Iyi ndege ya Boeing 737, yakubiswe n’inkuba ubwo yari yamaze gufata ikirere cya Metero zisaga 30,000 z’ubutumburuke (ni kilometero 30), yari itwaye abantu 140. Amakuru avuga ko ikirere cyari kimeze nabi umuyaga ari mwinshi.
Boeing 737 MAX yakubiswe n’inkuba imaze kwinjira ku kibuga cy’indege mpuzamahanga cya Tocumen mu mujyi wa Panama. Amashusho ateye ubwoba yafatiwe imbere muri cockpit yerekana inkuba ikomeye yakubise imbere mu ndege, abarimo barahungabana ariko ku bw’amahirwe ntiyahanutse cyangwa ngo hagire uyipfiramo.
Umupilote, yakomeje kugira imbaraga agerageza uburyo bwose yururutsa indege, mu gihe abagenzi bari bamaze kwiheba bose bacyumva ko inkuba yakubise indege bicayemo nk’uko inkuru ya Dailymail ibivuga.