Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Arabian Sea

Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live.

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Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so 2024–2026 are under-counted.

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Other hazards in the Arabian Sea

Archive · 560 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 1574/162016-05-27 → 2016-06-12
    Vessel sank in 20-14N 063-03E at 240425Z may
    Arabian Sea
  2. HYDROPAC 1559/162016-05-26 → 2016-06-10
    F/V kamran sank in 14-30N 063-10E on 24 may
    Arabian Sea
  3. HYDROPAC 1535/162016-05-24 → 2016-05-26
    F/V al kamran sank in 14-20N 063-03E on 23 may
    Arabian Sea
  4. HYDROPAC 1534/162016-05-24 → 2016-05-24
    F/V kamran on fire and persons requiring medical assistance in 14-35N 061-12E
    Arabian Sea
  5. HYDROPAC 1523/162016-05-24 → 2016-05-26
    Vessel sank in 20-14N 063-03E at 240425Z may
    Arabian Sea
  6. HYDROPAC 1467/162016-05-19 → 2016-05-29
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 16-16N 067-57E at 190221Z may
    Arabian Sea
  7. HYDROPAC 1093/162016-04-14 → 2016-04-17
    F/V qng 90367TS sank within seven miles of 18-54N 072-48E at 130700Z apr
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  8. HYDROPAC 726/162016-03-14 → 2016-03-20
    Man overboard from M/V meenakshi vicinity 19-10N 071-46E at 132130Z mar
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  9. HYDROPAC 471/162016-02-19 → 2016-02-28
    M/V demeeter reports crewman with heart attack in 15-16.7N 067-47.3E
    Arabian Sea
  10. HYDROPAC 361/162016-02-08 → 2016-02-21
    Distress signal received from F/V st
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  11. HYDROPAC 321/162016-02-04 → 2016-02-14
    F/V al bader, red hull, ten persons on board, taking on water in 14-28N 073-22E
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  12. HYDROPAC 98/162016-01-13 → 2016-01-31
    F/V virgin marry, 11 persons on board, adrift due to engine failure in 18-20.55N 071-02.07E
    Arabian Sea
  13. HYDROPAC 76/162016-01-10 → 2016-01-31
    F/V holy cross, 15 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 13-24.3N 069-03.9E
    Arabian Sea
  14. HYDROPAC 4202/152015-12-25 → 2015-12-26
    Derelict 36 meter M/V sarojini adrift and sinking in 18-16N 072-47E at 251845Z dec
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  15. HYDROPAC 3995/152015-12-07 → 2015-12-20
    Man overboard from vessel win far 888 vicinity 08-16N 055-53E at 051929Z dec
    Northwestern Indian Ocean · Arabian Sea
  16. HYDROPAC 3900/152015-11-27 → 2015-12-13
    Man overboard from M/V osv TAG-16 vicinity 18-49.5N 072-39.7E at 261445Z nov
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  17. HYDROPAC 3646/152015-11-07 → 2015-11-22
    Helicopter, two persons on board, crashed in 19-18.00N 071-26.60E
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  18. HYDROPAC 3641/152015-11-07 → 2015-11-10
    Derelict five to ten meter vessel, blue and white hull, capsized and adrift in 15-49N 072-07E on 06 nov
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  19. HYDROPAC 3624/152015-11-04 → 2015-11-07
    Helicopter, two persons on board, crashed in 19-18.0N 071-26.6E
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  20. HYDROPAC 3486/152015-10-23 → 2015-11-01
    F/V, six persons on board, disabled and adrift in 08-00N 069-05E
    Arabian Sea
  21. HYDROPAC 3385/152015-10-14 → 2015-11-28
    32 meter F/V guru krupa, white and blue hull, three persons on board, overdue malvan (16-03-24N 073-28-08E)…
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  22. HYDROPAC 3283/152015-10-04 → 2015-10-13
    22 meter F/V beo hingis, green hull, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in…
    Arabian Sea
  23. HYDROPAC 3282/152015-10-04 → 2015-10-18
    Possible distress signal reported in 16-07.8N 068-09.7E at 041510Z oct
    Arabian Sea
  24. HYDROPAC 2935/152015-09-06 → 2015-09-13
    Man overboard from F/V durga matha in 15-16.77N 073-43.77E at 060530Z sep
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  25. HYDROPAC 2867/152015-08-29 → 2015-09-07
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz from aircraft in 16-43N 073-02E at 290455Z aug
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  26. HYDROPAC 2816/152015-08-26 → 2015-08-30
    45 meter F/V michel shenali, blue hull, six persons on board, disabled and adrift in 08-14N 067-00E at…
    Arabian Sea
  27. HYDROPAC 2446/152015-07-26 → 2015-08-13
    M/V narsung sank in 18-41N 057-21E on 23 jul
    Arabian Sea · Oman
  28. HYDROPAC 2266/152015-07-09 → 2015-07-18
    Vessel al barakah 2 sank in 14-10N 052-26E at 090100Z jul
    Arabian Sea · Gulf of Aden
  29. HYDROPAC 2244/152015-07-07 → 2015-07-10
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 14-57.14N 051-33.27E
    Arabian Sea · Yemen
  30. HYDROPAC 2226/152015-07-04 → 2015-07-11
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 17-00N 072-00E
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  31. HYDROPAC 2224/152015-07-04 → 2015-07-11
    Distress signal received vicinity 18-13N 071-51E
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  32. HYDROPAC 2040/152015-06-21 → 2015-06-22
    Distress signal received from M/V jindal kamakshi, 20 persons on board in 19-28.33N 072-27.60E at 211835Z jun
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  33. HYDROPAC 1777/152015-05-30 → 2015-06-06
    Aircraft unreported
    Northern Indian Ocean · Southern Arabian Sea
  34. HYDROPAC 1466/152015-05-01 → 2015-05-23
    47 foot F/V mahima duwa, yellow hull, six persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 07-50N 070-50E on…
    Southern Arabian Sea
  35. HYDROPAC 1453/152015-04-30 → 2015-05-01
    F/V mahima duwa, six persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 07-50N 070-50E on 30 apr
    Southern Arabian Sea
  36. HYDROPAC 1422/152015-04-28 → 2015-05-09
    F/V jai vijay, brown hull, 15 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 20-15.80N…
    India-west Coast · Gulf of Khambhat
  37. HYDROPAC 1364/152015-04-23 → 2015-05-02
    60 foot F/V dwarka mai, violet hull, nine persons on board, adrift due to engine failure in 19-04N 070-20E…
    Arabian Sea
  38. HYDROPAC 1239/152015-04-12 → 2015-04-26
    Distress signal received on 156.525 mhz from M/V mino in 21-43N 064-16E at 120442Z apr
    Arabian Sea
  39. HYDROPAC 1161/152015-04-06 → 2015-04-09
    Derelict M/V ayman and M/V dv abdullah capsized and adrift in 20-59.0N 071-41.2E
    India-west Coast · Gulf of Khambhat
  40. HYDROPAC 1077/152015-03-29 → 2015-04-09
    Man overboard from F/V al safina ismail in 25-03.4N 062-11.8E at 290300Z mar
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  41. HYDROPAC 1030/152015-03-25 → 2015-04-02
    Two persons missing, search and rescue operations in 14-56.2N 073-43.0E
    India · Arabian Sea
  42. HYDROPAC 1029/152015-03-25 → 2015-03-30
    Man overboard from F/V safina al mansoor vicinity 24-05N 065-34E at 240700Z mar
    Arabian Sea
  43. HYDROPAC 1019/152015-03-24 → 2015-03-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft at 241652Z
    India · Arabian Sea
  44. HYDROPAC 815/152015-03-09 → 2015-04-02
    F/V, four persons on board, in need of assistance in 11-20N 071-04E at 090430Z mar
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  45. HYDROPAC 808/152015-03-08 → 2015-03-13
    Man overboard from M/V jaran cleo vicinity 18-33.7N 065-31.3E at 080820Z mar
    Arabian Sea
  46. HYDROPAC 806/152015-03-08 → 2015-04-02
    Man overboard from M/V mt maran cleo vicinity 18-27.33N 065-24.44E at 080700Z mar
    Arabian Sea
  47. HYDROPAC 652/152015-02-25 → 2015-04-02
    Barge sea pearl sank in 23-09N 068-28E at 242230Z feb
    Arabian Sea · India
  48. HYDROPAC 617/152015-02-22 → 2015-04-09
    Man overboard from F/V rakney vicinity 13-50N 072-13E on 21 feb
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  49. HYDROPAC 543/152015-02-15 → 2015-03-12
    Three persons missing from capsized vessel
    Southern Arabian Sea
  50. HYDROPAC 540/152015-02-14 → 2015-03-12
    Man overboard from F/V gauri narmda vicinity 20-19.92N 070-36.04E at 121715Z feb
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast

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