Umkhumbi Wezimpahla Owehlise Ibhuloho laseBaltimore

Ngomhla zingama-26 kuNdasa ngesikhathi sendawo, ezintatha, umkhumbi wamabhokisi i-"Dali" washayisana ne-Francis Scott Key Bridge e-Baltimore, e-USA, kwabhidlika iningi lebhuloho kanye nabantu abaningi nezimoto eziwela emanzini. .

Ngokusho kwe-Associated Press, uMnyango Wezomlilo weDolobha laseBaltimore uchaze ukuwa njengesigameko esikhulu sabantu abalimele. U-Kevin Cartwright, umqondisi wezokuxhumana eMnyangweni Wezomlilo wase-Baltimore, uthe, "Ngezithuba zabo-1:30 ekuseni, sithole izingcingo eziningi ezingu-911 zibika ukuthi umkhumbi ushayise i-Francis Scott Key Bridge e-Baltimore, okubangele ukubhidlika kwebhuloho. Njengamanje sifuna okungenani abantu abangu-7 abawele emfuleni." Ngokwemininingwane yakamuva evela kwa-CNN, abatakuli bendawo baveze ukuthi balinganiselwa ku-20 abantu abawele emanzini ngenxa yokuwa kwebhuloho.

I-"Dali" yakhiwa ngo-2015 inamandla angama-9962 TEUs. Ngesikhathi sesigameko, umkhumbi wawusuka echwebeni laseBaltimore uya echwebeni elilandelayo, njengoba uke wabiza amachweba amaningana e-China nase-United States, kuhlanganise neYantian, Xiamen, Ningbo, Yangshan, Busan, New York, Norfolk, kanye neBaltimore.

I-Synergy Marine Group, inkampani yabaphathi bemikhumbi ye-"Dali", iqinisekise ingozi esitatimendeni. Le nkampani ithe bonke abasebenzi batholakele futhi akukaze kube nemibiko yabantu abalimele, "nakuba imbangela yengozi ingakacaciswa, umkhumbi usuqale izinsiza ezifanelekile zokubhekana nezingozi."

NgokukaCaijing Lianhe, uma kucatshangelwa ukuphazamiseka okubalulekile komthambo oyinhloko womgwaqo omkhulu ozungeze i-Baltimore, le nhlekelele ingase ibangele isiphithiphithi ngemikhumbi nokuthutha emgwaqeni kwelinye lamachweba amatasatasa oGwini Olusempumalanga ye-United States. Ngokuhamba kwempahla nangenani, iPort of Baltimore ingelinye lamachweba amakhulu e-United States. Yichweba elikhulu kunawo wonke lokuthutha izimoto namaloli amancane e-United States. Njengamanje kunemikhumbi okungenani engama-21 entshonalanga yebhuloho elibhidlikile, cishe ingxenye yayo eyizikebhe ezidonsayo. Kukhona futhi okungenani ezintathu ezithwala ngobuningi, ezokuthutha ngemoto eyodwa ship, kanye nomkhumbi kawoyela owodwa omncane.

Ukubhidlika kwaleli bhuloho akuthinti abagibeli bendawo kuphela kodwa kuphinde kube nezinselelo zokuthutha impahla, ikakhulukazi njengoba sekusondela impelasonto yePhasika. Ichweba lase-Baltimore, elaziwa ngomthamo omkhulu wezinto ezithengwayo nezithunyelwa ngaphandle, libhekene nezingqinamba eziqondile zokusebenza.