Ua ʻae ka luna nui o MSC Cruises ʻo Pierfrancesco Vago i ka pono o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ākea ākea e pili ana i ka waiho ʻana o nā pū ma luna o nā moku holo moku ma hope o ka hoʻouka kaua pōā o ka Pōʻaono i ka MSC Melody.

ʻO ka moku 35,000 gt, me 991 mau ohua a me 536 mau moku ma luna o ka moku, ua hoʻouka ʻia e nā pōā 180 mau mile ma ka ʻākau o Seychelles i ka Pōʻaono i kona hele ʻana i ke kahawai ʻo Aden.

Ua hoʻokuke aku ka poʻe o ka moku a me nā kiaʻi i ka poʻe pōā me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā puʻupuʻu ahi a me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa, ʻo nā pōʻai ola mai nā pū i lawe ʻia ma luna o ka moku.

Ua koi ʻo Mr Vago e lawe wale ka hui i nā mea kaua ma lalo o nā kūlana kūikawā, e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana o "he mau pistols wale nō" ma luna o ka MSC Melody i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana mai ka pū o ʻApelika.

Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia, kūʻē i kekahi mau hōʻike paʻi, ʻaʻohe mea kūʻokoʻa o nā kiaʻi palekana ma luna o ka moku i nā mea kaua. Ua mālama ʻia nā pū i loko o kahi palekana ma ke alahaka a hoʻokuʻu wale ʻia ma muli o ka manaʻo o ka haku.

I ka manawa like, ua ʻae ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia ka hihia hoʻopaʻapaʻa o ka hoʻolele ʻana i nā pū ma luna o nā moku kaʻa, kahi i manaʻoʻiʻo ai kekahi e alakaʻi wale i ka piʻi o ka hana pōā.

ʻAʻole ia e huki ʻia ma ka pono a i ʻole nā kulekele ʻoihana e pili ana i ka pilikia. “Aia ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo i kēia manawa ma hope o ka hanana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o ka lawe ʻia ʻana o 1,000 mau mea pio. He pōʻino.

"Akā pono mākou e noho i lalo a kūkākūkā i kēia i loko, a pono mākou e kūkākūkā ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana."

Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka hui ʻo European Cruise Council i kēia mahina aʻe ma Roma ʻo ia ka wahi kūpono no ia mau kamaʻilio.

I kēia manawa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Vago e huki koke ʻo MSC i kāna mau moku mai nā wai hikina o ʻApelika. Mai kēia manawa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, e komo ka hui i ʻApelika Hema ma o ke Kaiwaenahonua a me ke komohana ʻApelika, e kāhea ana i Morocco, Senegal a me Namibia ma ke ala i Cape Town a me Durban.

Ua koi pū ʻo Mr Vago ʻaʻole i lawe ka ʻoihana i nā pilikia pono ʻole me kāna poʻe kaʻa.

"ʻAʻole loa mākou e lawe i kēlā mau pilikia," wahi āna. "Ke kūʻai aku nei mākou i nā lā hoʻomaha, ʻaʻole i nā huakaʻi."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻololi koke ka hui i kāna mau huakaʻi ʻelua i ʻApelika Hema ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o ka pōā ma ka ʻāina, a ma hope o ke kūkākūkā ʻana me ka Maritime Security Center no ka Horn of Africa, holo ʻia e Eunavfor, a me ka International Maritime Organization.

ʻO ke ala hou i lawe aku i ka MSC Melody mai ke kapakai o Somalia, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i 400 mau mile i ka huakaʻi a koi aku i ka moku e haʻalele i ke awa ʻAigupita o Safaga. I ka uku, ua hoʻohui ʻo MSC i kahi kelepona i ka pō ma Port Victoria ma Seychelles. Ua hahai ka MSC Rhapsody i kahi papa like ma Malaki me ka ʻole o ka hanana.

Ua hoʻomaikaʻi pū ʻo Mr Vago i ka ʻoihana o ka MSC Melody haku a me nā mea hana i ka pale ʻana i ka pōʻino, a me ka hana o kāna mau kiaʻi palekana ma luna o ka moku. He ʻaelike lōʻihi ko MSC Cruises me kahi ʻoihana palekana Israeli.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻolaha ka poʻe pōā i ko lākou hele ʻana ma kahi o 1945 hrs GMT ma ke kī ʻana i nā mea kaua ma ka moku. Kauoha koke ka haku i na malihini e hele i ko lakou keena me ke kauoha ia lakou e pio ke kukui.

Ua kauoha pū ka haku e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia nā puʻu ahi kiʻekiʻe ma ka ʻaoʻao hope, ʻo ia wale nō ka wahi hiki ke komo i ka MSC Melody i kona hele ʻana i ka ʻākau i ke kai kaumaha. Ma hope o ke ahi o ke alahaka, hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā pū i nā kiaʻi palekana, wahi a Mr Vago.

A laila, hoʻoneʻe ʻo ia i ka moku i hope a i waho i mea e hoʻonui ai i ka hopena o ka nalu, ʻoiai ua hoʻohana ka poʻe ʻauwaʻa i nā puʻupuʻu ahi a ua kiʻi nā kiaʻi i nā kiʻi i ka lewa.

"Ua pulu [ka poʻe pōā], i nā nalu nui, i waena o kēia haunaele, a laila ʻike lākou ua lako mākou," wahi a Mr Vago. "Manaʻo wau ua pīhoihoi lākou i kēlā."

I ka haʻalele ʻana o ka poʻe hoʻouka kaua, ua hele ka MSC Melody i ka hikina me kona mau kukui.

Ma kahi kaʻawale, ua haʻi aku ʻo AFP iā Mohamed Muse, ke poʻo o ka pūʻulu pirate, e kanikau ana i ko lākou hiki ʻole ke lawe i ka moku ma muli o "nā kumu ʻenehana."

"ʻO ka hopu ʻana i kēlā moku nui e hōʻike ana i kahi neʻe nui i mua no nā pōā mai ke kahakai ʻo Somalia, akā naʻe, ua maikaʻi kā lākou hana a ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kau.

"ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka manawa mua a mākou i hoʻouka ai i kēia ʻano waʻa a kokoke loa mākou i ka hopu ʻana," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Mr Muse i ka AFP. "Ua hoʻoinu maoli mākou iā ia me nā pōkā."