Ingozi ebandakanya abakhenkethi: Isikhitshane esinesantya esiphezulu saseHongKong - Macau

Iindwendwe ezimbini zaseKorea kunye nomkhenkethi omnye waseJapan babephakathi kwabantu abangamashumi amahlanu anesixhenxe abonzakeleyo, abanye kabuhlungu, xa isikhephe esinesantya esiphezulu esithwele abantu abangama-220, kubandakanywa abakhenkethi abaninzi kunye nabahlali bendawo kunye nabasebenzi abali-13 abavela eHong Kong babetheka kumanzi aphuma kwindawo enkulu. ferry pier e Macau ngentsasa yangoLwesihlanu.

Isikhitshane seTurboJet, iCacilhas, sinyusele isikhephe samanzi kwaye sasidweliswe ngasekunene kwayo malunga nentsimbi yesi-9.30am, ngokwe-Macau's Marine and Water Bureau.

Ubuncinci iinqanawa zokuhlangula ezine zathunyelwa ukuba zikhuphe abakhweli kwijetfoil. Bakhweliswa kwisikhululo sezikhephe esingaphakathi kwizibuko kunye nendawo yokumisa okwethutyana eTaipa, esincinane kwiziqithi ezibini zaseMacau.

Nge-12.30pm, amadoda angama-35 kunye nabasetyhini be-22 kuquka ubuncinane ilungu elinye labasebenzi babikwe balimala, ngokutsho kukarhulumente waseMacau.

Abezoncedo lokuqala bavavanye abonzakeleyo kwisikhululo senqanawa kunye ne-Taipa pier ngaphambi kokuba babathumele kwisibhedlele sasekuhlaleni.

Isithethi sathi uninzi lonzakele kancinci. “Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, akukho namnye kubo okwimeko ebeka ubomi esichengeni,” utshilo.

Urhulumente waseMacau uthi bazakuqalisa uphando ngonobangela wesi sehlo.

Ijetfoil ebotshelelwe eMacau ishiye isikhululo sesikhephe saseHong Kong-Macau eSheung Wan malunga nentsimbi yesi-8.30am.

Esi siganeko senzeka xa singena kwizibuko laseMacau elingaphakathi malunga nentsimbi yesithoba ekuseni.

I-TurboJet ithi le nqanawa yayihamba ngesantya esingama-64km/h ngexesha lesehlo. Iimeko zemozulu kwathiwa zilungile.

I-Cacilhas ifumene uhlolo lokugqibela lonyaka ngoJulayi kulo nyaka uphelileyo kwaye ukapteni uneminyaka engama-34 yamava okuhamba ngesikhephe kuhlobo olufanayo lwenqanawa, ngokutsho komqhubi.

Ubuncinci iziganeko ezili-10 apho izikhephe ziye zangqubana nezinye iinqanawa, iibhoyi, okanye iidokhi zixeliwe kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo. Eyona nto inzima kakhulu yenzeke xa isikebhe saseHongkong soMbane sadibana nesikhephe esivela kwisiqithi saseLamma ngo-Oktobha 2012, okubangele ukuba i-39 ibulawe kwaye i-92 yenzakala. Yayiyeyona ngozi yabulala abantu abaninzi eHong Kong kwiminyaka engama-40.

Izihlobo zabakhweli ababulawa kwintlekele ye-ferry yaseLamma babhengeze kwinyanga ephelileyo ukuba balungiselela ukumangalela urhulumente ngembuyekezo kunye nelungelo lokubona ngokupheleleyo ingxelo yangaphakathi ebuhlungu kule ntlekele.

Urhulumente wakhupha isishwankathelo ngoAprili, echaza ukuziphatha kakubi kwamagosa ali-17 angachazwanga ngamagama kunye “nokurhaneleka kolwaphulo-mthetho” kunye “nokusilela okunzulu kwenkqubo” kwiSebe lezaseLwandle.

NgoMeyi, bangaphezulu kwe-30 abantu bonzakele xa isikhephe esinesantya esiphezulu sasiqhutywa nguShun Tak kwaye sithwele abakhweli be-162 sangqubana nenqanawa yemithwalo yelizwe kumanzi aphuma kwi-Cheung Chau ferry pier. Olo ngquzulwano lwalandela esinye isiganeko ngoNovemba apho isikhephe esasisiya eMacau ngokucacileyo sabetha uhlobo oluthile lwenkunkuma emanzini, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba sime ngequbuliso senzakalise abantu abangama-87.

I-TurboJet iseke iminxeba yoncedo olungxamisekileyo – 852 2859 3333 (Hong Kong) kunye no-853 2870 3661 (Macau) – kwisehlo sanamhlanje.