M/V al aalam, numerous persons on board, on fire and sinking in 21-00.00N 059-00.00E
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2243/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-08-15 15:02Z
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 0/22 150918Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-15 09:31Z. 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 21.000, 59.000. 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
- M/V al aalam, numerous persons on board, on fire and sinking in 21-44.27N 059-36.20Elater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 2243/22 · this notice2022-08-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2246/222022-08-15 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2022-08-15 09:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC MUMBAI 0/22 150918Z AUG 22.
- issued by
- MRCC MUMBAI
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 21.000, 59.000
- vessel
- M/V AL AALAM · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. OMAN. DNC 10. M/V AL AALAM, NUMEROUS PERSONS ON BOARD, ON FIRE AND SINKING IN 21-00.00N 059-00.00E. 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: MRCC-WEST@INDIANCOASTGUARD.NIC.IN.
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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
15 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- M/V al aalam, numerous persons on board, on fire and sinking in 21-44.27N 059-36.20E2022-08-15
- Derelict seven meter vessel capsized and adrift in 22-22.6N 060-52.7E on 06 jan2018-01-06
- M/V narsung sank in 18-41N 057-21E on 23 jul2015-07-26
- Distress signal received from vessel tai an kou vicinity 20-30N 060-45E2010-11-20
- Barge kanta, nine persons on board, adrift in 20-17.5N 060-42.4E at 051230Z jun2010-06-05
- Distress signal received in 23-14N 059-21E2008-06-25
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 2026-10-01 21:45Z; 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.