Umkhumbi kawoyela osuselwe e-Emirates unyamalele e-radar, ngenkathi uhamba nge-Strait of Hormuz eduze Iran.
Umkhumbi kawoyela ohlatshwe umkhosi wasePanamani othi 'Riah' uvamise ukuthutha uwoyela usuka e-Dubai nase-Sharjah uya e-Fujairah, uhambo olungaphansi kwamamayela angu-200 olwandle oluthatha umkhumbi onjengaleli nje isikhathi esingaphezu kosuku olwandle.
Kodwa-ke, ngenkathi sidlula eStrait of Hormuz ngoMgqibelo ebusuku, isignali yokulandela umkhumbi yacisha kungazelelwe ngaphambi kwaphakathi kwamabili, ngemva kokuba uchezukile endleleni yawo yakhomba ogwini lwase-Iran. Ngokusho kwedatha yokulandelela olwandle, isignali ayizange iphinde ivulwe kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, futhi umkhumbi usunyamalele.
Pho kwenzekani? Njengoba ukungezwani kwe-US-Iranian kubhebhetheka, futhi i-Iran isolwa ngokuhlaselwa kaningi kwemikhumbi ethwala uwoyela eduze ne-strait ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula, ukunaka kwaphendukela kwi-Islamic Republic. Abezindaba bakwa-Israel balusukumele lolu daba ngoLwesibili, base belubeka njengenye intuthuko odabeni oluqhubekayo, begqamisa isifungo soMholi Ophakeme wase-Iran u-Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ngoLwesibili sokuphendula ekushaqweni kweBrithani umkhumbi wamathangi wase-Iran ngaseGibraltar ekuqaleni kwale nyanga.
Umkhulumeli wenkampani yemikhumbi ephethe i-'Riah' - i-Mouj-al-Bahar General Trading eseSharjah - utshele i-TradeWinds ukuthi umkhumbi "udunwe" yiziphathimandla zase-Iran. I-CNN ibike ukuthi umphakathi wezobunhloli wase-US "ukholelwa ngokuqhubekayo" umkhumbi wamathangi waphoqeleka emanzini ase-Iranian uphiko lwezempi lwe-Iran elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, kodwa ayikadalula imithombo yalo.
Kunezinye izizathu zokuthi kungani umkhumbi ungase uvele unyamalale. Iwebhusayithi yakwa-Israel iTankerTrackers.com ihlanganisa imibiko yemikhumbi ekholelwa ukuthi ivala ama-trackers ayo ukuze ime emachwebeni ase-Iranian futhi ilayishe uwoyela, ngokwephula unswinyo lwaseMelika. Isizinda sibike ukuthi umkhumbi waseShayina - i-'Sino Energy 1' - wanyamalala ngasekupheleni kwenyanga edlule eduze kwase-Iran, ngaphambi kokuthi uvele ugcwele futhi ulibangise kwelinye emuva kwezinsuku eziyisithupha. Njengamanje idlula eSingapore ibuyela eChina.
Kodwa-ke, umkhumbi ose-Emirates mancane kakhulu amathuba okuba uhwebe ngowoyela ne-Iran, uma kubhekwa Emirates' ukungezwani kwezepolitiki neTehran kanye nomfelandawonye osondelene neSaudi Arabia, umkhiqizi kawoyela wesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni kanye nomkhiqizi omkhulu kawoyela.
