13.5 meter F/V ft mahimay, white hull, 12 persons on board, overdue kolachel to 07-10N 077-34E and return
Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 602/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-05-07 12:04Z
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 VIII 216/02 301001Z MAR 02; JAPAN COAST GUARD POR EGC #515 300440Z MAR 02. Issued 2002-03-30 09:40Z. 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
- Laccadive Sea. The parsed report position is 7.167, 77.567. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-34-30N 138-11-52E and 25-40-15N 137-46-01E at 300140Z marcancelled by this notice
- Adele island light 15-30.7S 123-09.4E unlitlater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 289/022002-02-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 601/022002-03-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 602/02 · this notice2002-03-30 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Laccadive Sea →
- issued
- 2002-03-30 09:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 216/02 301001Z MAR 02; JAPAN COAST GUARD POR EGC #515 300440Z MAR 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Laccadive Sea
- position
- 7.167, 77.567
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. 13.5 METER F/V FT MAHIMAY, WHITE HULL, 12 PERSONS ON BOARD, OVERDUE KOLACHEL TO 07-10N 077-34E AND RETURN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC COCHIN, INMARSAT-C: 4419 07510, TELEX: 0416063. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 601/02(81,97), VESSEL LOCATED SAFE.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
180 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.
- 40 foot F/V thurushika duwa yellow, red and blue hull, six persons on board, disabled and adrift2025-11-15
- F/V chuti du, green and yellow hull, reports crewman suffering from paralysis in 05-51.00N 078-04.00E at…2024-05-08
- 42 foot F/V laksmi amma 2, blue and white hull, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine…2024-04-24
- Man overboard from F/V harini duwa 01 in 06-25.00N 079-45.00E at 251530Z feb2024-02-26
- F/V, white and blue hull, three persons on board, overdue hikkaduwa (06-08.83N 080-06.62E) and return2024-02-07
- F/V, white and blue hull, three persons on board, overdue2024-02-04
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 2026-10-03 02:29Z; 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) →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.