Mlendo wina wazaka 82 wa ku Britain adamira pamene akuwomba pa Great Barrier Reef atangotsimikizira ogwira ntchito m'sitima yapamadzi omwe ali ndi nkhawa kuti ali bwino ndipo akufuna kupitiriza kusambira.
Apolisi ati bamboyo amayenda ndi mnzake paulendo wopitilira 50s, wozungulira padziko lonse lapansi pa sitima yapamadzi ya Saga Rose, yomwe idakhazikika pafupi ndi chilumba cha Hamilton, ngozi itachitika.
Ogwira ntchito paulendo adawona bamboyo akukumana ndi vuto la kupuma pomwe akuyenda mozungulira Dumbell Island pafupifupi 12.20pm (AEST) dzulo.
Koma atafunsidwa, adauza ogwira ntchito kuti ali bwino ndipo akufuna kupitiliza kuombeza, apolisi adatero.
Anapezeka ali chikomokere m’madzimo patangopita nthawi yochepa.
Ngakhale adayesa kutsitsimula, bamboyo adadziwika kuti wamwalira ku Hamilton Island Medical Center.
Choyambitsa imfa sichinadziwikebe, ndipo kuyezetsa magazi kudzachitika kumapeto kwa sabata ino.
Koma Mneneri wa Dive Queensland, a Col McKenzie, adati makampaniwa akuwona kuti anthu achikulire akudwala matenda amtima komanso mavuto ena azachipatala pomwe akudumphira pamtunda, omwe ali ndi zaka pafupifupi 61.
Anati makampaniwa ali ndi zida zotetezera, kuphatikizapo mabwato ambiri omwe amanyamula ma defibrillators awo.
Koma chitetezo 100 peresenti sichingatsimikizidwe, adatero.
"Kutanthauza, chenicheni chokhala ndi anthu okalamba kupita kunja ndi kusangalala ndi Barrier Reef - ena a iwo adzafabe," adatero McKenzie.
Anati ngakhale maphunziro amayenera kuphunziridwa pa imfa iliyonse, imfa zina sizingalephereke.
"Tili ndi bizinesi yotetezeka kwambiri mukaganizira kuti timatenga anthu mamiliyoni angapo pachaka kupita ku Barrier Reef," adatero McKenzie.
"Komanso chimodzimodzi, ndizochitika zongofuna kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi - zimafunika kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi mukangolowa m'madzi ndipo nthawi zina zimangokhala zochulukira kwa anthu ena."
Malinga ndi tsamba la Saga, sitimayo idanyamuka ku England pa Januware 5 ndikuima ku Sydney Lachisanu.
Captain Alistair McLundie adanenanso pa weblog yake Lachisanu akuyembekezera ulendo wa Whitsundays.
Iye anati: “Zili bwino m’tsogolo pamene tikupitiriza ulendo wapamadzi wapadziko lonse umenewu, tikumakumbukira bwino za kukhala kwathu ku Sydney.
"Ndiye tsopano ndikuyembekezera masabata athu amtsogolo."
Ndemanga inali kufunidwa kuchokera kwa Saga.
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