F/V madu kumari, six persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 03-00N 077-43E
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1593/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-06-04 14:28Z
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 350/15 141001Z MAY 15.. Issued 2015-05-14 11:29Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is 3.000, 77.717. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1826/15, false alertlater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1452/152015-04-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1496/152015-05-05 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1593/15 · this notice2015-05-14 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2015-05-14 11:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 350/15 141001Z MAY 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- 3.000, 77.717
- vessel
- F/V MADU KUMARI
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 03. F/V MADU KUMARI, SIX PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT VICINITY 03-00N 077-43E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
62 within 180 nm since 2004 · 0 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.
- F/V chuti du, green and yellow hull, reports crewman suffering from paralysis in 05-51.00N 078-04.00E at…2024-05-08
- 42 foot F/V laksmi amma 2, blue and white hull, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine…2024-04-24
- 42 foot F/V madu matha, blue and white hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine…2024-04-24
- 40 foot F/V chethul putha, white hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in…2023-08-29
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 04-46.00N 078-43.00E at 011520Z aug2023-08-01
- Man overboard from F/V yahansa 02 in 05-54.00N 078-24.00E at 211400Z jul2023-07-23
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
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:34Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
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. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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.