Dylan Bettencourt
Inhlekelele iphinde yagadla kabili emkhunjini wezimpahla i-Felicity Ace: njengoba lo mkhumbi wavela wavutha amalangabi ngomhlaka-16 kuNhlolanja, kwathi ngoLwesibili wabhekana nesimo sezulu esinezivunguvungu wacwila ngaphansi kolwandle.
Umkhumbi wehle cishe amakhilomitha angu-400 usuka endaweni yama-Portuguese e-Azores, uthwele izimoto zikanokusho ezingu-4,000 – okuhlanganisa ama-Porsches, ama-Bentleys kanye nama-Lamborghini – wacwila nazo.
Kubikwa ukuthi lo mkhumbi ungenwe amanzi kanti abengena kakhulu ohlangothini olulodwa, ngokusho kwesitatimende esiphuma kubashayeli bawo.
“Isimo sezulu besingesihle laphaya. Ngeshwa wacwila,” kusho uPat Adamson, okhulumela i-Felicity Ace, i-MOL Ship Management, etshela i-Bloomberg.
Wonke umuntu obesemkhunjini ukwazile ukuphunyukundlela ngaphambi kokuthi ucwile.
Ngaphambi kokuthi ucwile, abanikazi bawo abazinze e-Japan i-Mitsui O.S.K. Inkampani yezokuthutha yakwa-Lines ithe ngomhlaka-25 kuNhlolanja umkhumbi ubuzinzile, abasebenzi abahlengiwe bagibela umkhumbi bezama ukuhlenga impahla.
Le nkampani ithe basebenzise ezinye izindlela ukuhambisa umkhumbi endaweni ephephile ezungeze endaweni zase-Azores.
Babe nebhadi kulendlela abahamba ngayo, njengoba bebhekene nenhlekelele yokuqala esikhathini esingaphansi kwenyanga.
Umkhumbi wavutha amalangabi ngomhlaka-16 kuNhlolanja ngesikhathi ulibangise e-Emden e-Germany yize kungacacanga ukuthi umlilo uqale kanjani, uqubuke izinsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuthi ulawulwe ngomhlaka-25 kuNhlolanja.
Bonke abasebenzi abebesemkhunjini bakhishwe ngaphandle kokulimala njengoba umlilo wawubhebhetheka bawushiya umkhumbi.
Ukubhebhetheka kwalo mlilo kuthiwa kusheshiswe izimoto zikagesi ebezivutha amalangabi, njengoba ama-Battery azo evutha kakhulu.
Izazi zemvelo ziveze ukukhathazeka ngokuthi le nhlekelele izolimaza i-ecosystem yasolwandle, okuyikhaya lezinhlanzi, oshaka, amahlengethwa kanye nama-Coral reefs.
Umkhumbi ubuthwele amathani angu-2,200 kaphethiloli kanye namanye amathani angu-2,200 kawoyela eceleni kwenye imfucuza eyingozi njengopulasitiki, izintambo zikagesi nopende.
Umthombo wesithombe: @AutoEvolution