Kutakulwe abantu abangu-6, abangu-13 basadukile enhlekeleleni yomkhumbi waseLouisana

• Abantu abangu-19 babesemkhunjini wokuphakamisa ukuhweba ngamamitha angu-129 lapho usuka ethekwini
• Abakwa-US Coast Guard baphindelela ukuthi itakule abantu abayisithupha kuze kube manje
• Usathungathwa abanye abangu-13

Umsebenzi wokusesha nokutakula uyaqhubeka ngamalungu abasebenzi abalahlekile womkhumbi omkhulu wezentengiselwano owagudla ugu lwaseLouisiana.

Kwakunabantu abangu-19 ababegibele ngesikhathi isuka ePort Fourchon ngoLwesibili, ngokusho kwe-manifest. Phambilini, abaphathi bendawo babethi i-18 futhi kamuva babuyekeza inombolo.

Njengamanje, abakwa-US Coast Guard baphindaphinda ukuthi basindise abantu abayisithupha kuze kube manje. Usathungathwa abanye abangu-13.

Umsebenzi wokusesha nokutakula wawuhlanganisa nendiza ye-HC-144 Ocean Sentry eyayivela eCorpus Christi, eTexas, nemikhumbi emine yangasese, ngaphezu kwemikhumbi eminingi yase-Coast Guard, izikebhe ne-helicopter.

Isikebhe sokuphakamisa esingu-129ft sigingqike cishe ngamamayela ayi-8 ukusuka ePort Fourchon ngoLwesibili kusihlwa.

Le ndawo ibhekane nesimo sezulu, "ukuvuka kancane," ngoLwesibili ntambama, okuholele ekutheni kube nemimoya ka-70 kuya ku-80 mph ebingenza ulwandle lube lukhuni kakhulu

Okhulumela inkampani yezokuthutha zasolwandle uSeacor Marine ngokuhamba kwesikhathi waveza ukuthi lo mkhumbi ungowenkampani.

Isikebhe sokuphakamisa isikebhe esizihambelayo esinendawo yokulala evulekile, imvamisa sisebenzisa imilenze nojeke, futhi sifakwa ukusekela ukubhola noma ukuhlola.