Sekutholwe izidumbu ezimbili kanti abantu abangu-46 basaduke ngemuva kokuthi isikebhe sicwile izolo ebusuku emanzini asoThongathi.
Isikebhe i-Princess Ashika sicwile emanzini enyakatho yesiqhingi esikhulu sase-Tongatapu izolo ebusuku.
UTaliofa Kototeaua ovela kubaphathi bemikhumbi, iShipping Corporation of Polynesia, utshele i-Stuff.co.nz ukuthi omunye wemikhumbi yokuhlenga ukhiphe isidumbu wasiyisa ogwini.
Omunye wawusemkhunjini wamabhokisi.
Uthe abazi ukuthi ungubani kodwa bezwe imibiko yokuthi omunye wabashonile ubengowaseYurophu.
Uthe bayisithupha abokufika emkhunjini okuhlanganisa abokufika baseJapan, eJalimane naseFrance.
Isizindalwazi saseMatangi Tonga sithi abekho abesifazane nezingane abake batakulwa esikebheni esicwile ogwini lwaseTonga ngobusuku.
Licaphune uSiaosi Lavaka, owatakulwa eNkosazana Ashika, ethi zonke izikebhe eziyisikhombisa eziphunyukile zazigcwele amadoda.
"Akekho abesifazane noma izingane eziphumelele," etshela iMatangi Tonga Online emini kwabha namuhla.
Uthe ukholwa wukuthi abesifazane nezingane bebevaleleke ngaphakathi esikebheni ngesikhathi sehla njengoba bebelele ngesikhathi isikebhe sithola ubunzima.
Uthe ulwandle belugubha amagagasi angena esikhumulweni sesikebhe esingaphansi lapho bekunabasebenzi.
Isikebhe sanyakaza futhi ukholelwa ukuthi lokhu kwenze ukuthi impahla ihambe ibheke ohlangothini olulodwa. Isikebhe sibe sesiqala ukugingqika abanye abagibeli beqa.
“Sivuswe umsindo wokumemeza sagxuma.”
Le webhusayithi iphinde ibike abasindile bethi okungenani kutholwe isidumbu esisodwa sowesilisa wase-Europe nokuthi ilungu leqembu elisindile likholelwa ukuthi abantu ababili baseYurophu kanye nevolontiya elilodwa laseJapan baphakathi kwabagibeli abalahlekile.
Khonamanjalo, umthombo wamaphoyisa utshele i-Stuff.co.nz esikhathini esingengakanani edlule ukuthi zibonile izidumbu kanti manje kukholakala ukuthi bekunabantu abangaphezu kuka-100 esikebheni ngesikhathi sicwila.
I-Rescue Coordination Centre yaseNew Zealand iqale umkhankaso omkhulu wokusesha ngemuva kokuthi isikebhe sicwile endaweni eyi-86km enyakatho-mpumalanga yeNuku'alofa izolo ebusuku.
Isikebhe i-Princess Ashika besisuka e-Nuku'alofa siya e-Ha'afeva, eqenjini leziqhingi zaseNomuka, ngesikhathi sikhipha ucingo lukaMay ngaphambi kuka-11 ebusuku.
I-Rescue Coordination Center yaseNew Zealand (i-RCCNZ) ithumele i-Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion, efike kuqala ukukhanya.
Emini, i-Orion yayisihlanganise cishe ingxenye yendawo yokusesha engu-207sq km, ikhomba ukucwila cishe ku-86km enyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Nuku'alofa.
Abasebenzi babike izimo ezinhle zokusesha kanye nomkhondo wemfucumfucu ovela emkhunjini oshonile ofinyelela ku-15km.
Izikebhe zokuqala ezifike endaweni yesigameko zidonse abantu abangu-42 emikhunjini yokuphila - abagibeli abangu-17 nabasebenzi abangu-25, kuhlanganise nokapteni.
Abanye abangu-11 batholakale bephephile futhi bephilile namuhla ekuseni.
Abasindile bathathwa ngesikebhe bayiswa e-Ha'feva, lapho i-RCCNZ isebenza khona neziphathimandla zaseTongan ukuhlela usizo lwasogwini.
Izikebhe ezintathu, okuhlanganisa nomkhumbi wasolwandle i-Tongan Navy, i-Pangai, bezisasiza ekusesheni, nomkhumbi wesine obekumele uzihlanganise nazo ekuseni namhlanje ntambama.
Izinga lokushisa lamanzi apholile elingu-25degC lizosiza labo abasesemanzini ukuthi baphile, kusho okhulumela iMaritime New Zealand uNeville Blackmore.
Ukukhukhumala okungamamitha amabili kuya kwamathathu kubikezelwa ukuthi kuzodamba phakathi nosuku.
Umkhulumeli webandla lamamethodisti eWellington, uTevita Finau, uthe umatasatasa ukuthola ukuthi yimiphi imindeni ezinze eNew Zealand ethintekile kanti umphakathi wesonto lesiTonga eWellington uyahlangana ngeSonto ukudingida ukuthi yini abangayenza ukusiza.
“Sizwa ukulahlekelwa okukhulu osekwenzekile futhi siyazi ukuthi sekunomlando wezinsiza ezingathembekile eziqhingini,” usho kanje.
Wengeze ngokuthi umphakathi ungathanda ukuthi uhulumeni waseNew Zealand nowase-Australia abasize babheke izinsiza zemikhumbi eTonga, okuhlanganisa nokubukeza ukuqeqeshwa kwabasebenzi kanye nezindlela zokuphepha emkhunjini.
Okwamanje akwaziwa ukuthi yini imbangela yokucwila kungazelelwe kwesikebhe ebesithwele impahla engamathani angu-10, okunye okukholakala ukuthi ngezingodo.
IPrincess Ashika, eyakhiwa eJapan ngo-1970, ibikade indiza emanzini aseTongan amasonto ambalwa nje futhi bekuyindlela yokumisa igebe ngaphambi kwesikebhe esisha esizoqala ukusebenza.
Inhlekelele yesikebhe embi kunazo zonke yaseTonga yaba ngoDisemba 1977 lapho isikebhe i-Tokomea esasinabantu abangu-63 sinyamalala sisuka eVava'u siya eNiuatoputapu sinabantu abangu-63. Konke okwake kwatholakala kwakuyijakhethi yokuphila kanye neyunithi yeqhwa ejulile engenalutho, naphezu kokusesha okukhulu.
Ngenyanga edlule i-RNZAF C130 Hercules yafuna abasindile esikebheni esikhulu esiketulwa eKiribati. Kwafa abantu abangu-XNUMX.
Ngonyaka odlule i-RNZAF yafuna izisebenzi eziyi-14 ze-Ta Ching 21, isikebhe sokudoba saseTaiwan esisebenza emanzini aseKiribati.
Isikebhe ebesishile sitholakele kodwa akutholakalanga lutho kubasebenzi abalahlekile.
