I-Edinburgh: Ukulimala ngemuva kokuqeda amathiphu omkhumbi omkhulu

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Umkhumbi omkhulu obuhlezi esikhumulweni semikhumbi esomile ukhishiwe endaweni owawuyibambe wabe esethintwa enhlokodolobha yaseScotland i-Edinburgh ngoLwesithathu, kwalimala abantu abangu-33, kusho abezimo eziphuthumayo.

Umkhulumeli weScottish Ambulance Service utshele i-CNN ukuthi iziguli ezingu-21 zithuthelwe ezibhedlela zendawo kanti ezinye ezingu-12 zelashwa zadedelwa endaweni yengozi e-Imperial Dock e-Leith, endaweni esenyakatho ye-Edinburgh.

Umkhulumeli uthe inkonzo ithumele ama-ambulensi angu-12, i-ambulensi yomoya, ithimba labahlukumezekile abathathu, ithimba elikhethekile, izikhungo ezintathu zosizo lokuqala kanye nezimoto ezintathu zokuthutha iziguli.

Uphiko lwamaphoyisa ase-Edinburgh luthe amaphoyisa alo kanye nabanye abezimo eziphuthumayo bebesendaweni yesigameko, esenzeke ngaphambi kuka-8:30 ekuseni ngesikhathi sendawo. Uhulumeni waseScotland uthe wenze izinhlelo zawo zokuqina ukuze zisekele impendulo yezimo eziphuthumayo.

Izithombe ezisuka endaweni yesigameko zikhombisa umkhumbi, ohlonzwe njengoMkhumbi Wocwaningo i-Petrel, utshekele eceleni nge-engeli engama-degree angu-45.

Umkhumbi wamamitha angu-76 (amafithi angu-251) wamathani angu-3,000 wawuxhaswe umsunguli we-Microsoft ongasekho u-Paul Allen futhi waduma eminyakeni yamuva nje ngemva kokuthola inqwaba yezingozi zomkhumbi ezalahleka kudala. Okutholakele kwayo kuhlanganisa I-USS Hornet kanye ne USS Lexingtonizindiza ezimbili zase-US ezithwala izindiza zacwiliswa amaJapane phakathi neMpi Yezwe II.

U-Allen ushone ngo-2018 ngenxa yezinkinga ezihlobene ne-non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

I-Petrel ibilokhu iku-moring isikhathi eside futhi ayikaze isetshenziswe kusukela ngoJuni 2020, okokuqala eFlorida bese kuba seScotland. Ngokwesitatimende esakhishwa ngaleso sikhathi, isinqumo sokubeka umkhumbi endaweni yokuthutha “sasiwumphumela wezinselelo zokusebenza zalolu bhubhane.”

UDeidre Brock, omele i-Edinburgh North kanye noLeith ephalamende lase-UK, uthe kuTwitter “imimoya enamandla” iwuchithile umkhumbi.

Ngokusho kwabeMet Office, le ndawo ihlaselwe yisiphepho esinamandla ngesikhathi sesigameko.

I-Dales Marine, inkampani ephethe idokodo lapho kwenzeke khona ingozi, ithe iyaxhumana nabezimo eziphuthumayo futhi yengeza ngokuthi ngeke isaphawula.