Submarine cable incident record
SEA-ME-WE-5 — Confirmed — 2026-04-09
Bangladesh reports SEA-ME-WE-5 shunt fault repair maintenance, with possible temporary service disruption.
Confirmed
- Public classification
- Confirmed
- Affected cable or system
- SEA-ME-WE-5
- Affected countries
- Bangladesh
- Region
- Red Sea
- Network state
- Network state unknown
- Physical state
- Physical fault confirmed by report
Original supporting evidence
Public-network measurements can support a Suspected record but cannot prove a physical cable fault or repair. Network recovery can result from rerouting and does not establish physical repair. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.