Ubuyobozi bukuru bw’ingabo za Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zishinzwe ibikorwa mu majyepfo (U.S. Southern Command) bwatangaje ko hatangijwe iperereza ryimbitse ku byabaye byari bigiye guteza impanuka ikomeye mu kirere, aho indege itwara abagenzi ya kompanyi JetBlue yakwepye ku munota wa nyuma kugongana n’indege ya gisirikare y’Amerika itwara ibitoro byo kongerera izindi ndege mu kirere, hafi y’ikirere cya Venezuela.
Iyo ndege ya JetBlue yari imaze guhaguruka ivuye ku kirwa cya Curaçao, mu nyanja ya Caraïbes. Mu gihe yari igiye gukomeza kuzamuka mu kirere, abapilote bayo bahise bafata icyemezo cyihuse cyo guhagarika kuzamuka, nyuma yo kubona ibyago byo kugongana n’indege ya gisirikare yari iri hafi aho.
Kugeza ubu, intera nyakuri yari iri hagati y’izo ndege zombi ntiramenyekana neza. Ibi biterwa n’uko indege ya gisirikare y’Amerika itari yacanye igikoresho cya transponder, gikoreshwa mu kohereza amakuru y’aho indege iherereye n’icyerekezo irimo ku bagenzuzi b’ingendo zo mu kirere. Kubera iyo mpamvu, byabaye ingorabahizi kumenya neza uko indege zombi zari ziteganye n’urwego rw’ingaruka zari zishobora guteza.
Mu itangazo JetBlue yashyize ahagaragara rigenewe itangazamakuru, iyi kompanyi yemeje ko abakozi bayo bahise bamenyesha ubuyobozi bukuru ibyabaye byose. Yanashimangiye ko yiteguye gutanga ubufatanye busesuye mu iperereza rizakorwa, hagamijwe kumenya icyateye iki kibazo no gufata ingamba zikwiye zo gukumira ko cyasubira.
Iki gikorwa cyongeye kwibutsa akamaro ko kubahiriza amategeko agenga umutekano wo mu kirere, cyane cyane gukoresha ibikoresho byose by’itumanaho, by’umwihariko mu bice by’ikirere bikunze guhuriramo indege za gisivili n’iza gisirikare, hagamijwe kurinda ubuzima bw’abagenzi n’umutekano rusange w’ingendo zo mu kirere.
