Kulandela udaba olusesizindalwazini sezindaba seBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ngoSepthemba 5, 2011, mayelana nesigameko sokuthunjwa kwabakwaChandlers, iKomidi Lezinga Eliphakeme laseSeychelles elibhekele ubushokobezi lingathanda ukucacisa ukuthi ngokuphambene nalokhu abakwaChandlers ababikile, babengaphezulu. kunokuxwayisa ngokwanele kusengaphambili ngezingozi ezihambisana nokuphanga eNtshonalanga ye-Indian Ocean futhi ikakhulukazi nomzila abawuthatha kulolo hambo oluneshwa.
Okungenani izikhathi ezimbili ezihlukene, abakwaChandler belulekwa ngezinsongo zobugebengu ezihlobene nohambo abaluthatha. Okokuqala, ngaphambi kokusuka eSeychelles, abakwaChandlers bekufanele balandele izinqubo ezithile ukuze bathole imvume yasePort ukuze bahambe ngomkhumbi. Phakathi nalezo zigaba, baziswe ngabe-Seychelles Maritime Safety Administration (SMSA) ngezingozi zobugebengu obuhlobene nohambo lwabo oluhleliwe. Okwesibili, abakwaChandlers baphinde belulekwa yi-Providence Marina, okuyiNkampani yase-Seychelles Yacht Charter, lapho kade begcina khona isikebhe sabo, ngobungozi bobugebengu emanzini azungezile.
Ngaphezu kokusakazwa kwabezindaba, amatilosi ayelokhu ekwaziswa njalo ngezingozi zobugebengu e-Indian Ocean yiSiteshi Somsakazo Sasogwini saseSeychelles e-Bon Espoir, esihlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zokuxhumana ngomkhumbi ukuya ogwini.
Abantu baseSeychellois bazwelana nabakwaChandler ngesipiliyoni esibuhlungu abadlule kukho. Kodwa-ke, umthwalo wemfanelo walokho okwenzekile ulele ngokuphelele kuma-Chandlers anqume ukuthatha ubungozi noma kunjalo.
