Submarine cable incident record
SEA-ME-WE 5 cable event — 2024-04-19
SEA-ME-WE 5 submarine cable broke between Singapore and Malaysia, disrupting internet in Bangladesh.
Assumed resolved
- Affected cable or system
- SEA-ME-WE 5
- Affected countries
- Bangladesh
- Region
- Red Sea
- Evidence mode
- Reported evidence
- Source extraction confidence
- 95%
- Resolution
- Assumed resolved after six months without newer evidence
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Resolution date:
Original supporting evidence
Confidence describes automated extraction of the cited source, not a probability that every named cable was physically cut. Historical records may be marked assumed resolved when no newer evidence was available. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.