Incidents · distress

Distress signal received from M/V jindal kamakshi, 20 persons on board in 19-28.33N 072-27.60E at 211835Z jun

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2040/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-06-22 07:59Z

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 211929Z JUN 15.. Issued 2015-06-21 19:49Z. 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 19.472, 72.460. 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.
DNC 03.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM M/V JINDAL
KAMAKSHI, 20 PERSONS ON BOARD IN
19-28.33N 072-27.60E AT 211835Z JUN.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC
MUMBAI, PHONE: 9122 2438 8065, 9122 2438 3592,
FAX: 9122 2431 6558, E-MAIL: INDSAR@VSNL.NET.

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.
Distress signal received: A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
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.

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

163 within 180 nm since 2002 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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6.2 meter depths reported in vicinity: a. 18-17.72N 072-55.18EWrecks · 75.4 nm

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