Intombazane encane yaseMelika, cishe ezinyangeni eziyi-18 ubudala, yehliswa ngephutha ngumkhulu wayo esuka emphemeni we-11 I-Royal CaribbeanUmkhumbi we-Freedom of the Seas ngenkathi umiswe eSan Juan, E-Puerto Rico, ngemuva kokubuya ohambweni lwesonto lonke bedabula iCaribbean.
Le ntombazane yamenyezelwa ukuthi ishonile ngemuva nje kwengozi izolo, ngeSonto, ngoJulayi 7, 2019, ngemuva kokuwa ngamamitha angu-150 nokuhlala ethekwini likakhonkolo ngezansi. Uyisemkhulu kamama wentombazane, uSalvatore Anello waseValparaiso, e-Indiana, uyaphenywa. Wonke omunye umndeni uvela eGranger, e-Indiana.
Umkhulu wayebambe le ntombazane ngefasitela evulekile ngesikhathi ishibilika ezandleni zakhe. Umndeni wabazali bentombazane - ubaba wakhe, u-Alan Wiegand, oyiPhoyisa lase-Indiana - kanye nomfowabo omncane, nogogo nomkhulu womama kanye nabazali babo kwakumele bathathe iholide ndawonye ngomkhumbi wokuhamba ngesikebhe.
Inkululeko Yezilwandle yayilungiselelwe ukuqala olunye uhambo lwezinsuku eziyi-7 eCaribbean. Yabambezeleka ngemuva kwengozi, yahamba ngemuva kwesikhathi ngo-8: 30 ntambama ibheke eSaint Martin. Umndeni uhlala ePuerto Rico ngenkathi kusaqhubeka uphenyo.
Ofakazi ababone ukuwa kusaxoxwa nezikhulu ezizophinde zihlole izithombe ze-CCTV. UMnyango Wezokubulala woMnyango Wamaphoyisa wasePuerto Rico eSan Juan wenza uphenyo, kodwa akukholakala ukuthi sebeke baxoxisana nomndeni.
