Ndege ya Ethiopian Airlines yomwe idagwa kuchokera ku Lebanon idagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Ryanair mpaka Epulo watha, wamkulu wawo Michael O'Leary adawulula dzulo.
Anati ndege ya bajeti idagulitsa Boeing 737 - serial number 29935 - mu April chaka chatha ndipo idagwiritsidwa ntchito m'njira zingapo za ku Ulaya.
Bungwe la Irish Aviation Authority linatsimikizira kuti ndegeyo inali ndege yakale ya Ryanair yomwe inadutsa maola othawa 17,750 m'zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri za utumiki.
Ndipo oyang'anira ndege adabwera kudzanena kuti adajambula ndegeyo pama eyapoti aku Britain pakati pa 2002 ndi chaka chatha.
A O'Leary adakana kuti ali ndi mlandu pa ngoziyi, yomwe idapha anthu 90, kuphatikiza Britons Afif Krisht, wabizinesi wazaka 57 waku Plymouth, ndi Kevin Grainger, 24.
‘Zomwe zidachitika sitikuzidziwa,’ adatero.
'Zili ngati kugulitsa galimoto yanu ndipo patatha miyezi 11 munthu woyendetsa galimotoyo achita ngozi. Zinalibe chochita ndi ife.’
Ngoziyi idachitika Lolemba ndegeyo itanyamuka ku Beirut kupita ku Addis Ababa, likulu la Ethiopia.
Mboni zinafotokoza kuona ndegeyo ikugwera m’nyanja ndi kuphulika mu ‘mpira wamoto’. Ofufuza adanena kuti idachoka pabwalo la ndege panjira yolakwika ndikuwulukira mumkuntho.
Zimabwera pomwe nduna ya zamayendedwe ku Lebanon idawulula kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo adalowera kwina ndi njira yomwe Beirut control tower idalimbikitsa.
Ghazi Aridi adati adauzidwa kuti 'akonze njira yake koma adatembenuka mwachangu komanso mwachilendo asanazimiririke pa radar' atanyamuka ku Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport.
Anthu onse 90 omwe anali m'ngalawawa akuwopa kuti amwalira - pomwe matupi 34 adachotsedwa m'nyanja - ndegeyo itatsika ndi malawi pafupifupi 2.30am usiku wa mphezi ndi mabingu.
Akuluakulu aku Lebanon adatsutsa zauchigawenga kapena 'zowononga'. Ndegeyo idapita ku likulu la dziko la Ethiopia, Addis Ababa.
Ofufuza akuyesera kupeza bokosi lakuda la ndegeyo ndi chojambulira deta ya ndege, zomwe ndizofunikira kuti adziwe chomwe chachititsa ngoziyi.
Masiku ano, magulu opulumutsa ndi zida zotumizidwa kuchokera ku U.N. ndi mayiko kuphatikizapo US ndi Cyprus akuthandizira pakusaka.
Zidutswa za ndegeyo ndi zinyalala zina zakhala zikukokoloka kumtunda, ndipo ogwira ntchito zadzidzidzi atulutsa chidutswa chachikulu cha ndegeyo chautali wa mita imodzi kuchokera m'madzi.
Katswiri wina wodziwa bwino za kafukufukuyu adati kuyendetsa ndege ku Beirut kunali kutsogolera ndege ya ku Ethiopia kudutsa mvula yamkuntho kwa mphindi zitatu zoyambirira zaulendo wake.
Mkuluyo, yemwe adapempha kuti asadziwike, adati izi ndi zomwe olamulira aku Lebanon amathandizira oyendetsa ndege omwe akuchoka pabwalo la ndege pa nyengo yoipa.
Sizikudziwika bwino zomwe zidachitika mphindi ziwiri zapitazi, mkuluyo adawonjezera.
Patrick Smith, woyendetsa ndege komanso wolemba ndege ku United States, adati pali zifukwa zambiri zomwe zachititsa ngoziyi.
"Ndegeyo ikadakumana ndi chipwirikiti chambiri, kapena itagunda mphezi yamphamvu yomwe idagwetsa zida kwinaku ikudutsa chipwirikiti champhamvu, ndiye kuti kulephera kwadongosolo kapena kulephera kuwongolera, kutsatiridwa ndi kusweka kwa ndege, ndi zomwe zingatheke," adatero.
Ethiopian Airlines inanena Lolemba kuti woyendetsa ndegeyo anali ndi zaka zopitilira 20.
Sizinatchule dzina la woyendetsa ndegeyo kapena tsatanetsatane wa ndege zina zomwe woyendetsayo adawulukira.
Ethiopian Airlines yati ndege yazaka zisanu ndi zitatuyi idabwerekedwa kugawo la kampani yazachuma yaku US CIT Group ndipo idakonzedwa komaliza pa Disembala 25 chaka chatha.
Inanenanso kuti ndegeyo, mtundu waposachedwa wa mtundu wogulitsidwa kwambiri wa Boeing, idasiya fakitale yaku US mu 2002.
