The Wire - January 6, 2024

this is the wi for 1630 Zulu January 6 2024 preceden is routine information cut off is 1530 bottom line up front mayk again suspends shipping in the Red Sea beginning with Inter National events in the Red Sea Horn of Africa region following the successful attack on the merchant vessel hangzo last week mayor announced a temporary pause of shipping through the Red Sea overnight mayor has announced an indefinite extension to the shipping pause in response to the realization that operation Prosperity Guardian is not effective despite best efforts analyst comment this strongly indicates what has been obvious for several days that mayor never seriously committed to returning traffic to the Red Sea and instead gaset investors into thinking that everything was fine the fact that one of their first ships to resume travel was successfully struck with a cruise missile also indicates the naval forces in the region are not capable of providing enough missile defense to make travel viable for commercial shipping the details are hard to verify Amazon Walmart and Ikea are among the companies already reportedly experiencing supply shortages due to the logistical problems created by the Red Sea crisis on the home front in the United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Monday following alleged complications from an unknown elective procedure this was disclosed to the public last night approximately 4 days after the event first occurred no further details are available at this time in California Alaskan Airlines flight 12 2 Bound for Ontario California experienced an uncontrolled depressurization incident when one of the aircraft doors blew out mid-flight no word yet on any passenger injuries analyst comments for this wire though rapid depressurization incidents are rare this incident is even more concerning as the aircraft was a Boeing 7379 Max and is one of the newer aircraft in Alaska's Fleet in response to this high-profile incident Alaska has announced the grounding of all 737 Max 9 aircraft in their Fleet as a reminder both 737 Max program has been fraught with controversy over the past 2 to 3 years following multiple fatal crashes most of which involve the new incast system and not structural Integrity issues in November of 2020 the FAA revoked Boeing's authority to issue certificates of air worthiness for this model of aircraft Boeing was also fined by the FAA in 2021 for quote exerting undue pressure on aircraft inspectors this concludes the wire Force 1630 Zulu January 6th 2024