Amagosa anike ingxelo yokuba iBridge Bridge yaseBaltimore yaseFrancis Scott, eyolula i-1.6 yeekhilomitha (2.57 km) eMaryland, yawa ngentseni yangoLwesibini kulandela ukungqubana nenqanawa yecontainer.
Ngokutsho kwamagosa, le ngozi ishiye abantu abasixhenxe emanzini. Ividiyo ebukhoma elayishwe kuYouTube ibonisa inqanawa ibetha ibhulorho, ekhokelela ekuweni kweendawo ezininzi kuMlambo iPatapsco.
Isebe loMlilo lesiXeko saseBaltimore lahlula isiganeko njengesiganeko sokulimala kwabantu abaninzi kwaye saqalisa iinzame zokukhangela abantu abalahlekileyo emlanjeni. U-Kevin Cartwright, umlawuli wezonxibelelwano kwiSebe loMlilo waseBaltimore, wazisa iReuters ukuba iifowuni ezininzi ze-911 zafunyanwa malunga ne-1: 30 ekuseni, zibika ukungqubana kwenqanawa kunye ne-Key Bridge, okubangele ukuwa kwayo.
Amapolisa aseBaltimore aziswe ngale meko ngo-1:35 am ET (535 GMT) ngoLwesibini. Ngokutsho kweAssociated Press, iimoto ezininzi ziye zawela emanzini ngenxa yale ngozi.
UFrancis Scott Key Bridge eBaltimore ngexesha lempembelelo (umfanekiso weskrini ovela kwividiyo yeYouTube)
Idatha yokulandelela inqanawa enikezwe yi-LSEG ibonisa ubukho benqanawa ye-Singapore-flagged-container, i-Dali, kwindawo ye-Key Bridge apho isiganeko senzeke khona. UGrace Ocean Pte Ltd udweliswe njengomnini obhalisiweyo wenqanawa, ngelixa iSynergy Marine Group isebenza njengomphathi, ngokweerekhodi zeLSEG.
I-Synergy Marine Corp ibike ukuba inqanawa ye-container "Dali," ibhabha iflegi yaseSingapore, yadibana nenye yeentsika zebhulorho. Baye baqinisekisa ukuba bonke abasebenzi, kubandakanywa nabaqhubi beenqwelomoya, bafunyenwe, kwaye akukho nzakalo baxeliweyo.
Izikhululo zezibuko zase-Baltimore, zombini zabucala nezikawonke-wonke, ziphethe iimoto ezingama-847,158 kunye neelori ezilula ngo-2023, ezona ziphezulu kuwo onke amazibuko ase-US. Ukongeza, izibuko lilawula ukuthuthwa koomatshini bezolimo nokwakha, iswekile, igypsum, kunye namalahle, ngokolwazi olukhoyo kwiwebhusayithi karhulumente yaseMaryland. Abaphathi bezibuko baseBaltimore abazange baphendule ngokukhawuleza kwisicelo seReuters sokuphawula.
Ibhulorho enguNdoqo, ebizwa ngokuba nguFrancis Scott Key, yavulwa ngo-1977, ngexabiso eliqikelelwayo lokwakha i-60.3 yezigidi zeerandi.
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