Hazardous operations 040001Z to 091300Z apr in area bound by 14-21.60N 086-14.10E, 16-27.60N 083-56.20E,…
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1046/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-04-09 14:00Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA VIII 335/24 011011Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-01 10:58Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Bay of Bengal. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-04 00:01Z | 2024-04-09 13:00Z | — | 132 h 59 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-04-01 10:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-04-09 14:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 335/24 011011Z APR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 14.399, 83.938
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. INDIA. DNC 03. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 040001Z TO 091300Z APR IN AREA BOUND BY 14-21.60N 086-14.10E, 16-27.60N 083-56.20E, 13-33.30N 081-17.20E, 12-55.40N 085-00.10E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 091400Z APR 24.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
350 within 180 nm since 2000 · 5 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Hazardous operations 300430Z to 301130Z sep in area bound by 17-12.10N 083-36.20E, 17-12.80N 084-03.90E,…2026-09-28
- Hazardous operations 211330Z to 241530Z sep in area bound by 16-20.10N 084-29.30E, 16-01.80N 087-23.30E,…2026-09-18
- Hazardous operations 180001Z to 191300Z apr in area bound by 16-15.00N 084-00.00E, 16-55.00N 084-00.00E,…2026-04-17
- Hazardous operations 191130Z to 191200Z jan in area bound by: 16-39.70N 084-34.50E, 16-39.70N 085-00.60E,…2026-01-16
- Hazardous operations 060045Z to 060115Z dec in area bound by 17-27.00N 083-33.00E, 17-27.00N 084-00.00E,…2025-12-04
- Hazardous operations 0330 to 0930 daily 26 thru 28 apr in area bound by 18-03.65N 083-44.35E, 17-42.08N…2024-04-23
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 10:07Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.