Panzvimbo pokuenda kuhotera yakarongedzerwa, vashanyi vaisvika paSvondo vakaendeswa kunhandare yebasketball ndokupedza usiku hwose vakarara pasi. Asi nei chero munhu angabhururuka kunze uko achiziva nezve yakanyanya kupisa apo 19,000 vari kutiza Rhodes moto?
Moto wesango paRhodes hauchadzoreki nekubuda kwakawanda kunodiwa sezvo kununurwa kwezviuru zvevanhu vekuBritain kubva kuchitsuwa cheGreece chapiswa nemoto uye dambudziko rakakonzerwa neEurope's 40C-plus Cerberus heatwave yakapararira kuCorfu nhasi.
Kupisa kwemusango muCorfu kwakonzera kuti vanhu vakawanda vabude muGreece sezvo Brits yakatarisana nemhirizhonga yakawanda yezororo mukati mekupisa kweEurope.
Vagadziri vezororo vakatsanangura “zvinotyisa” zvokumutswa nemasairini emhepo uye kumanikidzwa kumhanyira mugungwa sezvo mwoto waipisa mumasango nezvikomo zviri pamusoro pehotera dzavo, uchienzanisa ne“bhaisikopo renjodzi,” vezvenhau vokuBritain vakashuma kudaro.
"Tiri muzuva rechinomwe remoto uye hausati wadzorwa," Mutevedzeri weMeya weRhodes Konstantinos Taraslias akaudza mutepfenyuri wehurumende ERT. "Izvi zvinotishungurudza chaizvo, nekuti zvinogona kukanganisa dzimwe nzvimbo dzakachengeteka uye dzinoshanda semazuva ese."
"Vashanyi havakwanise kuziva kune moto wesango muRhodes."
"Kunyange maGreek haanyatsonzwisisa kuti moto wemusango uri pai pachitsuwa ichi."
Mifananidzo yakaratidza zviuru zvevashanyi vachiedza kwazvo kutiza inferno mumaawa makumi maviri nemana apfuura, nevazhinji vachimanikidzwa kusiya zvinhu zvavo uye kurara pamahombekombe uye pasi pehotera kana vasingakwanise kusvika kuairport.
Zvakadaro pane musiyano wakakura mukutaura seTUI (chiGerman chihofori chekufamba) chiri kutaura nezve 19,000 vashanyi vezororo, nepo vezvenhau veBritish vachishuma pamusoro pevaenzi ve30,000 pachitsuwa chiri kutsva cheGreek vane vanopfuura zviuru gumi kubva kuGreat Britain.
Mutauriri weTUI akati kambani iyi ine vatengi vanosvika zviuru makumi mana kubva kumativi ese eEurope muRhodes, avo zviuru zvinomwe nemazana masere vari kubatwa nemoto.
Saka, nei TUI Head Office (muGermany) ichitaura nezvevane 19,000 chete vanoita zororo paRhodes uye vachidzikisa njodzi? Vachiri kuyedza kuti vaenzi vabude nekukurumidza sezvinobvira, mutauriri akadaro neMuvhuro. Sezvineiwo, TUI haina kutaura nhanho nyowani nemusi weMuvhuro zvichienzaniswa neSvondo apo mamiriro acho akawedzera.
MaBritons ari kubviswa nekuda kwemoto wemusango paRhodes nhasi vatsanangura mhirizhonga uye nyonganiso pavanenge vachiedza kudzokera kumba kusanganisira kuona vashanyi veku UK vachimhara pachitsuwa cheGreek vachipinzwa mu "kununura mabhazi” kunzvimbo dzokugara dzenjodzi.
Nekudaro, TUI parizvino yakamisa ndege dzayo kuenda kuRhodes kusvika Chipiri taziva, nepo Jet2 Holidays yakamisa nzendo dzayo kusvika Svondo rinouya.
Rishi Sunak, Mutungamiriri weBritain, akakurudzira vanoita zvezororo kuti varambe vachionana nevafambisi vevashanyi vasati vaenda kuzororo ravo. Asi Hofisi Yezvekune dzimwe nyika yakamira payambiro yekusaenda kuRhodes kana Corfu panguva ino, zvichiita kuti zviomere chero ari kutsvaga muripo.
Nekudaro, mazhinji makuru makuru endege nemakambani ezororo acharamba achibhururuka ikoko kudzamara vavhara nhandare yendege.
Mumwe anoona nezvezororo akataura kuti easyJet ichiri kushanda nendege uko vafambi vari “kupinzwa mumabhazi ekununura vachangosvika.” Akabvunza, "Varipi?"
“Ndasemeswa chose. Ndakashanda mukufamba ini. Hapana kana rutsigiro. Ndinoda tsanangudzo."
Helen Tonks, amai vevana vatanhatu vekuCheshire, akati akaendeswa ku "zviroto zveusiku" naTui na11 pm nemugovera akawana hotera yake yakavharwa.
Akati: “Takasvika tikaudzwa kuti, 'ndine hurombo, haungaendi kuhotera yako - yakatsva.' Hatina kuziva kuti moto wakaipa kudai kana kuti pedyo nemahotera sezvavakanga vari. TUI haina chayakataura, kunyangwe kana ndege yedu yakanonoka. Kunyange kutaura kwakaputeni mundege kwainakidza. Tingadai tisina kumbouya dai takaziva, "Daily Mail yakashuma.
Vanosvika zviuru gumi veBritain vanofungidzirwa kunge vari paRhodes, nendege dzekudzosera kununura vagadziri vezororo vava kudzokera kuUK.
Vamwe vatyairi vendege, kusanganisira TUI, vakaramba vachitumira vashanyi kuchitsuwa kusvika Mugovera manheru, vatengi vachinyunyuta kuti "vakasiiwa" ipapo.
Nemusi weSvondo, BBC yakabvunzurudza vafambi vakapererwa paRhodes Airport vakasiiwa vasina kana rubatsiro, vasina ruzivo, uye vanga vakagara vakarara panhandare yendege mushure memaawa makumi maviri nemanomwe ekumirira kuenda kwavo neMugovera, pavakazobviswa kubva parwendo. gedhi pasina tsananguro ipi neipi, pasina mvura, uye pasina chinhu mukupisa kunopisa.
Zvichakadaro, chinotariswa chiri parwendo rwekudzoka kwevashanyi kuGermany. Sangano reGerman Travel Association (DRV) rakazivisa nemusi weMuvhuro kuti: "Vafambisi vezvikepe vane ndege dzakawanda dziri kushanda nhasi, mangwana, neChitatu kuunza vafambi vakakanganiswa nekubuda kwavo kumusha."
Vashanyi vakawanda vakanga vasina zvokudya kana mvura uye vaimanikidzirwa kuwana mibhedha yechinguvana pamabhokisi emakadhibhokisi, marongero ezuva, uye kunyange makarosi emikwende.
Mutevedzeri waMeya weRhodes Athansios Bryinis akati, “Kungori nemvura chete nechikafu chekare. Hatina matiresi nemibhedha.”
Mhepo inosvika ku35 mph yakaita kuti zvinyanye kuomera vanodzima moto kudzima moto unoparadza. Netembiricha inotarisirwa kurova 45C, Ministry for Civil Protection yakayambira nezvenjodzi yakanyanya yemoto wesango munenge hafu yeGreece.
Mapikicha ari munhau dzeBritain airatidza zviuru zvevashanyi vachizama kutiza inferno mumaawa makumi maviri nemana apfuura, nevazhinji vachimanikidzwa kusiya zvinhu zvavo uye kurara pamahombekombe uye pasi pehotera kana vasingakwanise kusvika kuairport. Dzimwe mhuri dzaifamba makiromita akawanda dzakapfeka maflip-flops, Crocs, kana hwashu, dzichidhonza masutukezi adzo uye dzakatakura midziyo yedhamu inoputika kuti vasvike kwakachengeteka.
Bazi rezvekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze nekuchengetedzwa kwevanhu riri kudaidzira dambudziko iri, dambudziko guru rekutamisa moto wesango munyika munhoroondo. MuCorfu, zviuru zviviri zvakarairwa kubuda nhasi, Muvhuro apo moto unopisa kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwechitsuwa. Vashanyi vakanga vakatsvikinyidzana mudzimba dzokuvanda dzechimbichimbi muzvikoro, nhandare dzendege, uye nzvimbo dzemitambo.
Tembiricha kumaodzanyemba kweGreece kumahombekombe kwakakwira kusvika madhigirii 113 mumazuva achangopfuura. Sekureva kwemutauriri wehurumende, Pavlos Marinakis, kwave neavhareji ye50 mitsva yemoto yakabatidza mukati memazuva gumi nemaviri apfuura, kusanganisira makumi matanhatu nemana neSvondo.
