Abagibeli abangu-239 kanye nabasebenzi abangu-51 batakulwe endaweni I-Euroferry Olympia Isikebhe esisuka e-Igoumenitsa entshonalanga yeGreece, siya ethekwini lase-Italy e-Brindisi namuhla ngoLwesihlanu ngemuva kokuqubuka komlilo emkhunjini ngaseCorfu, Greece.
Iningi le isikebheAbagibeli badluliselwe emkhunjini wokuhlenga owabayisa esiqhingini saseCorfu.
Umsebenzi wokuhlenga wawubandakanya okungenani imikhumbi emithathu yonogada basogwini kanye nesikebhe esisodwa samaphoyisa ezezimali ase-Italy.
Imbangela yomlilo ibingakaziwa okwamanje.
Izithombe ezilayishwe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zibonisa amamitha angu-183 (amafidi angama-600) ahlatshwe umkhosi ngesi-Italian isikebhe evutha amalangabi. Ukukhala kosizi lwaseMayday kwakuqhuma izikhulumi njengoba kushunqa intuthu emkhunjini.
Akukaze kube nemibiko esheshayo yokushona kwabantu noma ukulimala kanzima, nakuba oyedwa uphuthunyiswe esibhedlela ngemuva kokubika ukuthi unenkinga yokuphefumula.
Okhulumela iGrimaldi Lines uPaul Kyprianou uthe imbangela yomlilo iyaphenywa.
“Umonakalo mukhulu ngoba phezu kwemizamo izisebenzi azikwazanga ukucisha umlilo,” usho kanje.
Abagibeli bancome abasebenzi ngokubavusa nokubakhipha ezingozini.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Abagibeli abangu-239 kanye nabasebenzi abangu-51 batakulwe esikebheni se-Euroferry Olympia esisuka e-Igoumenitsa entshonalanga yeGreece, siya echwebeni lase-Italy eBrindisi namuhla ngoLwesihlanu ngemuva kokuqubuka komlilo emkhunjini ngaseCorfu, eGreece.
- Iningi labagibeli besikebhe lidluliselwe emkhunjini wokuhlenga owabayisa esiqhingini saseCorfu.
- “Umonakalo mukhulu ngoba phezu kwemizamo izisebenzi azikwazanga ukucisha umlilo,” usho kanje.
