Man overboard from vessel mt mars in 16-08.1N 089-30.11E at 210300Z mar
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 897/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-04-02 12:09Z
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 251/21 220621Z MAR 21.. Issued 2021-03-22 06:55Z. 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
- Bay of Bengal. The parsed report position is 16.135, 89.502. 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
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 895/212021-03-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 897/21 · this notice2021-03-22 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
- issued
- 2021-03-22 06:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 251/21 220621Z MAR 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 16.135, 89.502
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. DNC 03. MAN OVERBOARD FROM VESSEL MT MARS IN 16-08.1N 089-30.11E AT 210300Z MAR.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
18 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.
- 43 foot F/V paduwa, yellow, red and blue hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 15-02N…2022-04-14
- Man overboard from M/V mars in 16-08.10N 089-30.11E at 210830Z mar2021-03-21
- Distress signal received in vicinity 13-52.8N 089-20.6E at 211221Z sep2020-09-21
- F/V samith 08 reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 16-58N 088-44E at 261000Z sep2017-09-26
- Crew of M/V itt panther abandoned ship in liferafts in vicinity 15-08N 092-15E at 200055Z jul2017-07-20
- F/V sudu duwa 4, yellow and blue hull, reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 16-23N 087-35E at…2017-03-16
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 2026-10-02 02:58Z; 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.