I-Gangway Collapses, Ukubulala i-15 kunye nokunyuka kwama-30
Ukususela ekuqalisweni kwayo ngo-2004, uMariya uMariya 2 uhamba ngeenqanawa zeCunard Line uye wahamba ngezigidi zeekhilomitha waza waphatha amakhulu ezinkulungwane zeendwendwe ezikhunjini zokukhunjulwa. Nangona kunjalo, abaninzi abalandeli bemikhumbi bayakhumbula ingozi eyingozi eyenzekayo kwi-shipyard yaseFransi apho kwakhiwa khona iinqanawa.
Abantu abayishumi elinesihlanu bafa ngoNovemba 15, 2003 kunye nabangaphezu kwamashumi amathathu balimala xa i-gangway ehamba nge-mega cruise i- Queen Mary (QM2) yawa.
Uninzi lwabo babulawa okanye balimala babengabasebenzi kunye neentsapho zabo eziye zikhwela iinqanawa. Abaninzi abalimele babesimweni esinzulu esibhedlele sendawo. Ingozi yenzeke ngelixa umkhombe wawuse-Saint-Nazaire, eFransi, sele ubuyile ekuqaleni kweveki ukusuka kwiilingo zokugqibela zolwandle. I-Associated Press yabika ukuba ufikelelo oluninzi lwabantu abaqhekeza umkhumbi ukuya kwi-pier lwawa, lahla amaxhoba ama-30-80 amanyathelo. I-gangway yayisanda kufakwa kule veki ukutyelela okhethekileyo kwiintsapho zabasebenzi.
I-Alstom Marine's Chantiers de l'Atlantique ichithe iminyaka emibili yokwakha i-$ 780 yezigidi, iinqanawa ezingama-150 000-ithoni kumqhubi weenqwelo zaseBrithani iCunard Line, ephantsi kweCarnival Corp. Uhambo lwentombi ka-QM2 luye ngoJanuwari 12, 2004 ukusuka eSouthampton ukuya ku- Ft. Lauderdale . Inqanawa ibizwa ngokuba nguNyana oyiNtloko (uEkazikazi uElizabethe) eSouthampton ngoJanuwari 8, 2004.
I-QM2 yi-Cunard Line flagship, kwaye inqanawa yayiyinqanawa ende kunazo zonke, ezona zide kunazo zonke, ezona zikhephe xa ziqala ukuhamba ngomkhumbi ngoJanuwari 2004--377 iiyadi kunye neeyari ezingama-79 eziphezulu (okanye malunga nobude bezakhiwo ezingama-21) .
UMongameli Jacques Chirac waseFransi watyelela i-shipyard ngeCawa emva kwengozi. UMphathiswa wezeNtlalo waseFransi uFrancois Fillon naye usekuhlaleni ngoMgqibelo ebusuku emva kwengozi.
Le nqanawa yavakaliswa kakhulu kwaye ivakaliswe ngokubanzi ngabantu abahambahambayo. I-shipyard yayifune izicelo ezingaphezu kwe-100,000 ukutyelela loo nqanawa ngelixa yayakhiwa.
Iinkampani ezingaphezu kwama-800, ikakhulukazi isiFrentshi, zabandakanyeka ekwakheni kukaMariya uMariya 2 . Inqanawa ithwala abagibeli abangaphezu kwama-2600 kwii-14, kwaye malunga ne-75% yeekhenkethi zinama-balconi. INkosikazi kaMariya 2 yinqanawa ye-cruise kuphela evumela iilwanyana ezihambayo (nangona kufuneka zihlale kwikennel, kunokuba zihlale kwikhishini). I-sea liner iyakhuphukela kuma-knots angama-30, eyenza ibe enye yeenqanawa ezihamba ngokukhawuleza ezihamba phambili, kwaye iqulethi yeenyawo ezingaphezu kwama-32, eyanceda ukuzinzisa umkhombe ngamanzi ngamanzi ngamanzi amaninzi e-Atlantic Ocean.
Ekubeni le ngozi embi ngo-2003, uKumkanikazi uMary 2 uye wahamba ngamawaka eekhilomitha ekuhambeni kwehlabathi, kunye nohambo lwakhe oluqhelekileyo luhambo lwe-transatlantic phakathi kweSouthampton naseNew York City. Kubuhlungu xa kuvela iintlekele, kodwa iinqanawa zenze izikhumbuzo ezintle kwiindwendwe zayo kwiminyaka eyi-10 edluleyo.