ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Mumwe murume akadhakwa aizviti ane bhomba akaedza kubira ndege yeTurkey Airlines yaibva kuRussia neChitatu asi yakakurumidza kukurirwa nevamwe vaaifamba navo, vakuru vakuru vakadaro.
Mapurisa ekufambisa kweRussia akamusunga mushure mekunge ndege yamhara zvakanaka muSt. Petersburg, muchuchisi Alexander Bebenin akaudza vatori venhau panhandare yendege yeguta rePulkovo.
Hapana zvinoputika zvakawanikwa pamutakuri kana mundege, akadaro.
Bebenin akati murume wacho akanga atyisidzira kuti aizoputika ndege yacho kana zvaaida kuti ndege yacho iende kuStrasbourg, France, ikasaitwa. Vatyairi vakamukurira mushure mekunge apa vaperekedzi tsamba ine zvaaida, akadaro.
"Mukororo wacho akapa tsamba kumukuru wevatariri achiti ane bhomba," Mukuru weTurkey Airlines Temel Kotil akaudza Reuters. "Mushure meizvi, kaputeni nevashandi vakaita zvinoenderana nehurongwa hwekubhururuka nendege."
Hapana akakuvara, akawedzera.
Murume uyu, asina kuzivikanwa zita rake, chizvarwa cheUzbekistan, vakuru veTurkey neRussia vataura. Bebenin akati aive mugari weRussia asi mukuru wehurumende yeTurkey aviation Authority, Ali Ariduru, akataura mumashoko aiburitswa paterevhizheni muRussia kuti aive mugari weUzbekistan.
“Zvinonzi akanga akadhakwa uye kuti akanga aita chiito ichi akadhakwa,” akadaro Ariduru.
Ndege yakasimuka kubva kuTurkey kuMediterranean resort guta reAntalya. Vazhinji vevatakuri ve164 vari mundege - kunyanya vashanyi veRussia - vaisaziva nezvekuyedza kupamba uye vakangozoziva pakubuda mundege mushure mekumirira kwemaawa maviri patara, Bebenin akadaro.
"Hatina chatakaona muchikepe, uye hapana chataiziva nezvematambudziko," akadaro Aleftina, mumwe wevaive mundege - uyo akaramba kudoma zita rake rekupedzisira - pakubuda panhandare yendege.
“Takazoona kuti pane chaive chisina kumira zvakanaka mundege yedu patakamhara vakatikumbira kuti tigare pazvigaro zvedu,” vakadaro vachiwedzera kuti midziyo yevaiva vakatakura yakasechwa.
Kubiwa kwemotokari hakusi kushoma muTurkey, uko kune akati wandei mapoka ane utsinye kubva kuKurdish separatist kusvika kune mauto ari kuruboshwe anoshanda. Zviitiko zvakawanda mumakore maviri apfuura zvakapera pasina vanhu vakafa.
Mukupera kwegore rapfuura varume vaviri vakapamba ndege yeTurkey yaienda Istanbul kubva kuchamhembe kweCyprus, asi vakazvipa ndokusunungura vatapwa vavo mushure mekumanikidza ndege kumhara kumaodzanyemba kweTurkey.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- Bebenin said he was a Russian citizen but the head of Turkey’s civil aviation authority, Ali Ariduru, said in remarks televised in Russia that he was an Uzbek citizen.
- Most of the 164 passengers aboard the flight — mostly Russian tourists — were unaware of the hijack attempt and only found out on emerging from the plane after a two-hour wait on the tarmac, Bebenin said.
- Bebenin said the man had threatened to blow up the plane if his demands of diverting the flight to Strasbourg, France, were not met.
