An bincika ƙa'idodin aminci na ƙananan jiragen sama yayin ji

Tabbatar da ko kamfanonin jiragen sama na yankin sun cika ka'idojin aminci iri ɗaya kamar yadda manyan masu jigilar kaya "yana da mahimmanci" yayin da masu bincike ke binciken hatsarin jirgin saman Pinnacle Airlines Corp wanda ya kashe mutane 50, in ji wani memba na hukumar tsaron Amurka.

Memban Hukumar Kula da Sufuri ta Kasa Kitty Higgins ta tambayi shugaban kungiyar matukan jirgi a yau ko akwai bambance-bambance a cikin albashi, horarwa, jadawalin ma'aikatan jirgin da manufofin zirga-zirga tsakanin nau'ikan jigilar kaya biyu. Hukumar NTSB ta kammala sauraren karar kwanaki uku a birnin Washington kan hadarin.

Hukumar tana nazarin daukar aiki da horarwa a sashin Colgan na Pinnacle da kuma yiwuwar kuskuren matukin jirgi da gajiya a hadarin da ya faru a watan Fabrairu kusa da Buffalo, New York. Kamfanin jigilar kayayyaki na yankin yana yawo don Continental Airlines Inc.

"Wannan shi ne babban batu a cikin wannan hatsari," in ji Higgins. "Shin muna da matakin aminci ɗaya?"

Rory Kay, shugaban kula da lafiyar iska na kungiyar matukan jirgi na Air Line, ya amsa, "A'a."

Sanata Byron Dorgan, dan Democrat na Arewacin Dakota kuma shugaban kwamitin kula da harkokin sufurin jiragen sama na Majalisar Dattawa, ya ce zai gudanar da jerin kararraki kan tsaron iska a matsayin martani ga "bayanan ban mamaki da ban tsoro" daga zaman NTSB.

Jirgin Bombardier Inc. Dash 8 Q400 ya yi hadari a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu a Clarence Center, New York. Wadanda suka mutu sun hada da mutum daya a kasa da kuma mutane 49 da ke cikin jirgin. NTSB ba za ta fitar da sakamakonta na tsawon watanni da yawa ba.

Matukin jirgin, Marvin Renslow, bai bayyana cewa ya gaza yin gwajin jirgi guda biyu a kananan jirage ba lokacin da ya nemi Colgan a shekarar 2005, a cewar Pinnacle. Watakila ya gaji ne a ranar da hatsarin ya faru, yayin da ya shiga cikin na’urar kwamfuta na kamfanin da karfe 3:10 na safe, a cewar hukumar ta NTSB.

Tafiya mai nisa

Matukin jirgin saman yankin na daga cikin mafi karancin albashi a masana'antar, kuma mamba ta NTSB Debbie Hersman ta tambaya a yau ko albashin su na iya tilasta musu yin tafiya mai nisa zuwa ayyukansu, wanda hakan ke kara kasadar isa wurin aiki a gajiye.

Rebecca Shaw, ma’aikaciyar jirgin Colgan, ta yi tafiya daga Seattle, inda ta zauna tare da iyayenta, don yin aiki a Newark, New Jersey, ranar hatsarin. Ta yi ta shawagi cikin dare a cikin jiragen FedEx Corp. don isa gabanin karfe 6:30 na safe, a cewar NTSB. Saƙonta na tes da ayyukanta a cikin rana sun nuna cewa ba ta da lokaci mai yawa don barci, shaidar NTSB ta nuna.

Shaw, mai shekaru 24, yana da albashi na shekara-shekara na dala 23,900, in ji kakakin Pinnacle Joe Williams a cikin imel a jiya. Matsakaicin kaftin na nau'in jirgin da ya yi hatsarin shine dala 67,000, in ji shi.

Kayan Aikin Kafe

Tun da farko a lokacin Shaw a Colgan, ta yi aiki "a takaice" 'yan kwanaki a mako a wani kantin kofi a matsayin aiki na biyu lokacin da ba ta tashi ba, a cewar NTSB.

Matukin jirgi a kamfanonin jiragen sama na yankin ana biyansu kasa da takwarorinsu a manyan dillalai a wani bangare saboda yawanci suna da karancin shekaru na hidima kuma suna tashi da kananan jirage.

Jami'in farko da ke da gogewar kusan shekaru biyar yana yin matsakaicin $84,300 a shekara a babban kamfanin jirgin sama irin su Continental ko Delta Air Lines Inc., yayin da jami'in farko a Pinnacle tare da shekaru iri ɗaya yana yin $32,100, a cewar AIR Inc. , wani kamfani na Atlanta wanda ke bin diddigin albashin matukin jirgi.

Hersman ta ce wani sakon imel da ta samu daga wani matukin jirgi a sashin Comair na Delta ta koka da cewa ma’aikatan jirgin 301 ana mayar da su New York daga Cincinnati.

Yayin da farashin gida ke gudana kusan dala 131,000 a Cincinnati, sun kai kusan dala 437,000 a yankin New York, in ji ta. "A bayyane yake za a kara kashe kudade ga daidaikun mutane."

Siyan Tikiti

Masu amfani da yawa sukan sayi tikiti don babban mai jigilar kaya kawai don gane daga baya suna tashi a kan jirgin saman yankin, in ji Higgins.

"Ba ku siyan tikiti akan Colgan, kuna siyan tikiti akan Continental," in ji ta.

Sanata Dorgan ya ce sauraren karar da ya shirya zai duba lafiyar jiragen sama "musamman dangane da kamfanonin jiragen sama amma ba kadai ba."

Ya shaida wa manema labarai yau a wani taron manema labarai cewa yana so ya bincika ko al’amuran da suka haifar da hatsarin a kusa da Buffalo wani abin kunya ne ko kuma wani babban tsari ne a harkar sufurin jiragen sama na yankin.

"Tabbas ina cikin damuwa cewa zai iya yin amfani da shi gabaɗaya," in ji shi. "Ba niyyata ba ce in haifar da ƙararrawa."

Hadarin na Colgan ba shi ne na farko da wani kamfanin jigilar kaya na yankin da hukumar ta yi nazari a kai a shekarun baya-bayan nan.

Matukin jirgi na Comair sun yi amfani da titin jirgin da bai dace ba don wani jirgin da ya kashe mutane 49 a jihar Kentucky a shekara ta 2006 saboda gaza yin amfani da fitulu, alamu da sauran kayan agaji don gano inda suke, in ji NTSB.

Wani jirgin kamfanin na Corporate Airlines ya yi hatsari a shekara ta 2004, inda ya kashe mutane 13, a Kirksville, Missouri, saboda matukan jirgin ba su bi ka'ida ba, kuma suka yi kasa da bishiyu, a cewar NTSB.

Haɗin Dige-dige

Shugaban riko na NTSB Mark Rosenker ya shaida wa manema labarai cewa "ba mu sami damar haɗa waɗannan ɗigon ba" don gano cewa masu jigilar kayayyaki na yankin ba su da aminci fiye da manyan jiragen sama. Biyu daga cikin sabbin hadurran jiragen sama na baya-bayan nan da hukumar ke gudanar da bincike kan manyan dillalai - wani jet na Continental a watan Disamba a filin jirgin sama na Denver da wani jirgin US Airways Group Inc. wanda ya nutse a kogin Hudson na New York a watan Janairu.

Les Dorr, mai magana da yawun Hukumar Kula da Sufurin Jiragen Sama ta Tarayya, ya ce a cikin wata hira cewa masu jigilar kayayyaki na yanki da manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama dole ne su cika ka'idojin aminci na tarayya iri ɗaya.

Colgan ya fada jiya cewa yana ba da lokacin horar da ma'aikatan FAA sau biyu na nau'in jirgin a hadarin na Fabrairu.

"Shirye-shiryen horar da ma'aikatanmu sun cika ko wuce ka'idoji na duk manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama," in ji Colgan a cikin wata sanarwa.

'Ba a Tsare Tsare Ba'

Roger Cohen na Ƙungiyar Jiragen Sama na Yanki, ƙungiyar masana'antu, a cikin wata hira da aka yi da shi, ya ce "an ware masana'antar jiragen sama na yanki ba bisa ƙa'ida ba."

"Tabbas muna kallon darussan da muka koya daga wannan," in ji Cohen game da hadarin Colgan. “Tun kafin wannan hatsarin, mun mai da hankali kan duk batutuwan da suka taso a nan yayin binciken NTSB. Yana da mahimmanci a lura cewa kamfanonin jiragen sama na membobinmu suna aiki a ƙarƙashin ainihin ƙa'idodi iri ɗaya "kamar manyan dillalai.