Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard from platform vicinity 19-35N 071-19E at 010952Z jul

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1915/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-07-03 12:06Z

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) · MRCC MUMBAI 020400Z JUL 13.. Issued 2013-07-02 04:22Z. 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 19.583, 71.317. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
INDIA-WEST COAST.
MAN OVERBOARD FROM PLATFORM VICINITY 19-35N 071-19E AT
010952Z JUL. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A
SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC MUMBAI,
INMARSAT-C: 441907210, PHONE: 9122 2438 8065,
FAX: 9122 2431 6558, 9122 2433 3727,
E-MAIL: INDSAR@VSNL.NET, ICGMRCCMUMBAI@MTNL.NET.IN.

Reading this warning

Man overboard: Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
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.
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.
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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre): A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

169 within 180 nm since 2002 · 1 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Derelict M/V al jafzia aground in 19-11.50N 072-46.40EDerelicts · 85.8 nm
6.2 meter depths reported in vicinity: a. 18-17.72N 072-55.18EWrecks · 119.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 19:42Z; 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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