Ua nalowale ka mokuahi aila ʻo Emirates mai ka radar, ʻoiai e holo ana ma waena o ka Strait of Hormuz kokoke ʻIlana.
ʻO ka tanker aila hae Panamanian 'Riah' e hoʻoiho mau i ka aila mai Dubai a me Sharjah a i Fujairah, kahi huakaʻi ma lalo o 200 mile mile e lawe i kahi tanker e like me kēia ma kahi o ka lā ma ke kai.
Eia nō naʻe, i ka hele ʻana ma waena o ka Moana o Hormuz i ka pō Pōʻaono, ua pio koke ka hōʻailona o ka moku ma mua o ke aumoe, ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana mai kāna papa a kuhikuhi i ke kahakai o ʻIraniana. Wahi a nā ʻike huli kai, ʻaʻole i huli hou ka hōʻailona mai ia manawa, a ua nalowale loa ka moku.
No laila he aha ka mea i hana ai? Me ka huhū ʻana o US-Iranian, a ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Iran no ka nui o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i nā tankers aila ma kahi kokoke i ke kahakai i nā mahina i hala iho nei, ua huli ka nānā i ka Islamic Republic. Ua kiʻi ka pāpāho ʻIseraʻela i kēia moʻolelo i ka Poalua, a kūkulu ʻia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻomohala hou aʻe i ka saga e hoʻomau nei, e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻohiki kiʻekiʻe a Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hoʻohiki i ka Pōʻalua e pane i ka hopu ʻana o Pelekane i kahi tanker Iranian kokoke i Gibraltar ma mua o kēia mahina.
ʻO kahi mea haʻi ʻōlelo no ka ʻoihana hoʻouna moku nona ka 'Riah' - Sharou-based Mouj-al-Bahar General Trading - i haʻi aku iā TradeWinds ua "kāʻili ʻia" ka moku e nā luna o Iran. Ua hōʻike ʻo CNN ua "manaʻo nui" ke kaiāulu ʻike US "ua hoʻokau ʻia ka tanker i loko o nā wai o ʻIrani e ka ʻēheu kaua o ko ka Iran elele Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, akā ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia kāna kumuwaiwai.
Aia kekahi mau kumu ʻē aʻe e pau wale ai ka moku. Ua hōʻuluʻulu ka pūnaewele Israel TankerTrackers.com i nā hōʻike o nā moku i manaʻo ʻia ke kāpae nei i kā lākou mau trackers e pae i nā awa o Iran a kau i ka aila, i kū ʻole i ka hoʻopaʻi ʻAmelika. Ua hōʻike ka pūnaewele i kahi moku Kina - ka 'Sino Energy 1' - e nalowale ana i ka hopena o ka mahina i hala aku nei ma ʻIrana, ma mua o ka puka hou ʻana a piha i ka ʻaoʻao ʻeono i hala. Ke hele nei i kēia manawa ʻo Singapore a hoʻi i Kina.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole paha he moku ʻo Emirates e kūʻai aku i ka aila me Iran, hāʻawi ʻia i ka Emirates'ʻokoʻa kālaiʻāina me Tehran a pili pili loa me Saudi Arabia, ka mea hana nui aila ka lua o ka honua a me ka mea hoʻolilo nui loa.
