Sabuwar doka ta yi niyya ga lafiyar jirgin ruwa

'Yan majalisar dokokin kasar sun sake bullo da wata doka a ranar Alhamis din da ta gabata da nufin tsaurara matakan tsaro a kan jiragen ruwa. Kudirin ya samo asali ne bayan George Smith, dan shekaru 26 a Greenwich, ya bace daga jirgin ruwa na Royal Caribbean a watan Yulin 2005. Sabuwar dokar ta samu goyon bayan Sanata John Kerry (D-Mass) na Amurka da Doris Doris. Matsui (D-Calif.). Yana da nufin inganta amincin jirgin ruwa da martanin wuraren aikata laifuka, kuma yana buƙatar masana'antar su kai rahoton laifuka ga FBI da Guard Coast na Amurka. Mista Kerry, Ms. Matsui da tsohon dan majalisar dokokin Amurka Christopher Shays (R-4) ne suka gabatar da irin wannan doka a bara. Ya wuce a majalisar wakilai amma ya tsaya a majalisar dattawa.

Bayan bacewar Mista Smith, iyayensa, George da Maureen, da 'yar uwarsa, Bree, sun kafa International Cruise Victims (ICV), wanda ke goyon bayan lissafin. Mista Shays ya gudanar da jerin kararraki na majalisar dokoki kan tsaron jiragen ruwa, a lokacin da dangin Smith suka ba da shaida, inda suka bukaci a yi gyare-gyaren aminci da gaskiya.

Masu magana da yawun hukumar ta FBI sun ce bacewar Mista Smith har yanzu ana ci gaba da gudanar da bincike.

A sauraron karar Mr. Shays, Smiths sun kafa ICV tare da Kendall Carver, wanda 'yarsa Merrian mai shekaru 40 ta bace daga wani jirgin ruwa na Royal Caribbean Alaska a watan Agusta 2004.

Mista Carver ya shaida wa Post ta hanyar imel cewa yana da fatan wannan kudiri zai wuce wannan lokacin amma ya ce, "Na san cewa layin jiragen ruwa za su kashe wani abu don guje wa duk wata doka."

Ya kara da cewa "Suna kamar asusun banki na Switzerland ne inda Amurkawa masu arziki ke sanya kudadensu don gujewa haraji," in ji shi. "Layin jiragen ruwa na ajiye kamfanoninsu a Laberiya da Panama don gujewa haraji."

Mista Carver ya ce masana'antar safarar jiragen ruwa "suna adawa da duk wata sabuwar doka don inganta amincin jiragen ruwa."

"A cikin 2007 masana'antar layin dogo ta ketare ta kashe fiye da dala miliyan 2.8 a Washington don yin zaɓe," in ji shi. Sabanin haka, Wal-Mart ya kashe $280,000.

Masu magana da yawun masana'antun jiragen ruwa sun shaidawa kwamitin gidan Mr. Shays a watan Maris na 2006 cewa daga shekarar 2003 zuwa 2005, fasinjoji 178 da ke cikin jiragen ruwa na Arewacin Amurka sun bayar da rahoton cewa an yi lalata da su, mutane 24 sun bace, wasu hudu kuma aka yi musu fashi. Tun daga wannan lokacin, an sami karin rahotanni kusan shida na bacewar fasinjoji da wasu fiye da 100 na lalata da su. Sai dai, Mr. Shays ya nuna shakku kan sahihancin wadannan kididdigar da aka bayar da rahoton kai, kuma ya sanya a cikin kudirinsa na yanzu wani tanadi na tilas a ba da rahoton laifukan safarar ruwa.

A wani taron majalisa a shekara ta 2007, a cikin watanni biyar da suka fara a watan Afrilu, masana'antar safarar jiragen ruwa ta ba da rahoton laifuka 207 da ake zargi, ciki har da cin zarafi 41, a karkashin sabbin hanyoyin bayar da rahoto da aka amince da su a wannan bazara, in ji kakakin FBI.

Sabon kudirin ya zo ne biyo bayan zargin cin zarafi da aka yi wa fasinja a yayin wani jirgin ruwa na Princess Cruise a mashigin ruwan Panama a makon jiya.

Iyalin Smith suna neman dala miliyan 1.1 na gwauruwar Mr. Smith, Jennifer Hagel Smith, tare da Royal Caribbean. Matsalolin Ms. Hagel Smith, wanda alkali na Greenwich Probate David Hopper ya amince da shi, yanzu ya nufi Kotun Koli ta Stamford don wata takara ta shari'a.

Alkali Hopper ya gudanar da sauraron karar a bayan kofofin da aka rufe, amma Post din ya gabatar da bukatar FOI a ranar 29 ga Janairu, inda ya nemi alkali ya kwance kwafin. Ya amince da bukatar, yana jiran nazari na kwanaki 60 daga hukumar FBI da ma'aikatar shari'a, wanda za a kammala a ranar 31 ga Maris.

Kungiyar Kasa da Kasa ta Cruise Lines ta fitar da wata sanarwa a ranar Alhamis tana mai cewa amincin fasinja shine babban fifiko kuma ba kasafai ba ne ake samun wasu munanan al'amura.

"Muna ci gaba da yin aiki tare da 'yan majalisa don magance wannan muhimmin batu," in ji sanarwar.

Duk da haka, Mr. Kerry ya ce ya kamata a fayyace ka'idojin shari'a ta yadda duk wani laifi, "ko da kuwa yanayin da wani jirgin ruwa ke canjawa zuwa kasa da kasa," dole ne a ba da rahoto, bincike ko gurfanar da su gaban kuliya.