New ZealandThe government said on Monday that it had agreed to pay 10 million Samon Lock in compensation ($ 3.6m) SamoaNew Zealand sailors fired a naval ship on a rock at a time after a year after a year Pacific island Nation.
All 75 people on the board were emptied for security as the boat was found about 1.6 km from the coast of Upolu, the second largest island of Samoa before the fire broke out and drowned. HMNZS Manawanui’s rubble remains on the site of drowning on 6 October 2024, and a decision about whether it will be there.
An official investigation found that the vessel drowned due to the failures of the crew and the ship’s failures. The crew of the ship did not realize that the vessel was on the autopylot and it is believed that something went wrong because it pledged to the reef, according to a report, in which the training, qualifications and lack of experience were highlighted among those on the board.
Compensation declared by New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters On Monday, there was the entire amount requested by Samoa’s government, a spokesman of Shri Peters. It will be drawn from New Zealand military funds.
Peters said in a statement, “We have responded to Samoa’s request with full and good confidence.” “We have always said that we will do the right thing.”
Samoa’s government did not respond to the request of the comment immediately.
Peters said that New Zealand officials continued to work with Samoan counterparts to decide the future of the rubble. Till now the work is involved in the removal of shipping containers, pollutants and military equipment.
According to a statement by the New Zealand army, an independent debris is expected to assess and environmental study.
The New Zealand Defense Force Captain Roder Ward said in a statement, “It is to be noted that monitoring by Samoa’s scientific research organization has shown that seawater in the area is clear and uncontrolled with high hydrocarbons, resulting in a fully lifted in February.”
The army recognized “The effect of drowning on the people of Samoa is especially on communities South coast“, The ward said.
Expert dive and hydrographic vessel was in service for New Zealand since 2019 and was surveying the rock that it proceeded. Its drowning was provoked an alarm about environmental destruction for Samoa villagers living on the coast, where it was capital, who said that he feared a permanent loss to the delicate Reef Ecosystem.
The military said that work was going on to implement the comprehensive recommendations made by a court of disaster, which published its final report in April. Monday’s statement said that no disciplinary action has been determined against those people on the board.
In the New Zealand Navy, only one of the nine vessels, the first country lost in the sea since World War II.