Akalla mutane 261 ne aka tabbatar da mutuwar su a wani hatsarin jirgin kasa da ake kyautata zaton shi ne mafi muni da aka taba samu a kasar ta Asiya cikin shekaru ashirin da suka gabata.
Hukumomin kula da jiragen kasa sun ce hatsarin ya faru ne da yammacin ranar Juma’a bayan da wani jirgin fasinja ya tashi daga kan titin ya afkawa wani jirgin dakon kaya da aka ajiye a kusa da gundumar Balasore a jihar Odisha, lamarin da ya barke da tarkacen motocin dogo tare da raunata 650, inji babban jami’in hulda da jama’a na hukumar. Titin jirgin kasa na Kudu maso Gabas, K. S. Anand, ya fada a wani taron manema labarai da safiyar Asabar.
“Hatsarin ya faru ne da misalin karfe 7 na dare. (1330 GMT) ranar Juma’a lokacin da Howrah Superfast Express daga Bengaluru zuwa Howrah a West Bengal ya yi karo da Coromandel Express daga Kolkata zuwa Chennai,” in ji Anand.
Babban sakataren jihar Odisha Pradeep Jena, ya fada a shafinsa na Twitter cewa sama da motocin daukar marasa lafiya 200 ne aka kira zuwa wurin kuma an tattara likitoci 100 don shiga 80 a can yayin da Firayim Minista Narendra Modi ke tashi zuwa wurin.
“Jihar ta ayyana ranar Asabar a matsayin ranar makokin jihar a matsayin alamar girmamawa ga wadanda abin ya shafa.”
“Babban haɗari ne, mai ban tausayi. Gaba ɗaya mu mayar da hankalin mu kan aikin ceto da agaji, kuma muna ƙoƙarin tabbatar da cewa waɗanda suka jikkata sun sami mafi kyawun magani,” in ji Ministan Jirgin ƙasa Ashwini Vaishnaw yayin taron manema labarai.
“Iyalan wadanda suka mutu za su karbi rupee miliyan 1 ($ 12,000), yayin da wadanda suka samu munanan raunuka za su samu rupees 200,000, tare da rupee 50,000 don kananan raunuka,” in ji Vaishnaw.
Hotunan faifan bidiyo na hadarin jirgin ya nuna yadda kociyoyin jirgin kasa suka karkata daga layin dogo da kuma lallacewar hanyoyin mota, inda jami’an ceto suka yi ta binciken motocin da aka rutsa da su domin fitar da wadanda suka tsira tare da garzaya da su asibiti.
Hatsarin jirgin kasa na ranar Juma’a shi ne na biyu a hadarin jirgin kasa mafi muni a Indiya wanda ya faru a shekarar 1981 lokacin da wani jirgin kasa ya nutse daga kan gada a cikin wani kogi a jihar Bihar, inda ya kashe mutane kusan 800.
