Submarine cable incident record

Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia cable incident — Confirmed — 2023-05-10

Event ID evt_hist_c2d7df2466643e36 ·

The cable company confirmed an anchor-damaged submarine cable disrupting services to Solomon Islands provinces.

Confirmed

Public classification
Confirmed
Affected cable or system
Confirmed regional incident; no cable was deterministically attributed
Affected countries
Solomon Islands
Region
Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia
Network state
Network signal stale
Physical state
Physical fault confirmed by report

Lifecycle

  • Occurred:
  • Network record became stale: — physical state unchanged.

Original supporting evidence

  1. the damage to the cable was caused on Wednesday when a foreign flagged vessel dropped its anchor on it. subtelforum.com · 2023-05-12T14:42:37.000Z

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.

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