I-NAIROBI, Kenya - Isikhephe esincinci esimhlophe saya kwinqanawa yase-Italiya iMelody emva kwexesha lesidlo sasemini njengoko yayihamba emantla eSeychelles, abaphangi babadubula ngokuqatha abakhweli abayi-1,500 kunye nabasebenzi ababekhwele.

Into abangayilindelanga abaphangi kukuba, ebumnyameni, abasebenzi babezobuyela umva.

Kwindlela entsha yokunyuka kwesibetho sokuphangwa kwabaphangi baseSomalia, imikhosi yezokhuseleko yabucala yase-Israel eyayikhwele kwi-MSC Cruises yolwandle inqanawa yagxotha abaphangi ngoMgqibelo ngemipu nangemibhobho yamanzi, ibathintela ekungeneni ngaphakathi, utshilo umphathi wenkampani uDomenico Pellegrino.

UPellegrino uxelele I-Associated Press. Abazange balindele impendulo ekhawulezileyo ngolu hlobo. Bothuka. ”

Abakhweli bayalelwe ukuba babuyele kwiikhabhathi zabo kwaye izibane ezisemgangathweni zacinywa. Inqanawa enkulu emva koko yahamba ngobumnyama, yaza yaphelekwa ngumkhosi wenqanawa waseSpain ukuze uqiniseke ukuba ufikelela kwizibuko elilandelayo.

"Kwakungathi sisemfazweni," Umphathi wenqanawa wase-Italiya, uCiro Pinto, uxelele unomathotholo wase-Itali.

Akukho namnye wabagibeli abamalunga ne-1,000 XNUMX owenzakeleyo kwaye ngeCawa emva kwemini babephumile kumgangatho welanga, utshilo uPellegrino.

Kodwa abahlalutyi bathi ukusetyenziswa okungafunekiyo kwezixhobo ngumkhosi wokhuselo wenqanawa kunokwenza izinto zibe mandundu kumanzi angenwe ngupirate kwiPhondo leAfrika, apho iinqanawa ezingaphezu kwe-100 zahlaselwa kunyaka ophelileyo ngabaphangi baseSomalia. Phantse kuko konke ukuqweqwediswa, abasebenzi abakhange benzakale kwaye bakhululwa emva kokuba kuhlawulwe intlawulelo.

Kukho ukuvumelana kumzi-mveliso wokuhambisa ngenqanawa ukuba, kwimeko ezininzi, ukuba nomlindi oxhobileyo ayiyongcamango ilungileyo leyo. Isizathu soku-1 sesokuba sinokubangela ukwanda kobundlobongela kunye neenqanawa eziye zazama ukoyikisa iinqanawa ngoku zinokuqalisa ukubulala abantu, utshilo uRoger Middleton, ingcali kwezobugebenga baseSomalia kwitanki lokucinga elizinze eLondon. .

Ezinye iingcali azivumelani, zisithi ubuhashe kunxweme lweSomalia yanamhlanje yahlukile kuba abaphangi banomdla kakhulu kwimithwalo yabantu.

Imodeli yabo yeshishini, ukuba uyathanda, ibikukungawenzi ngaphaya komda oya kuthi ubazise lonke ubunzima behlabathi phezu kwabo. Bafuna ukubamba abathinjwa kunye nokuhlawulela abo bathinjiweyo. Ke amathuba okuba bandise ubundlobongela akunakulindeleka, ”yatsho ingcali yaseAfrika uPeter Pham, umlawuli weNelson Institute for International and Public Affairs kwiJames Madison University.

Watsho ukuba iinqanawa zokuxhobisa ayisosisombululo sizinzileyo, kuthathelwa ingqalelo ukuba iinqanawa eziqikelelwa kwi-20,000 zidlula kwiGulf of Aden minyaka le.

"KwiMelody, uthetha ngabakhweli abayi-1,000 500 kunye nabasebenzi abangama-1,500, mhlawumbi kubantu abayi-XNUMX abahlawulayo ukuze babe nokukhuseleka ebhodini kwenza ukuba kube noqoqosho kunye nobuchule - kodwa xa ujongene neenqanawa zemithwalo zesiqhelo kwahluke kakhulu," uthe.

U-Pellegrino uthe i-MSC Cruises yayinemikhosi yezokhuseleko yabucala kwa-Israyeli kuzo zonke iinqanawa zabo kuba yayiyeyona ibalaseleyo. Uthe imipu ebikhwele yayisengqondweni yomlawuli kunye nemikhosi yezokhuseleko.

Olu hlaselo lwenzeka kufutshane naseSeychelles kwaye malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-500 kwimpuma yeSomalia, ngokwe-anti-piracy flotilla kwikomkhulu leZiko loKhuseleko lweLwandle eMaphondweni e-Afrika. IMelody yayihamba inyuka ngaselunxwemeni lwaseAfrika, isuka eDurban, eMzantsi Afrika isiya eGenoa, e-Itali.

U-Pinto uthe abaphangi baphanga "ngokungathi baphambene" ngezixhobo ezizenzekelayo, bonakalisa kancinci le nqanawa, xa besondela kwisikhephe esincinci esimhlophe esifana neZodiac.

"Emva kwemizuzu emine okanye emihlanu, bazamile ukubeka ileli," utshilo uPinto kwiSky TG24. “Babeqala ukunyuka kodwa sasabela, saqala sazidubula. Bathe bakuwubona umlilo wethu, kunye namanzi aphuma kwimibhobho yamanzi esiqale ukuyitshiza ibhekisa kwiZodiac, bemka bemka… Basilandela umzuzwana, malunga nemizuzu engama-20, utshilo.

U-Lt. u-Nathan Christensen, osisithethi se-US Navy 5th Fleet, uqaphele ukuba umgama osuka kunxweme lwase-Somali-i-500 yeekhilomitha-yayingumqondiso wobuchule beepirate obandayo. Kude kube ngunyaka ophelileyo, uninzi lohlaselo lweepirate lwenzeka ngaphakathi kwe-100 yeemayile zonxweme lwaseSomalia kodwa wathi ukuphela kokugqibela bekukho "utshintsho olwenziweyo kubuchule babo."

“Ayisiyonto ingaqhelekanga ukuhlaselwa kwabantu kunxweme lwaseSeychelles; Sesinazo kwinyanga ephelileyo, ”utshilo. "Kodwa kwangaxeshanye, luphawu lokuba bayaqhubeka nangakumbi kunxweme lwaseSomalia."

Kwisiganeko esahlukileyo ngeCawa, i-Yemen Interior Ministry yathi oonogada bonxweme base-Yemeni bangqubana nabaphangi babulala ababini kubo xa bezama ukuqweqwedisa itanki lase Yemeni kwiGulf of Aden. Kwaye i-cruiser yaseTurkey iAriva 3, enamalungu amabini aseBritane kunye namalungu amane aseJapan akhwele, asinda kuhlaselo lomkhosi kufutshane nesiqithi sase-Yemeni iJabal Zuqar, utshilo u-Ali el-Awlaqi, intloko yenkampani ye-Yemeni El-Awlaqi Marine.

Kwangoko kulenyanga, uMkhosi waselwandle wase-US wadubula wabulala abaphangi abathathu wabamba isisele sesine emva kokubambana iintsuku ezintlanu emanzini kunxweme lwaseSomalia apho bathimba khona iMaersk Alabama ene-US.

Ukutshintshiselana ngomlilo phakathi kweMelody kunye neepirati yayiyenye yeengxelo zokuqala eziphakathi kwabaphangi kunye nenqanawa yomkhosi. Ukuthumela ngenqanawe kwabahlali kunye neenqanawa zabakhweli zithintele abasebenzi bokuxhobisa okanye ukuqesha ukhuseleko ngezixhobo ngezizathu zokhuseleko, uxanduva kunye nokuthotyelwa kwemithetho yamazwe ahlukeneyo apho bamisa khona.

Kwakungekuko ukuhlaselwa kokuqala kwinqanawa yokuhamba ngeenqanawa, nangona kunjalo. Ngo-Novemba, abaphangi bavulela umlilo kwiinqanawa ezisebenza e-US, iM / S Nautica, eyayithatha abakhweli abangama-650 kunye nabasebenzi abangama-400 kuhambo olusuka eRoma lusiya eSingapore. I-liner yakwazi ukugqitha kubaphangi. Kwaye ekuqaleni kuka-Epreli isikhephe sabakhenkethi saxhwilwa ngabaphangi baseSomalia kufutshane naseSeychelles emva nje kokuba bethule umthwalo wabakhenkethi.