Hazardous operations 0130Z to 0730Z and 0830Z to 1430Z daily 06 thru 11, 17 thru 19 and 27 thru 29 apr in…
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1223/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-04-07 12:33Z
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 295/17 051001Z APR 17.. Issued 2017-04-05 15:37Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 236/17, 735/17, 904/17, 929/17, 1013/17, 1223/17 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
Activity windows · 12 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-06 01:30Z | 2017-04-06 07:30Z | — | 6 h |
| 2017-04-06 08:30Z | 2017-04-06 14:30Z | — | 6 h |
| 2017-04-07 01:30Z | 2017-04-07 07:30Z | — | 6 h |
| 2017-04-07 08:30Z | 2017-04-07 14:30Z | — | 6 h |
| 2017-04-08 01:30Z | 2017-04-08 07:30Z | — | 6 h |
| 2017-04-08 08:30Z | 2017-04-08 14:30Z | — | 6 h |
| 2017-04-09 01:30Z | 2017-04-09 07:30Z | — | 6 h |
| 2017-04-09 08:30Z | 2017-04-09 14:30Z | — | 6 h |
| … 4 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2017-04-05 15:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-04-29 15:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 295/17 051001Z APR 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 18.842, 85.248
- 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 0130Z TO 0730Z AND
0830Z TO 1430Z DAILY 06 THRU 11, 17 THRU 19
AND 27 THRU 29 APR IN AREAS:
A. BOUND BY
19-14.60N 084-53.70E, 19-07.39N 085-35.94E,
18-33.61N 084-53.74E.
B. WITHIN 41 MILES OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN
19-07.39N 085-35.94E AND 18-33.61N 084-53.74E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291530Z APR 17.
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.
- 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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
1164 within 180 nm since 2000 · 20 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 in progress until 251829Z sep in area bound by 19-14.60N 084-53.70E, 19-07.39N…2026-09-23
- Hazardous operations 0330Z to 0730Z daily 18 and 19 sep in area bound by 20-35.73N 086-55.12E, 20-48.37N…2026-09-15
- Hazardous operations 061831Z to 121829Z and 131831Z to 191829Z sep in area bound by 19-14.60N 084-53.70E,…2026-09-03
- Hazardous operations 020230Z to 021130Z sep in area bound by 17-46.00N 084-12.00E, 17-14.00N 084-12.00E,…2026-09-01
- Hazardous operations 020630Z to 021030Z sep in area bound by: 17-43.00N 083-35.00E, 17-48.00N 084-06.00E,…2026-09-01
- Hazardous operations 010230Z to 011130Z sep in area bound by 17-23.00N 083-43.00E, 17-23.00N 083-53.00E,…2026-08-30
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
17 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:49Z; 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.