Wani jirgin na Continental Airlines da ya taso daga Brussels ya sauka lafiya a filin jirgin saman Newark Liberty bayan da kyaftin din jirgin ya mutu da tsakar ranar Alhamis da safe, kamar yadda CBS 2 ta ruwaito.
Jami’an Hukumar Kula da Sufurin Jiragen Sama ta Tarayya sun ce jirgin na Continental mai lamba 61, Boeing 777 mai fasinja 247, ya sauka a Newark da karfe 11:49 na safe Newark ne jirgin na karshe. Jirgin ya tashi daga Brussels da karfe 9:45 na safe, kuma kyaftin din ya mutu kimanin sa'o'i uku zuwa hudu a cikin jirgin. Wani likita da ke cikin jirgin ya ce matukin jirgin ya mutu.
Jami'an nahiyoyi sun gaya wa CBS 2 matukin jirgin mai shekaru 61 ya mutu ne saboda wasu dalilai. Har yanzu ba a bayyana sunan sa ba, amma jami’ai sun ce ya yi aiki da kamfanin na tsawon shekaru 21 kuma ya kasance daga Newark.
"Kamfanin ya tuntubi iyalansa kuma muna mika ta'aziyyarmu," in ji kamfanin a cikin wata sanarwa. “Ma’aikatan da ke cikin wannan jirgin sun hada da wani ma’aikacin jirgin da ya maye gurbin matukin jirgin da ya mutu. Jirgin ya ci gaba da tafiya lafiya tare da matukan jirgi guda biyu a wurin sarrafawa.”
Jami'ai sun ce baya ga jami'an biyu na farko da ke cikin jirgin akwai ma'aikatan ajiyar.
"A wannan yanayin, jirgin sama ne na ketare, don haka saboda tsawon lokaci ana samun jami'in farko na biyu," kwararre kan harkokin sufurin jiragen sama Al Yurman ya shaida wa CBS 2.
An cire gawar kyaftin din daga cikin jirgin kuma an sanya shi a wurin hutawar ma'aikatan a lokacin jirgin.
Ma'aikatan agajin gaggawa da dama sun kasance a wurin a Newark kuma sun bi jirgin a kan kwalta bayan ya sauka.
Jirgin Boeing 777 shi ne jirgin twinjet mafi girma a duniya kuma yana iya daukar fasinjoji kusan 400 a ciki.
