wuce gona da iri amma ba da jimawa ba aka sauya matsananciyar bakin ciki da zafin rai yayin da dillalan kasar suka yi ta mu'amala da wadanda abin ya shafa da kuma jama'a.
Ba a ba da shawara ba kuma Air New Zealand ya yi gaggawar zargi matukinsa Jim Collins da ma'aikatansa duk da cewa ba da daɗewa ba aka bayyana cewa ba su da laifi.
Maimakon haka, an nuna cewa ba a ba da wani sabon tsarin jirgin ba ga matukin jirgin, inda ya bar jirgin a kan hanyar yin karo da Erebus.
Kamfanin jirgin ya ci gaba da gazawa kasar da rashin biyan diyya ga iyalai da kuma musantawa mara iyaka wanda, kamar yadda wani rahoto ya zargi, yana da "shirin yaudara".
Amma bayan shafe shekaru 30 na rauni, a karshe kasar ta fara gyara raunukan da ta samu na Erebus sakamakon uzuri da kamfanin jirgin ya bayar da dama da suka yi imanin cewa an samu jinkiri sosai.
A wani biki na Oktoba a Auckland, shugaban kamfanin Rob Fyfe ya yarda cewa mai jigilar kaya ya yi kurakurai.
“Ba zan iya mayar da agogo baya ba. Ba zan iya gyara abin da aka yi ba, amma yayin da nake sa rai zan so in ɗauki mataki na gaba akan tafiyarmu ta hanyar cewa ku yi hakuri.
"Yi hakuri ga duk wadanda… ba su sami tallafi da tausayin da ya kamata su samu daga Air New Zealand ba."
Wani babban ci gaba ne ga al'ummar kasar, wanda ba ta ba da izinin jirgin yawon bude ido ko daya zuwa Antarctica daga New Zealand ba tun bayan bala'in.
Amma farfadowa har yanzu yana cikin matakan jariri.
Yunkurin da wani ɗan kasuwa na Christchurch ya yi na hayar jirgin Qantas da sayar da tikiti ga waɗanda ke son ziyartar Erebus a kusa da bikin tunawa da ranar tunawa ya fuskanci kakkausar suka.
Wata mata da ta rasa mahaifiyarta a hatsarin ta ce: "Abu ne mai ban mamaki a faɗi amma ina ganin har yanzu ba a jima ba."
