BUKA: Kushone isalukwazi kuketuka isikhebhe sokungcebeleka

Isikebhe ebesithwele abagibeli abangu-144 phakathi kweNassau, Bahamas neBlue Lagoon Island siketulwe, kwashona isalukazi saseMelika, 75. Abagibeli bagxume besuka esikebheni njengoba sasibhekana namagagasi anamandla, ngaphambi kokuba sigeqeke futhi ekugcineni sizike.

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Isikebhe bekuyi-catamaran enezitezi ezimbili esetshenziswa yiBlue Lagoon Island Tours, inkampani ehlinzeka ngohambo losuku lokuya esiqhingini esizimele ngemisebenzi efana noku-Doba, ukubhukuda nama-Hlengethwa, nomdlalo we-volleyball yasogwini.

Isikebhe sasuka e-Nassau ngezithuba zabo-10:30 ekuseni sinabagibeli abangu-144 kanye nabasebenzi abayisithupha esikebheni kanti bekufanele ifike lapho eyakhona e-Blue Lagoon Island cishe imizuzu engama-30.

Ngokusho kofakazi, isikebhe sihlangabezane namagagasi anamandla nomoya onamandla njengoba sisondela esiqhingini. Abanye abagibeli bathi bezwe isikebhe sinyakaza futhi sesitshekile ngaphambi kokuba siketuke sacwila.

Abagibeli abaningi bagxume besuka esikebheni bazama ukubhukuda beya endaweni ephephile, kuyilapho abanye bebambelele esigodlweni esigingqikile noma imfucumfucu. Abanye abagibeli bebegqoke izikibha zamshubhu (life jackets) kodwa abanye bebengagqokile.

I-Royal Bahamas Defence Force, i-US Coast Guard, kanye neminye imikhumbi eseduze, iye yasabela kwikhwelo locingo yokuthi kuyohlengwa abantu abangu-149 emanzini. Abanye babo balashelwe ukulimala okungatheni kanye ne-hypothermia endaweni yesigameko, kanti abanye baphuthunyiswe ezibhedlela zendawo.

Ngeshwa, umgibeli oyedwa, isalukazi sase-Melika esineminyaka engu-75 ubudala sase-Colorado, kuthiwa ushonile esibhedlela. Igama lakhe belingakadalulwa, kusalindwe ukwaziswa komndeni wakhe.

Imbangela yokuguquguquka kwesikebhe isaphenywa yiziphathimandla zase-Bahamian. Abazange bakugweme ukuthi kungenzeka kube namaphutha omuntu, ukungasebenzi kahle kwemishini, noma izimo zezulu njengezici ezinomthelela.

Inkampani i-Blue Lagoon Island Tours idlulise amazwi enduduzo emndenini kamufi nakubangani, yathi ibambisene neziphathimandla nokuhlinzeka ngoxhaso kwabasindile.