Katswiri wazokopa alendo wachenjeza kuti zingakhale "zomvetsa chisoni" ngati ngozi ya boti yomwe mwina yapha anthu 60 ku Tonga italepheretsa alendo kuyendera chilumbachi.
Bwato lapakati pazilumbazi, Mfumukazi Ashika, idamira pamtunda wa 86km kuchokera ku likulu la Nuku'alofa pakati pausiku Lachitatu ndi anthu 117.
Maboti opulumutsa anthu anyamula anthu 53 omwe adapulumuka komanso matupi a anthu awiri, kuphatikiza Briton Daniel Macmillan, yemwe amakhala ku New Zealand.
Chiyembekezo chikuzimiririka kwa otsala 62 otsalawo, omwe ambiri a iwo anali akazi ndi ana omwe anali kugona pansi pa madesiki m’nyumba pamene bwato linakhala losalinganizika ndi kugudubuzika mofulumira.
Nduna yayikulu ya dzikolo Fred Sevele wati ndi "tsoka lalikulu" ku Tonga: "Ndi tsiku lomvetsa chisoni ... ndi lalikulu kwa malo ang'onoang'ono."
Mkulu wa bungwe la New Zealand Tourism Research Institute a Simon Milne, yemwe ali ku Tonga kukakumana ndi akuluakulu a zokopa alendo, adati bizinesi yomwe yatsala pang'ono kukhudzidwa ndi ngoziyi.
"Monga malo ambiri ku Pacific, Tonga idakhala ndi vuto lalikulu lazachuma padziko lonse lapansi," adatero Milne kuchokera pachilumba cha Ha'apai, komwe kuli ntchito yopulumutsa anthu.
"Anthu amamva ngati atha kuthana nawo, koma iyi ndi vuto linanso, zokhumudwitsa zomwe sanafune."
Zombo zapakati pazilumba sizimagwiritsidwa ntchito kawirikawiri ndi alendo, omwe ambiri amasankha kuwuluka pakati pa zilumba zitatu za Tonga, Tongatapu, Ha'apai ndi Va'vau.
Mfumukazi Ashika inali bwato lokhalo lothandizira zilumbazi ndipo idagulidwa kuchokera ku Fiji miyezi iwiri yapitayo pambuyo poti Olovaha wokalamba, yemwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuyambira m'ma 1980, adayambitsa zovuta za injini.
Chombocho chinayenera kuima mpaka chombo chatsopano chomangidwa ku Japan chinaperekedwa mu 2011.
Pesi Fonua, mkonzi wa nyuzipepala ya Matangi Tonga, adati anthu ambiri a m’derali anali ndi maganizo oipa pa bwatoli chifukwa linasweka kangapo pamene linkafuna kusamukira ku Tonga.
Malipoti a anthu akusonyeza kuti pa nthawiyi katundu wa matabwa amene anali m'ngalawamo anagwedezeka chifukwa cha mafunde, ndipo ngalawayo inasintha mofulumira n'kuimaliza.
Koma Sevele adati chifukwa chake sichinadziwikebe ndipo adatsindika kuti sitimayo idachita zoyeserera zachitetezo ndipo idapezeka kuti ndi yoyenera ku inshuwaransi.
"Tinakhutitsidwa ndi malipoti omwe tidalandira tisanalipire kwenikweni sitimayo," adatero.
Pakadali pano, zombo zitatu zidayambiranso kusaka Lachisanu kwa omwe akusowabe, koma wogwirizira ntchito yosaka ndi kupulumutsa a John Dickson adati chiyembekezo chopeza anthu amoyo chikuzimiririka.
"N'zoonekeratu kuti chiwerengero cha kupulumuka pambuyo pa nthawi yayitali ndi yodetsa nkhawa, koma tikuyembekezerabe kupeza opulumuka ambiri," adatero.
