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 8/122012-01-02 → 2012-01-05
    Derelict liferaft vicinity 18-51.16N 072-17.39E at 020720Z jan
    India-west Coast
  2. HYDROPAC 3642/112011-12-31 → 2012-01-03
    Derelict F/V with fishing net capsized and adrift in 19-16.56N 071-25.30E at 310215Z dec
    India-west Coast
  3. HYDROPAC 3626/112011-12-29 → 2012-01-14
    Man overboard vicinity 21-47.27N 067-18.18E at 290930Z dec
    Northern Arabian Sea
  4. HYDROPAC 2937/112011-10-18 → 2011-11-05
    Man overboard from M/V lara rickmers in 08-16.13N 058-42.0E on 18 oct
    Western Indian Ocean
  5. HYDROPAC 2441/112011-08-29 → 2011-09-10
    F/V bhakti sai view, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift in 20-05.08N 072-28.00E
    India-west Coast
  6. HYDROPAC 2432/112011-08-27 → 2011-09-10
    F/V al jagrat pir sank in 20-12.5N 071-30.8E
    India-west Coast
  7. HYDROPAC 2358/112011-08-21 → 2011-08-21
    Vessel al balad, five persons on board, taking on water in 16-12N 053-36E at 211515Z aug
    Arabian Sea · Gulf of Aden
  8. HYDROPAC 2054/112011-07-18 → 2011-07-30
    Vessel elise schulte reports crewman with heart attack in 13-32N 062-33E at 180600Z jul
    Arabian Sea
  9. HYDROPAC 1778/112011-06-19 → 2011-06-19
    M/V suez, grey and red hull, taking on water in 15-35N 054-20E at 191105Z jun
    Arabian Sea · Gulf of Aden
  10. HYDROPAC 655/112011-03-01 → 2011-03-12
    M/V kalpana perm reports crewman requiring medical assistance, disabled and adrift due to engine damage in…
    Arabian Sea
  11. HYDROPAC 559/112011-02-21 → 2011-04-09
    Barge noor IV sank in 15-29.60N 073-43.96E
    India-west Coast
  12. HYDROPAC 491/112011-02-13 → 2011-02-26
    Man overboard from vessel shivam vicinity 19-29.90N 071-17.94E at 131730Z feb
    India-west Coast
  13. HYDROPAC 417/112011-02-04 → 2011-02-19
    M/V aal emran, 28 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 11-10N 069-20E on 24 jan
    Arabian Sea
  14. HYDROPAC 259/112011-01-22 → 2011-01-31
    Vessel logo searcher sank in 20-41N 071-42E
    India-west Coast
  15. HYDROPAC 227/112011-01-19 → 2011-02-12
    Man overboard from F/V prem sagar in 19-58.8N 070-53.3E on 18 jan
    India-west Coast
  16. HYDROPAC 97/112011-01-10 → 2011-01-17
    F/V sank due to collision with M/V vasundhara in 22-35.01N 068-21.01E at 042130Z jan
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  17. HYDROPAC 2844/102010-12-20 → 2011-01-08
    Vessel capsized and adrift in 18-42.4N 072-49.8E at 191100Z dec
    India-west Coast
  18. HYDROPAC 2750/102010-12-11 → 2011-01-08
    F/V collided with barge, taking on water in 20-26.9N 071-36.2E at 092230Z dec
    India-west Coast
  19. HYDROPAC 2719/102010-12-09 → 2010-12-14
    14 meter M/V ml kartiki, blue and white hull, four persons on board, unreported belapur (19-01.4N 073-02.5E)…
    India-west Coast
  20. HYDROPAC 2565/102010-11-24 → 2011-01-08
    F/V st michel jalsa, 15 persons on board, overdue uttan (19-17N 072-47E) and return
    India-west Coast
  21. HYDROPAC 2513/102010-11-20 → 2010-11-21
    Distress signal received from vessel tai an kou vicinity 20-30N 060-45E
    Arabian Sea
  22. HYDROPAC 1860/102010-09-13 → 2010-10-23
    F/V dhansagar, F/V arundhati, F/V ratandevi, F/V krishna sagar, F/V mahadev and F/V annapurna sunk vicinity…
    India-west Coast
  23. HYDROPAC 1374/102010-07-02 → 2010-08-14
    12 meter F/V dinusha 02, yellow and white hull, five persons on board, unreported
    Arabian Sea
  24. HYDROPAC 1181/102010-06-05 → 2010-07-03
    Barge kanta, nine persons on board, adrift in 20-17.5N 060-42.4E at 051230Z jun
    Western Arabian Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 1150/102010-06-02 → 2010-06-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mz from M/V roma, 14 persons on board, with barge kanta, nine persons on…
    Western Arabian Sea
  26. HYDROPAC 1063/102010-05-22 → 2010-05-29
    M/V dubai moon sank in 12-39N 053-07E
    Arabian Sea · Suqutra Island
  27. HYDROPAC 1038/102010-05-20 → 2010-05-22
    Distress signal received from vessel dubai moon in 11-17N 052-21E
    Western Indian Ocean · Somalia
  28. HYDROPAC 406/102010-03-02 → 2010-04-17
    12 meter F/V pradeepa, five persons on board, unreported
    Indian Ocean · Arabian Sea
  29. HYDROPAC 150/102010-01-27 → 2010-02-27
    Man overboard from M/V malviya eighteen in 20-34N 070-04E at 251230Z jan
    India-west Coast
  30. HYDROPAC 1989/092009-11-01 → 2009-12-19
    35 foot M/V vulganus, one person on board, unreported muscat (23-36.5N 058-35.5E) to goa (15-03.0N 073-55.0E)
  31. HYDROPAC 1176/092009-06-26 → 2009-07-20
    S/V khwaja al karam, 12 persons on board, and S/V safina hussani, 15 persons on board, sinking in 22-40N…
  32. HYDROPAC 1057/092009-06-05 → 2009-06-20
    Man overboard from M/V ninos in 18-46.95N 072-36.30E at 041330Z jun
  33. HYDROPAC 936/092009-05-14 → 2009-06-27
    18 meter F/V ocean explorer, blue hull, five persons on board, unreported
  34. HYDROPAC 841/092009-04-29 → 2009-06-13
    32 foot F/V ramprasad sank vicinity 20-52N 072-07E at 280800Z apr
  35. HYDROPAC 736/092009-04-12 → 2009-04-25
    Man overboard in 14-51.2N 073-22.9E at 120330Z apr
  36. HYDROPAC 2425/082008-12-08 → 2008-12-25
    Man overboard from M/V sea emparor in 23-56N 063-06E at 071730Z dec
  37. HYDROPAC 2101/082008-10-27 → 2008-11-15
    Man overboard from M/V sea melody vicinity 19-34.7N 071-26.4E vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp…
  38. HYDROPAC 1603/082008-08-21 → 2008-09-11
    12 meter F/V lakshan, yellow hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 09-20N 068-10E on 18 aug
  39. HYDROPAC 1564/082008-08-15 → 2008-09-13
    Man overboard from M/V IRONMONGER-9 vicinity 21-32N 065-03E
  40. HYDROPAC 1553/082008-08-14 → 2008-09-11
    Man overboard from M/V margrethe maersk vicinity of trackline between 11-19N 062-00E and 12-57N 056-33E
  41. HYDROPAC 1333/082008-07-14 → 2008-07-21
    Derelict barge capsized, partially submerged and adrift in 11-42.3N 055-11.5E
  42. HYDROPAC 1261/082008-07-04 → 2008-07-12
    M/V josef m, 14 persons on board, adrift due to engine failure in 10-29.8N 065-09.2E
  43. HYDROPAC 1237/082008-07-01 → 2008-07-12
    F/V al-gwadar sunk in 17-08N 063-21E at 010800Z jul
  44. HYDROPAC 1088/082008-06-08 → 2008-07-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-18.9N 073-14.9E
  45. HYDROPAC 783/082008-04-25 → 2008-06-07
    40 foot F/V sama sri, five persons on board, adrift due to engine failure vicinity 09-09N 068-00E on 21 apr
  46. HYDROPAC 671/082008-04-09 → 2008-05-24
    Man overboard from M/V trans pacific vicinity 10-41.7N 062-59.1E
  47. HYDROPAC 211/082008-02-03 → 2008-02-23
    M/V zakher king sinking in 23-53N 063-39E
  48. HYDROPAC 202/082008-02-01 → 2008-03-15
    F/V abimon sinking in 15-45.0N 073-03.7E
  49. HYDROPAC 120/082008-01-22 → 2008-02-10
    Distress signal received in 12-15.9N 060-18.2E
  50. HYDROPAC 96/082008-01-18 → 2008-01-19
    Distress signal received from M/V pamelou, three persons on board, in 10-55.40N 059-33.18E

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