Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard in 25-38N 054-44E at 040300Z sep

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 2662/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-09-11 09:55Z

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) · NAVAREA IX 320/16 041050Z SEP 16.. Issued 2016-09-04 12:30Z. 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: Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 25.633, 54.733. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Persian Gulf →

issued: 2016-09-04 12:30Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA IX 320/16 041050Z SEP 16.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Persian Gulf
position: 25.633, 54.733
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
U.A.E.
DNC 10.
MAN OVERBOARD IN 25-38N 054-44E AT 040300Z SEP.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY
COASTAL RADIO STATION.

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.

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

40 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

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

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Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 40.4 nm
Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 78 nm
Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 91 nm
GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 92.1 nm
Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 98.6 nm
Foul ground, anchor with 2.5 shackle chain reported in 25-07.69N 052-53.09EWrecks · 104.8 nm
M/V cape dao suffered a security incident, disabled and adrift in 26-23.40N 056-34.40EDerelicts · 109.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 20:25Z; 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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