Abangu-30 bahlengwe ngemuva kokucwila kwamabhasi ezivakashi e-Liverpool

LIVERPOOL, E-England – Sekwenziwe umkhankaso wokuhlenga ngemuva kokucwila kwebhasi labavakashi ebelinabantu abangu-30 e-Albert Dock, eLiverpool.

Idlanzana labantu liphuthunyiswe esibhedlela ngemuva kokuthi umkhumbi weYellow Duckmarine ungene ngaphambi kwehora lesine ntambama namuhla. "Uphenyo lwe-multi-ejensi" selusungulwe mayelana nokucwila.

Umsebenzi wokuhlenga - ohlanganisa amaphoyisa, i-ambulensi, i-coastguard kanye ne-RAF - ifakwe abezimo eziphuthumayo futhi abantu abangu-31 basizwa ukuphuma emanzini.

Kulabo, abantu abayi-17 baphuthunyiswe esibhedlela iRoyal Liverpool ukuze bathole ukwelashwa, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokushaqeka, kodwa bonke base bephile saka ngokwanele ukuthi bangadedelwa.

Akekho obevaleleke ngaphakathi emkhunjini, kusho abezicishamlilo.

Le nkampani iqhuba ukuvakasha emigwaqweni yedolobha ngesithembiso “sokuphela kwe-splashdown”.

Sekungokwesibili ezinyangeni ezintathu kucwila enye yezimoto eziphuzi.

Kuyaqondakala ukuthi abantu abangu-28 bayiswe endaweni ephephile ebhasini, kuhlanganise nosana olubanjwe unina phezu kwamanzi ophahleni lwesikebhe esizikayo. Abanye abathathu basindiswe abezicishamlilo emanzini.

Okhulumela amaphoyisa aseMerseyside uthe wonke umuntu usebaliwe wathi: "Intambo yamaphoyisa isamile endaweni yesigameko kanti nophenyo lwezinhlaka eziningi mayelana nesigameko lusaqhubeka."

Abazibonele babike ukuthi babone inqwaba yabantu bebhukuda e-Mersey ngesikhathi umkhumbi, omunye kwabane bemikhumbi yenkampani, ucwila eSalthouse Dock, eyingxenye yenxanxathela ye-Albert Dock.

Abantu babebonakala bephonsa izindandatho emanzini ukuze basize labo ababezama ukubaleka.

NgoMashi, wonke umkhumbi wayalelwa ukuba uphume emanzini ngemuva kokucwila kwebhasi, ebelingathwele abagibeli.

Kwathi ngoMeyi, iNdlovukazi kanye neNkosana uPhilip bagibela elinye lamabhasi aphuzi i-Duckmarine lapho bevakashele lesi sifunda njengengxenye yohambo lwayo lwe-Diamond Jubilee ukugubha iminyaka engama-60 esihlalweni sobukhosi.

Ebhala ku-Twitter, iMeya yaseLiverpool uJoe Anderson wenqabile ukudonswa ngekusasa lemikhumbi waze wazi ukuthi wonke umuntu ohililekile esehlakalweni sakamuva uphephile.

Ubhale wathi: “Isigameko sika-Albert Dock Duck, bheka ngeke ngiphawule ngokusemthethweni ngekusasa lala madada kuze kube sazi ukuthi abantu baphelele.”

UMnu Anderson ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wabhala kuTwitter wathi: “Isigameko sika-Albert Dock: Amaphoyisa aqinisekisa ukuthi bangu-31 abantu abangene esikhumulweni semikhumbi, abantu abangu-31 sekubaliwe. Wonke umuntu kulungile, abanye abantu basasesibhedlela."

Ngokusho kwe-Liverpool Echo, i-Pearlwild Ltd, ephethe le mikhumbi, ibhekene nophenyo oluhlukile lukaKhomishana Wezokuthutha waseNorth West, nophenyo lomphakathi oluzobanjwa ngasekupheleni kwale nyanga phakathi nokukhathazeka ngokusebenza kwemikhumbi yezimoto ngesikhathi sempi.

Okhulumela abezicishamlilo uDan Stephens uthe: “Abantu abathathu batakulwe izicishamlilo emanzini. Sithole usizo oluvela ezinhlakeni eziningi endaweni yesigameko. Sisebenze namaphoyisa aseMerseyside, iNkonzo yama-Ambulensi aseNyakatho Ntshonalanga, i-Coastguard kanye ne-RAF ukuze siphendule wonke umuntu ogibele.

“Abacimi bomlilo abaphendulile bevela eziteshini zomphakathi zase-Toxteth nase-City Centre bahlenge. Bekungekho muntu obevaleleke emkhunjini ozikayo.”

UMnu Stephens uqhube wathi: “Izicishamlilo ebezigqoke amasudi omile nentambo yokuphepha zingene emanzini zabhukuda zahlenga abantu abadala abathathu abebesemanzini. Babaletha endaweni ephephile.

“Izicishamlilo zibe sezibhukuda zibuyela ngaphandle ukuze zibheke ukuthi akekho phakathi komkhumbi. Ithimba Lokusesha Nokuhlenga, elizinze e-Croxteth Community Fire Station, liphinde lasebenzisa ikhamera engaphansi kwamanzi ukuze lihlole ukuthi akukho muntu emkhunjini. Umkhumbi ubusemanzini ebangeni elingamamitha angama-25 ukusuka lapho ungena khona emanzini.

“Indiza enophephela emhlane ye-RAF isisize ngokusebenzisa amakhamera ezithombe ezishisayo ukuze ihlole ukuthi akukho muntu emkhunjini noma ngaphansi kwamanzi.

"Bonke abantu sebebaliwe manje."

Okhulumela i-Albert Dock uthe "bajabule" bonke abagibeli abangu-31 kanye nabasebenzi ababili batakulwe bephephile.

"Ngemuva kwalesi sigameko, abaqondisi be-Albert Dock bangathanda ukudumisa impendulo yabezimo eziphuthumayo kanye nethimba labo lezokuphepha futhi bazosebenzisana ngokugcwele nanoma yiluphi uphenyo," kusho umkhulumeli.

Isibhedlela iRoyal Liverpool namhlanje ebusuku sibuyekeze isitatimende saso sathi sebebonke abantu abangu-18 balashwe ngalesi sigameko.
Abekho abantu abalimele kabi kanti zonke iziguli seziphumile.

Inkampani ephethe amabhasi eYellow Duckmarine ayitholakalanga ukuze kuphawulwe ngayo.

Kodwa umkhulumeli weYellow Duckmarine kamuva wathi: “Ngemuva kwesigameko esihilela uQuacker 1, sisebenzisana eduze nenhlangano yethu elawulayo, i-The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) kanye namaphoyisa aseMerseyside.

“Isikebhe esibandakanyeka kulesi sigameko sinesitifiketi esisemthethweni sokuphatha abagibeli.

“Umkhumbi usutholakele futhi ngemuva kokuxoxisana ne-MCA uyiswe endaweni ephephile futhi evikelekile ukuze kwenziwe uphenyo olugcwele. Lokho kuzoqhubeka kusasa ekuseni.

“Ithimba lethu lalandela inqubo yalo yokubhekana nezimo eziphuthumayo, laqinisekisa ukuthi abagibeli behla ngokuphephile. Ngokuphathelene nalokhu sisizwa abanikazi bezikebhe abaningana abamise e-Salthouse Dock esingathanda ukubonga kubo.

“Sithanda futhi ukubonga abezimo eziphuthumayo kanye nethimba lezokuphepha lase-Albert Dock elikhona ngempendulo yabo esheshayo neyisibonelo.

“Sizoqhubeka nokusebenzisana ngokugcwele ne-MCA kanye namaphoyisa aseMerseyside.

“Siyajabula ukuthi bonke abagibeli abaphuthunyiswe esibhedlela njengezinyathelo zokuphepha sebekhululiwe manje.”

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