M/V wadi alarab reports crewman with gunshot wound in leg requiring medical assistance in 14-12N 050-58E at…
Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 2556/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-01-10 09:46Z
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) · JRCC STAVANGER 250954Z DEC 08.. Issued 2008-12-25 10:50Z. 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
- Gulf of Aden. The parsed report position is 14.200, 50.967. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2008-12-25 10:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC STAVANGER 250954Z DEC 08.
- issued by
- JRCC STAVANGER
- sea
- Gulf of Aden
- position
- 14.200, 50.967
- vessel
- M/V WADI ALARAB
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
M/V WADI ALARAB REPORTS CREWMAN WITH GUNSHOT WOUND IN LEG REQUIRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN 14-12N 050-58E AT 250954Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC STAVANGER, TELEX: 5633163, PHONE: 47 5151 7000, FAX: 47 5165 2334.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
34 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Vessel, blue hull, two persons on board, unreported in vicinity balhaf (13-56.98N 048-09.49E)2026-04-16
- Vessel SAAD-2, brown hull, eight persons on board, unreported ash shihr (14-45-39N 049-36-25E) to suqutra…2022-05-18
- F/V al sharqia, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 13-32N 051-12E…2021-11-10
- Derelict M/V falcon line sinking in 13-34.57N 053-31.52E2021-06-08
- Vessel falcon line, 15 persons on board, taking on water in 13-24.76N 053-24.67E2021-06-07
- M/V al kamen 1, white and brown hull, five persons on board, unreported ash shhir port (14-44.7N 049-36.4E)…2021-01-03
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 2026-10-04 01:16Z; 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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