Ngokutsho kwabasemagunyeni kwizibuko lase-Istanbul, inqanawa ye-container yase-Liberia eneflegi i-Songa Iridium yagingqika emini ngemizuzu engama-25 emva kokuba ingene kwi-Bosporus Strait. Inqanawa yesikhongozeli yaphulukana nolawulo yaza yantlitheka kwi-bollard ecaleni kweMangcwaba ase-Asiyan Asri kunye nembali yaseRumeli Castle, IstanbulIndawo edumileyo 's.
Le ngozi iye yavala enye yezona ndlela zamanzi zixakeke kakhulu emhlabeni, zayivala kwitrafikhi.
Iividiyo ezikuloo ndawo zibonisa inqanawa ihamba kancinci isiya ngaselunxwemeni ngaphambi kokuba ingqubane nayo.
Izikhephe zokuhlangula zathunyelwa, kunye ne-Coast Guard kunye nePolisa yaseLwandle. Iinqanawa ezintathu ezazinqumla i-Bosporus Strait emva kokuba i-Songa Iridium igqithe ngokukhuselekileyo, emva koko zonke iinqwelo-mafutha kumzila wamanzi zanqunyanyiswa.
Ngokutsho kwewebhusayithi yokulandela umkhondo wenqanawa, inqanawa eyaphukileyo inobunzima obuziitoni ze-23.633 kunye nobude beemitha ezili-191 (626,64 ft). Yayisuka kwizibuko laseUkraine iOdessa isiya kwizibuko laseIstanbul iAmbarli.
Abasemagunyeni eTurkey bathi inqanawa inabasebenzi abali-19, kwaye akukho mntu wonzakeleyo ngexesha lesehlo. Kwakhona kuye kwachazwa ukuba inqanawa ibike ukusilela kwe-injini ngaphambi nje kokungqubana.
