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Indiza iyanyakaza lapho ifika esikhumulweni sezindiza eSan Juan, idolobha elikhulu laseNewfoundland. Umshayeli wendiza ye-Air Canada wayexwayise ngakho - "silindele isiphithiphithi esivela emoyeni omncane lapho ufika" - kodwa ukunyakaza kanye nokugxuma komgwaqo wezindiza kuyamangaza. “Kuba njalo,” kusho uSteve, ohlala esiqhingini njalo ngemva kwamasonto amabili, ngomoya ophansi. Uma usuka esibhakabhakeni, iNewfoundland yayiwugu lweqhwa neqhwa. Kungumphumela wokudlula kwesiphepho seqhwa esinamandla ezinsukwini ezimbili zokugcina, sona leso esavela kamuva, amakhilomitha angamakhulu amane ukuya empumalanga, e-Villa de Pitanxo.
Isiphepho sesivele sishiye okubi kakhulu, kepha isimo sezulu asisihle neze
inhloko-dolobha yesifundazwe saseCanada iNewfoundland neLabrador. Izinga lokushisa elingu- -9 (elinomoya obandayo ongu -19) futhi lishunqa kancane kumakhilomitha angama-40 ngehora. Awukho umphefumulo emgwaqeni enkabeni yedolobha futhi yibo kuphela abavelayo benza kanjalo ohambweni olufushane ukusuka esitolo noma ebhizinisini ukuya emotweni yabo. Noma ukubhema ugwayi ophuthumayo ngaphandle kwebha. Kufanele ugwinye izikhathi eziningana ukuze uzwe lokho amatilosi esikebhe sokudoba saseGalician, umkhumbi wabo ucwila, emehlweni aleso siphepho esifanayo, olwandle oluyiqhwa, imimoya yesiphepho namagagasi angaphezu kwamamitha amane ukuphakama.
I-San Juan de Terranova manje yayilindele ukufika kwabathathu abasinda kuleyo nhlekelele, inhlekelele yasolwandle embi kunazo zonke eSpain eminyakeni engamashumi amane. Lona nguJuan Padín, ukapteni womkhumbi; umshana wakhe, u-Eduardo Rial; kanye noSamuel Kwesi Koufi, ongowokuzalwa eGhana. Kubanye amatilosi angama-24 aseVilla de Pitanxo, izidumbu eziyisishiyagalolunye zitholakele, kanti amanye amatilosi ayishumi nambili abengakatholakali ngoLwesithathu ebusuku.
I-Rescue Coordination Center yalesi sifunda saseCanada, esizinze eHalifax (Nova Scotia), ikuqinisekisile ukumiswa okuqondile kwebhasi ku-km 450 ESE Newfoundland. Izikebhe ezihlenge abasindile abangu-3 futhi zathola abantu abashonile abangu-9 zilibangise echwebeni laseSan Juan. Kuhlelelwe ukuthi ifike kusasa ngo-11.00:3 ekuseni ezweni laseSpain. NgokukaSalvamento Marítimo, isikebhe sokudoba saseSpain i-Playa Menduiña Dos sithwala abantu abangu-6 bephila kanye nezidumbu eziyisi-1; umkhumbi wokudoba wase-Portuguese u-Franca Morte unomzimba ongu-2 kanti umkhumbi wama-Canadian Nexus unemizimba emi-XNUMX.
“Ngeshwa, kulandela imiphumela yokusesha okuphelele kwenani elikhulu lezindiza nemikhumbi okuthathe amahora angaphezu kuka-36 futhi endaweni engamakhilomitha-skwele angama-900, ukuthungathwa kwabadobi abayishumi nambili abalahlekile eVilla de Pitanxo kumisiwe. ”, echaza ngeziphathimandla zaseCanada, ekupheleni komsebenzi wabo wokuhlenga.
Uma kubhekwa izimo zolwandle kulesi sifunda, amagagasi aqhubekayo nesiphepho kusaqhubeka, amathuba okuthola ukusinda ayengenakwenzeka. “Alukho ulwandle olubanda njengalokhu,” kusho uCharles, esinye isakhamuzi saseSan Juan, nechweba ledolobha lakhe ngemuva. "Noma ubani owela lapho uhlala imizuzu embalwa."
I-Consul General yaseSpain eMontreal, uLuis Antonio Calvo, uhlala ehhotela kuleso chweba elifanayo, oye eSan Juan ukuyosiza abasindile futhi axhumanise ukuhlolwa kwezidumbu nokubuyiselwa kwezidumbu ezitholwe olwandle.
Amatilosi amathathu asinde ngokuyisimangaliso kulesi siphepho ayesemkhunjini wokudoba waseSpain i-'Playa de Menuiña Dos', esinye sezikebhe ezazidoba kule ndawo futhi ezasiza lapho izimiso zokuxwayisa ezizenzakalelayo ze-Villa de Pitanxo zinikeza uphawu oluyisixwayiso. Kwakungamatilosi alowo mkhumbi ahlangana nabathathu abasindile kwesinye sezikebhe zokuhlenga futhi kusazobonakala ukuthi bayiswa kanjani eSan Juan ngaphambi kokuba babuyele eSpain.
“Kuyichilo,” kusho uRay, ongomunye wabaningi eSan Juan ozilandela eduze izindaba eziphathelene nomkhumbi wokudoba waseSpain. Lapha bajwayele ukuba nomkhiqizo obonakala uwonga ebusika futhi kakade isikweletu sabo ngokuvamile kakhulu. “Kunzima ukulahlekelwa abantu, umndeni, abangani, amakhosikazi. Yinto eyenzeka njalo lapha, izinkathi eziningi zonyaka siba nezigameko ezibuhlungu. Abantu lapha bacabanga ngalawo matilosi aseSpain nemindeni yawo. "
