Ukuwela usuka eGambia uya eziQhingini zaseCanary kwaba yinhlekelele. Isikebhe esihamba ngomkhumbi esaqala uhambo ngo-Agasti 7 sinabantu abangu-128 satholakala ngemuva kokuzulazula e-Atlantic izinsuku ezingu-26. Kukholakala ukuthi abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-80 bashonile, kuhlanganise nosana.
Umkhumbi ubonwe ngoLwesithathu cishe ngamakhilomitha angu-120 eningizimu yeGran Canaria yindiza yaseSpain yokutakula yasolwandle. Lapho abatakuli befika kuwo ebusuku, kwakusaphila abagibeli abangu-45 kuphela. Kwatholakala nezidumbu ezinhlanu ebhodini.
Ngokusho kobufakazi obuqoqwe ngabasindile, abantu abaningana bafa phakathi namasonto amade abawachitha olwandle. Kubikwa ukuthi ezinye izidumbu zaphonswa olwandle. Ukuvuvukala okukhulu kwavimbela abahlengikazi ekutholeni izidumbu ezinhlanu ezitholakale emkhunjini.
Abasindile babebuthaka kakhulu. Abathathu kubo bathuthwa ngendiza enophephela emhlane bayiswa esibhedlela eGran Canaria. Abanye bayiswa echwebeni lase-Arguineguín ukuze bathole ukwelashwa.
Le nhlekelele ingenye futhi isikhumbuzo sezingozi zomzila we-Atlantic oxhumanisa iNtshonalanga Afrika neziQhingi zaseCanary, lapho izikebhe zingahlala khona olwandle amasonto amaningana ngaphambi kokufika ogwini lwaseSpain.
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