Iyi ndege yavaga Dubai yerekeza Tel Aviv, itwaye abantu barenga 170. Nyuma y’amasaha abiri n’igice ihagurutse, yamanutse bitunguranye yigira hasi metero 5.200, mbere y’uko abagenzi barwanya uwagabye igitero, bakamutsinda.

Umupilote witwa Smit Machchhar yavuze ko yari aryamye hasi yakomeretse ubwo yabonaga ko indege iri kumanuka, akumva agomba kugira icyo akora. Yavuze ko yishatsemo imbaraga, akingura umuryango w’icyumba cy’abapilote, bituma abagenzi babasha kwinjira.

Nyuma yaho, abapilote babiri bari muri iyo ndege nk’abagenzi bayigushije neza muri Arabia Saudite. Agashoka yakoreshejwe ubusanzwe kabikwa mu cyumba cy’abapilote kugira ngo yifashishwe mu bihe by’ubutabazi. Amakuru ya mbere yatanzwe n’abagenzi yari yavuze ko hashobora kuba harakoreshejwe icyuma.

Minisitiri w’Intebe wa Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, yavuze ko uwagabye igitero ari Umunya Oman. Reuters, CNN na The New York Times byamwise Hamam al-Hammami, ariko iryo zina ntiryari ryemezwa ku mugaragaro.

Ibitangazamakuru byo muri Amerika byatangaje ko ubwo yakoraga muri Oman Air, yakuwe mu mahugurwa y’abapilote kubera impungenge ku bitekerezo bye by’ubuhezanguni, agahabwa indi mirimo.

Kaminuza ya Buckinghamshire New yo mu Bwongereza yavuze ko yarangije amasomo y’imyaka itatu yakurikiraga hakoreshejwe iyakure, ahabwa impamyabumenyi mu micungire y’iby’indege mu 2023. Yasobanuye ko atahigiye gutwara indege.

Netanyahu yabwiye Fox News ko amaze gufatwa, uwagabye igitero yasabye abakozi b’indege kumwica. Yavuze ko bishoboka cyane ko yashakaga guhanura indege, kandi ko yari yarigishijwe ubuhezanguni bushingiye ku idini ya Islam.

Umushinjacyaha mukuru Hamad Saif Al Shamsi yavuze ko iperereza ryagaragaje ko uwo mupilote yagerageje gukora igikorwa cy’iterabwoba. Iperereza ryari rigikomeje kugira ngo hamenyekane uko byagenze, impamvu n’andi masano bifitanye n’icyo gitero.

Machchhar yabanje kujyanwa mu bitaro byegereye aho indege yaguye, nyuma ajyanwa Abu Dhabi n’indege. Ambasade y’u Buhinde yatangaje ko uwo mupilote w’Umuhinde ameze neza kandi ari gukira.

Umugenzi Almog Itali yabwiye BBC ko indege yamanukaga vuba mu masegonda 20 cyangwa 30, igatuza, ikongera kumanuka. Indege yabanje kohereza kode 7700 imenyesha ubutabazi bwihutirwa, nyuma ikohereza 7500 imenyesha gushimutwa.

Perezida wa Israel, Isaac Herzog, yavuze ko Tali Manes yatabaje amaze kumva urusaku mu cyumba cy’abapilote.