Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica Ungqongqoshe, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett, uthi imboni yezokuvakasha yakuleli isosizini, ngemuva kokuzwa ngokudlula emhlabeni kungazelelwe kowayengumnikazi we IJamaica Inn, Peter Morrow.
Udlule emhlabeni ngoLwesine e-Ocala, eFlorida, ngemuva kokuthi indiza encane abehamba ngayo ishayisa imoto. Le ngozi kubikwa ukuthi ibulale u-Morrow kanye nomunye umgibeli owayegibele ngesikhathi indiza izama ukuhlalisa izimo eziphuthumayo, eduze nenxanxathela yezitolo enyakatho neFlorida.
“Egameni lawo wonke uHulumeni waseJamaica, ngithanda ukudlulisa amazwi enduduzo emndenini nakubangane abaseduze bakaPeter Morrow, ngalesi sikhathi esinzima. Siphatheke kabi kakhulu ngalezi zindaba futhi ngidlulisa ukuzwelana nami okukhulu, ikakhulukazi kumfowabo u-Eric,” kusho uBartlett.
“UMnu Marrow ubengusomabhizinisi okhaliphile owazi ukubaluleka kosizo lwamakhasimende oluhle futhi emamatheka ngomusa. Uthando lwakhe ngezokuvakasha alufani neze futhi imboni yethu yasekhaya ngeke ifane ngaphandle kwakhe. Sengathi umphefumulo wakhe ungaba nokuthula noBaba wethu oseZulwini,” eqhubeka.
Ngokuvumelana ne Izindaba ze-ABC indiza ye-Beechcraft Baron yayisanda kusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Ocala ukuze ihambe ngokulungiswa ngaphambi kokuba "iphahlazeke" emgwaqeni onemizila eyisithupha, yashayisa izintambo zikagesi kanye ne-Sports Utility Vehicle.
Umshayeli osekhulile wemoto uphuthunyiswe esibhedlela kanti kubikwa ukuthi usesimweni esigculisayo.
The Gleaner uchaze uMorrow njengomshayeli wendiza oshisekayo owathola ilayisense yakhe yokushayela eneminyaka engu-15. Ephawula ukuthi wafika okokuqala eJamaica ngasekuqaleni kwawo-50s nomsebenzi wakhe wasehhotela owaqala ngawo-1960, ngemva kokuphothula izifundo zakhe eLondon naseParis.
“Ngifisa nokudlulisa amazwi enduduzo kubasebenzi baseJamaica Inn, okuhlanganisa noGeneral Manager uKyle Mais, enginesiqiniseko sokuthi bashaqekile futhi baphatheke kabi ngalezi zindaba. Ngininika imicabango, imikhuleko kanye nezilokotho ezinhle kulesi sikhathi sobumnyama,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
I-Jamaica Inn yasungulwa ngo-1958; Itholakala endaweni yezivakashi edolobheni i-Ocho Rios futhi ibiphethwe abanikazi besizukulwane sesithathu uPeter no-Eric Morro, kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1980. Eminyakeni edlule, leli hhotela likanokusho lamukele izivakashi eziningi zosaziwayo nezikhulu zikahulumeni ezifana noMarilyn Monroe, u-Arthur Miller, uSir Winston Churchill kanye noPrincess Margaret.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Noting that he first came to Jamaica in n the early 50s with his hotel career starting in the 1960s, after he completed his studies in London and Paris.
- The crash reportedly killed Morrow and the other passenger on board on impact, when the aircraft tried to make an emergency landing, near an outdoor shopping mall in north Florida.
- “On behalf of all of the Government of Jamaica, I would like to offer my condolences to the family and close friends of Peter Morrow, during this very difficult time.
