Incidents · overdue

F/V jai laxmi, red hull with white stripe, seven persons on board, overdue from mumbai

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 3808/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-03-12 16:31Z

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 200908Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-20 13:18Z. 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 18.667, 72.667. 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.
INDIA-WEST COAST.
DNC 03.
F/V JAI LAXMI, RED HULL WITH WHITE STRIPE, SEVEN PERSONS
ON BOARD, OVERDUE FROM MUMBAI. LAST KNOWN POSITION
18-40N 072-40E ON 13 DEC 14. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC MUMBAI, PHONE: 9122 2438 8065,
FAX: 9122 2431 6558, E-MAIL: INDSAR@VSNL.NET.

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.
Overdue vessel: A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
Last known position: The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
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.

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

176 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

6.2 meter depths reported in vicinity: a. 18-17.72N 072-55.18EWrecks · 26.7 nm
Derelict M/V al jafzia aground in 19-11.50N 072-46.40EDerelicts · 32.1 nm
Hazardous operations 0230Z to 1130Z daily 28 thru 30 sep in area bound by 20-26.00N 072-27.00E, 20-26.00N…Exercises · 113.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:01Z; 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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