Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard from M/V empress in 18-47.00N 071-47.50E at 201838Z jan

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 254/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-02-09 17:14Z

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 0/24 211518Z JAN 24.. Issued 2024-01-21 15:26Z. 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 18.783, 71.792. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2024-01-21 15:26Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC MUMBAI 0/24 211518Z JAN 24.
issued by
MRCC MUMBAI
sea
Arabian Sea
position
18.783, 71.792
vessel
M/V EMPRESS · 3 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
MAN OVERBOARD FROM M/V EMPRESS IN 18-47.00N 071-47.50E
AT 201838Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC MUMBAI,
PHONE: 9122 2438 8065, 9122 2438 3592,
FAX: 912 2243 1655,
EMAIL: 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.
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.

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

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

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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Record snapshot 2026-10-01 22:22Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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