Incidents · fire

M/V al aalam, numerous persons on board, on fire and sinking in 21-44.27N 059-36.20E

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2246/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-09-02 13:57Z

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 151436Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-15 15:02Z. 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 21.738, 59.603. 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.
OMAN.
DNC 10.
1. M/V AL AALAM, NUMEROUS PERSONS ON BOARD,
   ON FIRE AND SINKING IN 21-44.27N 059-36.20E.
   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.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2243/22.

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.
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.

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

19 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 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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