ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Munthu woledzera yemwe akuti ali ndi bomba anayesa kulanda ndege ya Turkish Airlines yopita ku Russia Lachitatu koma adagonja mwachangu ndi anthu omwe adakwera nawo, akuluakulu aboma adatero.

Apolisi oyendetsa galimoto ku Russia adamutsekera ndegeyo itatera bwinobwino ku St.

Palibe zophulika zomwe zidapezeka pa wokwera kapena ndege, adatero.

Bebenin adati bamboyo adawopseza kuti aphulitsa ndegeyo ngati zofuna zake zopatutsa ulendo wopita ku Strasbourg, France, sizikwaniritsidwa. Apaulendo adamugonjetsa atapereka chikalata kwa omutumikira ndi zomwe amafuna, adatero.

"Wobera adapereka chikalata kwa woyang'anira wamkulu kuti ali ndi bomba," a Temel Kotil wamkulu wa Turkey Airlines adauza Reuters. "Pambuyo pake, woyendetsa ndegeyo ndi ogwira nawo ntchito adachita zinthu motsatira ndondomeko ya kayendetsedwe ka ndege."

Palibe amene anavulala, anawonjezera.

Mwamunayo, yemwe sakudziwika, ndi mbadwa ya Uzbekistan, akuluakulu a Turkey ndi Russia anena. Bebenin adati ndi nzika yaku Russia, koma wamkulu wa bungwe loyendetsa ndege ku Turkey, Ali Ariduru, adanena m'mawu ake pawailesi yakanema ku Russia kuti ndi nzika ya Uzbek.

"Akuti adaledzera ndipo adachita izi ataledzera," adatero Ariduru.

Ndegeyo idanyamuka ku mzinda wa Antalya ku Turkey ku Mediterranean. Ambiri mwa okwera 164 omwe adakwera ndegeyo - makamaka alendo aku Russia - samadziwa za kuyesa kwa kulanda ndipo adangopeza potuluka mu ndege atangodikirira maola awiri pamtunda, adatero Bebenin.

"Sitinawone kalikonse m'botimo, ndipo sitinkadziwa chilichonse chokhudza mavutowa," adatero Aleftina, m'modzi mwa omwe adakwera ndegeyo - yemwe adakana kutchula dzina lake lomaliza - pochoka pa eyapoti.

"Tidazindikira kuti pali vuto ndi ndege yathu titatera ndipo adatipempha kuti tikhale pamipando yathu," adatero, ndikuwonjezera kuti katundu wapaulendo adasecha.

Kubera anthu sikuchitika kawirikawiri ku Turkey, komwe magulu angapo amphamvu kuyambira odzipatula aku Kurd mpaka zigawenga zakumanzere amagwira ntchito. Zochitika zingapo m'zaka ziwiri zapitazi zatha popanda kuvulala.

Chakumapeto kwa chaka chatha amuna awiri adabera ndege ya ku Turkey yopita ku Istanbul kuchokera kumpoto kwa Cyprus, koma adadzipereka ndikumasula omwe adawagwira atakakamiza ndegeyo kutera kum'mwera kwa Turkey.

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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.