Incident report · 2026040102
Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) cable: latency up to 2.2× normal, 1 Apr 2026
Resolved · 59m
What we measured
| Cable | Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) |
| Segment | Vung Tau, VN → Marseille, FR |
| Detected | 2026-04-01 16:33 UTC |
| Resolved | 2026-04-01 17:32 UTC |
| Duration | 59m |
| Observed latency | 587.3 ms |
| Baseline | 263.6 ms · 2.23× |
| Increase | +123% |
| Severity | warning |
Who is affected
Countries where Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) comes ashore, how much of their submarine diversity this cable represents, and what our measurements into them show.
| Country | Dependence on this cable | Other submarine cables | What the measurements show |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia resilience index: 37 · vulnerable |
1 of 3 cables (33% of submarine diversity) | Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand (MCT) Cable, Sihanoukville-Hong Kong (SHV-HK) | average 64 ms over 30 days |
| China resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 24 cables (4% of submarine diversity) | APCN-2, Asia Direct Cable (ADC), Asia Link Cable (ALC) +20 more | median 159 ms today vs 160 ms over 30 days (99 routes) - unchanged |
| Djibouti resilience index: 68 · moderate |
1 of 12 cables (8% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Aden-Djibouti, Africa-1 +8 more | no measurement today; median 165 ms over 30 days (40 routes) |
| Egypt resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 25 cables (4% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa-1, Aletar +21 more | no measurement today; median 155 ms over 30 days (59 routes) |
| France resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 35 cables (3% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), Africa-1 +31 more | median 67 ms today vs 71 ms over 30 days (666 routes) - unchanged |
| Greece resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 21 cables (5% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Adria-1, ANDROMEDA +17 more | median 85 ms today vs 67 ms over 30 days (71 routes) - slower |
| India resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 24 cables (4% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG), Bharat Lanka Cable System +20 more | median 174 ms today vs 139 ms over 30 days (225 routes) - slower |
| Italy resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 38 cables (3% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, ANDROMEDA, Barracuda +34 more | median 94 ms today vs 81 ms over 30 days (374 routes) - slower |
| Malaysia resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 34 cables (3% of submarine diversity) | APCN-2, Asia Link Cable (ALC), Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) +30 more | median 217 ms today vs 180 ms over 30 days (47 routes) - slower |
| Myanmar (Burma) resilience index: 47 · vulnerable |
1 of 3 cables (33% of submarine diversity) | SeaMeWe-5, UMO | average 159 ms over 30 days |
| Oman resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 20 cables (5% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG), Daraja +16 more | no measurement today; median 109 ms over 30 days (44 routes) |
| Pakistan resilience index: 61 · moderate |
1 of 9 cables (11% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa-1, IMEWE +5 more | median 181 ms today vs 158 ms over 30 days (50 routes) - unchanged |
| Qatar resilience index: 83 · resilient |
1 of 9 cables (11% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, FALCON, Fiber Optic Gulf (FOG) +5 more | median 159 ms today vs 166 ms over 30 days (40 routes) - unchanged |
| Saudi Arabia resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 25 cables (4% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa-1, EMC West-1 +21 more | median 147 ms today vs 146 ms over 30 days (58 routes) - unchanged |
| Thailand resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 18 cables (6% of submarine diversity) | Asia Direct Cable (ADC), Asia Pacific Gateway (APG), Asia-America Gateway (AAG) Cable System +14 more | median 224 ms today vs 215 ms over 30 days (157 routes) - unchanged |
| United Arab Emirates resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 22 cables (5% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa-1, Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) +18 more | median 79 ms today vs 117 ms over 30 days (213 routes) - faster |
| Vietnam resilience index: 81 · resilient |
1 of 9 cables (11% of submarine diversity) | Asia Direct Cable (ADC), Asia Link Cable (ALC), Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) +5 more | median 241 ms today vs 213 ms over 30 days (92 routes) - unchanged |
| Yemen resilience index: 65 · moderate |
1 of 5 cables (20% of submarine diversity) | Aden-Djibouti, Africa-1, FALCON +1 more | no measurement today; median 54 ms over 30 days (11 routes) |
Dependence is structural (share of the country's submarine cables), not a traffic share: real traffic distribution across cables is not public.
Path analysis
No usable traceroute data for this window.
Cross-probe verdict. Other measurements did not confirm the event. We treat this as a probable false positive and label it as such.
Timeline
- Alert #34: warning - Marseille
- Alert #34 resolved: Marseille
Detection method
Latency is sampled continuously from our probe network. An alert opens when round-trip time to a monitored endpoint holds above its rolling baseline, and closes automatically once it returns. Full method is described on the methodology page.
How to cite
GeoCables (2026). Incident 2026040102: Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1). https://geocables.com/incident/2026040102
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