Ka taƙaita labarin:  Skyfaring. ta hanyar Mark Vanhoenacker. (Chatto & Windus £ 16.99) Sha'awarmu game da jiragen sama, da kuma mutanen da ke tuka su (har yanzu yawancin maza ne), sun sami ɗanɗano mai ban sha'awa tun lokacin da jirgin saman Germanwings na 9525 ya yi karo da gangan a cikin Alps na Faransa ta hanyar mataimakinsa mai matsala Andreas Lubitz. Wannan bala'i ya haifar da muhawara mai gudana game da damuwa da damuwa tsakanin matukan jirgi, da kuma hanyoyin bincike na kamfanin jirgin sama, wanda kusan dukkanmu muna da sha'awa. Wannan ya sa littafin Mark Vanhoenacker, ba da gangan ba, ya dace sosai. Lokacin da yake rubuta shi bai taba jin labarin Lubitz ba, ba shakka, amma kuma ba ya yin magana game da abubuwan ban tsoro na 9/11 ko wani jirgin sama ya fadi ko dai ba da gangan ba ko kuma da gangan. Vanhoenacker babban jami'i ne na farko tare da British Airways, wanda yake so mu fahimci sha'awarsa ga aikinsa, kuma mu raba tare da mu da yawa daga cikin asirinsa masu ban sha'awa. Kamar ni, shi ma yaro ne lokacin da aka gayyace shi a karon farko zuwa cikin jirgin sama, kuma kamar ni, ya ɗauke shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi muhimmanci a rayuwarsa. Amma a gare shi, asirin ya dawwama. Abin ƙarfafa ne, yanzu fiye da dā, a tuna cewa har ga ƙwararrun matuka jirgin sama, tafiya da jirgin sama zai iya zama abin farin ciki, abin al'ajabi. Mark Vanhoenacker babban jami'i ne na farko a British Airways kuma yana son mai karatu ya fahimci sha'awarsa ga aikinsa. Vanhoenacker, Ba'amurke ne, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara game da gudanar da kasuwanci kafin ya sake farfaɗo da wannan sha'awar na ƙuruciya. Ya koyi tashi a Burtaniya, jarabce mu da "dangantakar tarihi tare da jirgin sama". Ba zato ba tsammani, aikinsa na farko shi ne ya jagoranci jirgin Airbus 320 a kan jiragen Turai na nesa - daidai abin da Lubitz yake yi a wannan ranar da ta faru. Amma Vanhoenacker ya koma Boeing 747, kuma su ne babban ƙaunarsa. Yana sha'awar jirgin 747 kamar yadda mai zanen mutum zai yi da kamiltaccen jikin mutum, yana lura da yadda suke faranta wa ido rai. Vanhoenacker ya tuna da wani marubucin namun daji da ya taɓa bayyana babban shuɗin Virginia a matsayin "747 na bog" kuma ya lura da yadda wannan zai...
Bala'in jirgin na Germanwings ya jawo muhawara kan matsalar bakin ciki a cikin matukan jirgin. Marubucin, Vanhoenacker babban jami'in farko ne a kamfanin British Airways. Yana son mai karatu ya fahimci sha'awarsa ga aikinsa.