NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Gwamnatin Amurka ta yi watsi da kamfanin RMS Titanic Inc., wanda ke da haƙƙin ceto na jirgin ruwan Titanic, bayan ta lura cewa kamfanin ba shi da shirin nutsewa zuwa ga jirgin da zai iya karya dokokin tarayya.
Gwamnatin ta janye kara a kotun tarayya da ke Virginia, wacce ke kula da al’amuran ceto na jirgin Titanic, jirgin ruwa da ya fi shahara a duniya. Wannan janyewar ta kawo karshen karo na biyu a cikin shekaru biyar da gwamnatin Amurka ta yi wa kamfanin kara.
A cikin 2023, gwamnatin ta shigar da kara kan kamfanin ne lokacin da RMS Titanic Inc. ta yi shirin daukar hotuna a cikin jirgin da kuma cire wasu kayayyaki daga filin tarkace. Kamfanin ya ce zai iya maido da wasu abubuwa daga dakin da jirgin ya yi kira na ceton sa a lokacin hatsarin.
Gwamnatin ta yi iƙirarin cewa shigar cikin jirgin ko kuma lalata wurin zai saba wa dokar tarayya ta 2017 da kuma yarjejeniya da Biritaniya. Dukansu suna kallon wurin a matsayin wurin tunawa ga fiye da mutane 1,500 da suka mutu a hatsarin jirgin Titanic a shekarar 1912.
Daga ƙarshe, RMS Titanic Inc. ta janye shirinta na nutsewa, inda ta ce za ta ɗauki hotuna na waje kawai. Wannan canji ya biyo bayan fashewar jirgin Titanic na ƙasa a 2023, wanda ya kashe darektan binciken karkashin ruwa na kamfanin, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, da wasu hudu a cikin jirgin.
Bayan da RMS Titanic Inc. ta canza shirinta, gwamnatin Amurka ta daina ƙoƙarin hana wannan balaguron, wanda ya samar da cikakkun hotuna na tarkacen jirgin a watan Satumba. Amma gwamnatin ta ce a shekarar da ta gabata tana son barin kofa a buɗe don ƙalubalantar balaguron gaba.
RMS Titanic Inc., duk da haka, ta shaida wa kotu cewa ba za ta ziyarci wurin ba a 2025 kuma ba ta da wani shiri na gaba. Kamfanin ya ce za ta ci gaba da yin la’akari da abubuwan da suka shafi dabarun, shari’a, da kuma abubuwan kuɗi na gudanar da ayyukan ceto a wurin.
Gwamnatin Amurka ta janye kara, inda ta ce idan wasu yanayi suka buƙaci, za ta sake shigar da kara bisa ga abubuwan da suka faru.
RMS Titanic Inc. ita ce kamfanin da kotu ta amince da ita a matsayin mai kula da kayan tarihi na Titanic tun lokacin da ta sami haƙƙin ceto a shekarar 1994. Kamfanin ta samo kuma ta adana dubban kayayyaki, daga kayan azurfa zuwa wani yanki na jirgin, wanda miliyoyin mutane sun gani ta hanyar nunin kayayyaki.
Balaguron ƙarshe na kamfanin don dawo da kayan tarihi ya kasance a shekarar 2010, kafin dokar tarayya da yarjejeniyar ƙasa da ƙasa su fara aiki.
Gwamnatin Amurka ta fara aiwatar da dokar a shekarar 2020, lokacin da RMS Titanic Inc. ta yi niyyar dawo da rediyon da jirgin Titanic ya yi kira na ceto. Alkalin kotun tarayya, Rebecca Beach Smith, wacce ke kula da al’amuran ceto na Titanic, ta ba kamfanin izini. Amma gwamnatin Amurka ta yi ƙoƙarin hakan, amma ba a yanke hukunci ba saboda kamfanin ta dage balaguron saboda cutar COVID-19.
Alkalin Smith ta lura a cikin sauraron kotu a watan Maris cewa lokaci na iya ƙarewa don balaguron cikin Titanic, saboda jirgin yana lalacewa da sauri a cikin tekun Atlantika.
