Submarine cable incident record

FALCON — Confirmed — 2022-02-07

Event ID evt_hist_c6e6926ce108f02f · February 7, 2022

GCX reports continuing marine-fibre repairs on FALCON; Kuwait traffic has recovered through alternate routes.

Confirmed

Public classification

Confirmed

Affected cable or system

FALCON

Affected countries

Kuwait, Yemen

Region

Red Sea

Network state

Network signal stale

Physical state

Repair in progress confirmed by report

Lifecycle

• Occurred: 2022-02-07T14:05:20.000Z
• Repair activity reported: 2022-02-07T14:05:20.000Z
• Network record became stale: 2022-08-07T14:05:20.000Z — physical state unchanged.

Original supporting evidence

1. the repair work on the marine optical fibers are continuing given good weather conditions subtelforum.com · 2022-02-07T14:05:20.000Z

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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