Inani lokusweleka kuqhushumbo lwentaba-mlilo eNew Zealand ngoMvulo lingaqhubekeka ukunyuka nanjengoko abasebenzi bakaxakeka bengakhange bakwazi ukukhangela kwisiqithi apho kwenzeke khona esi sehlo.

Ukufa kwabantu abathandathu kwaqinisekiswa emva kogqabhuko lwangoMvulo lwentaba-mlilo i-White Island. Abantu abahlanu basweleke ngexesha lokuqhuma okanye kungekudala emva koko, ngelixa umntu wesithandathu esweleke ngoLwesibini ebusuku kwisibhedlele iAuckland. Abantu abaninzi basinda kuqhushumbo babalekela elwandle ukuze bafumane isiqabu kukutsha kunye nothuthu olushushu, ngoku ka Imithombo yeendaba edibeneyo.

Kuyacaca ngoku ukuba bekukho amaqela amabini kwesi siqithi, iNkulumbuso yaseNew Zealand uJacinda Ardern kwinkomfa yoonondaba ngoLwesibini. Abo babekwazi ukukhutshwa, kunye nabo babekufutshane nokuqhuma.

Amapolisa akholelwa ukuba bebonke ngabantu abangama-47 kweso siqithi ngexesha lokuqhuma. Amaqela abakhenkethi ababekumaphenyane akufutshane asebenza njengabaphenduli bokuqala abasindileyo, ebasika kwiingubo zabo kwaye egalela amanzi amatsha kukutsha kwabo. Abasindileyo babalekiselwa ukutshisa iiyunithi kwilizwe liphela.

Omnye wabakhenkethi wabhala esi siganeko sothusayo kumsonto we-Twitter, echaza ukuba yena nosapho lwakhe basishiya isiqithi kanye phambi kogqabhuko-dubulo.

'Usapho lwam kunye nam besele sihlile kwimizuzu engama-20 ngaphambili, bebelinde isikhephe sethu malunga nokuhamba kwethu xa besibona,' ubhale watsho, 'ukukhwela esikhepheni ukugoduka kulungiselela abantu esikhululwe ngabo esikhepheni.

Emva kwesiqhushumbisi kwangoko, amapolisa akholelwa ukuba ngekhe kubekho baphila kwiWhite Island. Ababoni zimpawu zobomi ngexesha lehelikopta. kwaye ubuncinci abantu abasibhozo basaduka, ngokwabasemagunyeni .

Inani labemi kunye nabakhenkethi babekwiWhite Island ngexesha lokuqhushumba. Ubuncinane zingama-24 iindwendwe zaseOstreliya ezazindwendwela esi siqithi, iNkulumbuso yase-Australia uScott Morrison yatsho kwingxelo NgoMvulo. Kwakukho abantu baseMelika abasithoba, abahlanu baseNew Zealand kunye nabanye abavela eJamani, eUnited Kingdom, China naseMalaysia. Uninzi lwabo babengabakhweli kwiRoyal Caribbean Ovation of the Seas cruise ship.

Ixhoba lokuqala elasweleka esibhedlele yayinguHayden Marshall-Inman, isikhokelo kunye neNew Zealand & apos; s White Island Tours.

Amapolisa ase-New Zealand aqalise imishini yokuhlangula esebenzisa iihelikopta kunye nee-drones nanjengoko esi siqithi sasiseyingozi kakhulu kwabahlanguli ukuba beze emhlabeni.

'Bazama nje ukufumanisa ukuba bangazifumana njani iihelikopta, Isithethi sohlangulo sixelele iSydney Morning Herald . Kwaye sinokusondela njani ngaphandle kokungakhuselekanga kakhulu kubasebenzi bethu.

Ukufuduka ngaphambi nje kolo dubulo kwehlisa abantu abangama-23 kweso siqithi, abanye babo babelaliswe esibhedlele.

Esi siqithi asihlali bantu kodwa sihanjelwa ngabakhenkethi abaqikelelwa kwi-10 000 minyaka le. Intaba-mlilo, ebizwa ngokuba yiWhakaari, yeyona ntaba-mlilo inkulu yaseNew Zealand. I-GeoNet, inkqubo yokubeka iliso kubungozi bejoloji yaseNew Zealand ibhalise izidubedube zentaba-mlilo ngokuphakathi kwiiveki eziphambi kolo dubulo.

Ikhamera yewebhu ibonise ukuba iqela labakhenkethi bebengaphakathi kumngxuma nje ngaphambi kogqabhuko-dubulo.

Uninzi luyabuza ukuba kutheni abakhenkethi bevunyelwe kwesi siqithi xa abagadi benyikima baphakamise inqanaba lokulumkisa ngentaba-mlilo kwinyanga ephelileyo. Le mibuzo kufuneka ibuzwe kwaye kufuneka iphendulwe, utshilo u-Nkulumbuso u-Ardern ePalamente ngoLwesibini.

Ngentsasa (umsebenzi wentaba-mlilo) yayikwinqanaba lesi-2, sasingenalo uphawu lwesi siganeko senzekayo, 'uPaul Quinn, Usihlalo weWhite Island Tours, uxelele i-CNN . 'Akukho nto ibonakalise ukuba kuzakubakho ugqabhuko-dubulo.'

Uninzi lwabasindileyo banemililo yokugubungela ubuncinci iipesenti ezingama-30 zemizimba yabo, ngokwe-CNN . Kuyenzeka ukuba asizizo zonke izigulana eziyakusinda, utshilo isithethi se-Ofisi yoMphathiswa Wezempilo uPete Watson ngoLwesibini. Uluhlu olonzakeleyo kubudala obususela kwi-13 ukuya kuma-72.