Kulimale abangu-25 ngesikhathi umkhumbi ugingqika echwebeni laseScotland

Umkhumbi omkhulu uwele phansi ngesikhathi umile eScotland, kwalimala abantu abangu-25 ngoLwesithathu, ngokusho kwabezimo eziphuthumayo.

AbakwaScottish Ambulance Service bathi abantu abangu-15 baphuthunyiswe esibhedlela, abanye abangu-10 balashwa base bededelwa endaweni yesigameko.

Umkhumbi wasuswa ekugcinweni kwawo e-Imperial Dock e-Edinburgh. Amaphoyisa endawo anxuse umphakathi ukuthi ugweme indawo ukuze uvumele ukufinyelela kwezidingo eziphuthumayo.

Izithombe ezivela endaweni yesigameko zibonise umkhumbi uncike ohlangothini nge-engeli engama-degree angu-45. U-Adam McVeyusombusazwe wendawo, ubhale kuTwitter ukuthi igcine ingasasebenzi ngenxa yomoya onamandla.

Umkhumbi wamamitha angu-76 (amafidi angu-250) ubude, obizwa ngokuthi i-Petrel, wawuwumkhumbi wocwaningo owathengwa futhi wahlonywa umsunguli we-Microsoft ongasekho u-Paul Allen.

I-Petrel ifakwe ubuchwepheshe bokuhlola i-deep-sea futhi iholele emisebenzini yephrofayili ephezulu yokuthola ukuphahlazeka komkhumbi okungokomlando – okuhlanganisa nokutholwa kwe-USS Indianapolis ngo-2017 olwandle lwasePhilippine.

I-BBC ibike ukuthi lo mkhumbi uboshiwe kusukela ngo-2020 ngenxa yezinselelo ezilethwe wubhubhane lwe-COVID-19.