Anthu 20 akusowa kuphatikizirapo alendo odzawona phiri lomwe lidaphulika Lolemba ku New Zealand komwe amakayendera alendo ku White Island. Ena mwa iwo atha kukhala okwera sitima ya Oover of the Sea Cruise yoyendetsedwa ndi Royal Caribbean Cruises.
Sizikudziwikabe kuti ndani anali ku White Island pamene chinaphulika. Apaulendo ochokera m'sitima yapamadzi yopita ku White Island Lolemba atha kukhala m'gulu lawo. White Island ili pafupi ndi Port of Tauranga yomwe ili ku Tauranga, New Zealand. Ndilo doko lalikulu kwambiri m'dzikoli.
Mneneri wa Port of Tauranga adatsimikiza kuti okwera kuchokera ku Cruise liner Ovation Of The Seas anali pachilumbachi Lolemba. Komabe, sizikudziwika ngati alendowo anali akadali pachilumbachi pamene phirili linaphulika nthawi ya 2:15 pm nthawi yakumaloko.
Ulendo wopita ku White Island udakonzedwa mwalamulo ndi woyendetsa sitimayo, mneneri wa Port Of Tauranga adati. Chombocho chidayenera kuchoka padoko Lolemba, koma tsopano chikhala padoko kwa nthawi yosadziwika.
The Oover of The Seas ndi imodzi mwazombo zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, malinga ndi ogwira ntchito ku Royal Caribbean. Kampaniyi ili ku Miami, Florida.
Prime Minister waku New Zealand a Jacinda Ardern adati boma likuyesetsa kuti anthu ambiri pachilumbachi pa nthawi ya kuphulikako anali alendo.