Derelict M/V falcon line sinking in 13-34.57N 053-31.52E
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1696/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-06-10 16:13Z
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 IX 220/21 081029Z JUN 21.. Issued 2021-06-08 10:53Z. 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
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 13.576, 53.525. 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
- Vessel falcon line, 15 persons on board, taking on water in 13-24.76N 053-24.67Ecancelled by this notice
- Derelict M/V falcon line adrift in 13-33.6N 053-30.7Elater 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 1690/212021-06-07 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1696/21 · this notice2021-06-08 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2021-06-08 10:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-06-11 10:53Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 220/21 081029Z JUN 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 13.576, 53.525
- vessel
- M/V FALCON LINE · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. SUQUTRA. DNC 10. 1. DERELICT M/V FALCON LINE SINKING IN 13-34.57N 053-31.52E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1690/21. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 111053Z JUN 21.
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.
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- 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 · distress & casualty cases (archived)
33 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Vessel al-rasikh, four persons on board, unreported2023-11-27
- M/V bismillah, eight persons on board, unreported2023-01-24
- Vessel SAAD-2, brown hull, eight persons on board, unreported ash shihr (14-45-39N 049-36-25E) to suqutra…2022-05-18
- F/V al sharqia, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 13-32N 051-12E…2021-11-10
- Vessel falcon line, 15 persons on board, taking on water in 13-24.76N 053-24.67E2021-06-07
- M/V al kamen 1, white and brown hull, five persons on board, unreported ash shhir port (14-44.7N 049-36.4E)…2021-01-03
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 00:25Z; 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) →
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