Umkhumbi iRoyal Caribbean Cruise Line's Oasis of the Seas cruise waphoqeleka ukuba ubuyele ekhaya emuva kokuqubuka kweNorovirus egulise abagibeli abangaba ngu-300 ababehamba ngomkhumbi. Ngaphambi kokuphoqelelwa kwe-U-turn, noma ngabe i-Oasis of the Seas yamenyezelwa njengomkhumbi ohlukanisa abantu - uhulumeni waseJamaica wanqabela abagibeli ukuthi behle eFalmouth, lapho babenosuku lokuvakasha ababehlelile - iRoyal Caribbean ekuqaleni yayihlelile ngokuqhubeka nohambo lwasolwandle njengenjwayelo, kuveza incwadi evela enkampanini yezikebhe.
Ulayini ohamba ngesikebhe uhlela ukuhlanza umkhumbi ngesikhathi ukuze kuthunyelwe umthwalo omusha wezisulu - abenzi, amaholidi - ngosuku olulandelayo.
"Asinasizathu sokukholelwa ukuthi noma yikuphi ukugula kuzoba nomthelela kokusele koseyili bethu," babhalela abagibeli, usuku ngaphambi kokumisa okusele kwalolu hambo lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa futhi bememezela ukuthi bazobuyela eKapa Canaveral, eFlorida ngoMgqibelo ekuseni. Bonke abagibeli abangu-8,000 bazobuyiselwa imali.
Abagibeli abagulayo nabasebenzi baphathwa ngemithi yokuthenga, futhi abasebenzi bathatha izinyathelo zokuphepha ukuze bavikele ukubhebhetheka kwezifo, baphakela zonke iziphuzo kanye nokudla ngokwabo hleze abagibeli babelane ngetafula eligcwele igciwane, bengazi ongakwenza ukunciphisa ukungakhululeki kwabantu abasemqedweni wobhadane oluntantayo.
"Sicabanga ukuthi into efanele ukwenziwa ukuthi wonke umuntu afike ekhaya kusenesikhathi kunokuba izivakashi zikhathazeke ngempilo yakhe," kusho okhulumela iRoyal Caribbean u-Omar Torres.
Ukujaha ukubuyela ethekwini bekungengenxa yokukhathazeka kwabagibeli nabagulayo abagulayo, kepha -iRoyal Caribbean ibiphuthuma ukubeka phansi umkhumbi kulungiselelwa omunye umhlambi wabagibeli ozosuka ngeSonto.
"Ukubuyela ngoMgqibelo kusinikeza nesikhathi esithe xaxa sokuwucwenga ngokuphelele futhi sihlanze umkhumbi ngaphambi kokuwuthatha," kusho uTorres etshela i-NBC, eshiya ukuthi "ukuhamba ngomkhumbi olandelayo" komkhumbi othwala abantu abangu-8,000 kuzokwenzeka emahoreni angama-24.
