Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2016

Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live.

issued in 2016
2,029
still in force
0
vs 2015
+5%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,226
  • HYDROLANT774
  • HYDROARC15
  • NAVAREA IV11
  • NAVAREA XII3

Where · top seas

North Pacific Ocean30921%
South China Sea28619%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin23316%
North Atlantic Ocean21915%
South Atlantic Ocean1057%
South Pacific Ocean825%
Caribbean Sea725%
Philippine Sea664%
Indian Ocean624%
Coral Sea584%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2016 · 2,029

  1. HYDROPAC 1927/162016-06-28 → 2016-06-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-46.1N 083-53.3W
    Eastern North Pacific
  2. HYDROPAC 1923/162016-06-27 → 2016-06-27
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1912/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Molucca Sea · Indonesia
  3. HYDROLANT 1618/162016-06-27 → 2016-06-30
    Vessel, one person on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 35-00N 024-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Crete-south Coast
  4. HYDROPAC 1921/162016-06-27 → 2016-06-29
    F/V 95573 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in 09-35N 110-01E at 230800Z
    South China Sea
  5. HYDROLANT 1617/162016-06-27 → 2016-07-03
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 34-00N 012-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  6. HYDROLANT 1613/162016-06-27 → 2016-06-29
    Man overboard in 22-45.87S 041-48.33W on 26 jun
    Brazil-southeast Coast
  7. HYDROLANT 1611/162016-06-26 → 2016-07-10
    Canoe, one person on board, overdue
    Western Mediterranean Sea · France
  8. HYDROPAC 1913/162016-06-26 → 2016-07-06
    F/V shalom unreported bitung (01-26N 125-08E) to patani (00-17N 128-46E)
    Molucca Sea · Halmahera Sea · Indonesia
  9. HYDROPAC 1912/162016-06-26 → 2016-06-27
    Man overboard from vessel vicinity 01-00N 126-00E at 220300Z jun
    Molucca Sea · Indonesia
  10. HYDROLANT 1609/162016-06-26 → 2016-07-03
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-18N 012-31E at 260248Z jun
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  11. HYDROLANT 1608/162016-06-26 → 2016-07-03
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-25N 013-34E at 261037Z jun
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  12. HYDROLANT 1605/162016-06-26 → 2016-07-03
    46 foot F/V i'll be back, white hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in 27-38N 094-53W at…
    Gulf of Mexico
  13. HYDROPAC 1904/162016-06-26 → 2016-07-03
    Seven meter vessel, one person on board, overdue
    Northern Mozambique Channel · Comoros
  14. HYDROPAC 1903/162016-06-25 → 2016-06-25
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1901/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific
  15. HYDROPAC 1901/162016-06-25 → 2016-06-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-58.1N 147-52.8E
    Western North Pacific
  16. HYDROLANT 1598/162016-06-25 → 2016-06-26
    Vessel, 120 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-11N 012-25E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  17. HYDROPAC 1897/162016-06-24 → 2016-06-24
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1861/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  18. HYDROPAC 1894/162016-06-24 → 2016-06-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel galley cat vicinity 11-57.72S 140-14.04E at 241333Z jun
    Gulf of Carpentaria · Australia-northeast Coast
  19. HYDROPAC 1893/162016-06-24 → 2016-07-03
    F/V cm 98984 ts, seven persons on board, suffered an explosion in 09-52N 103-49E at 241040Z jun
    Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  20. HYDROLANT 1590/162016-06-24 → 2016-06-26
    Vessel, 300 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-55N 012-32E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  21. HYDROPAC 1880/162016-06-24 → 2016-06-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-49.1N 099-42.9W
    Eastern North Pacific
  22. HYDROLANT 1588/162016-06-23 → 2016-07-03
    70 foot vessel CV21 reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 40-12.3N 057-50.1W
    Western North Atlantic
  23. HYDROLANT 1586/162016-06-23 → 2016-06-26
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 35-11N 020-50E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  24. HYDROLANT 1585/162016-06-23 → 2016-06-26
    Numerous vessels, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 33-00N 013-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  25. HYDROPAC 1869/162016-06-22 → 2016-06-22
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1817/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  26. HYDROPAC 1864/162016-06-22 → 2016-06-22
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1417/16 and this msg, search suspended
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  27. HYDROLANT 1572/162016-06-22 → 2016-06-22
    Cancel HYDROLANT 1565/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Eastern Caribbean Sea
  28. HYDROLANT 1571/162016-06-22 → 2016-06-26
    12 meter S/V stela, two persons on board, flooding in 42-32.59N 006-43.69E
    Western Mediterranean Sea · France
  29. HYDROLANT 1566/162016-06-21 → 2016-07-31
    47 foot S/V whitewater, white hull, one person on board, overdue fairhope (30-31N 087-53W) to key west…
    Gulf of Mexico · Strait of Florida · Alabama To Florida
  30. HYDROLANT 1565/162016-06-21 → 2016-06-22
    22 foot M/V jackie boy, blue and black hull, two persons on board
    Eastern Caribbean Sea
  31. HYDROPAC 1861/162016-06-21 → 2016-06-24
    F/V katarina disabled and adrift in 03-32.9S 108-42.9E at 181300Z jun
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  32. HYDROLANT 1561/162016-06-21 → 2016-06-26
    Golfo de la gonave
    Caribbean Sea
  33. HYDROPAC 1857/162016-06-21 → 2016-06-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-17.5N 114-15.4E at 210628Z jun
    South China Sea
  34. HYDROLANT 1554/162016-06-21 → 2016-07-03
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic · Mauritania
  35. HYDROLANT 1553/162016-06-21 → 2016-07-03
    Two persons in the water and two persons requiring medical assistance in 23-32.3N 051-14.6W at 210444Z jun
    Western North Atlantic
  36. HYDROPAC 1853/162016-06-20 → 2016-06-21
    Distress signal received on 406MHZ in 03-21.0N 089-00.3W
    Eastern North Pacific
  37. HYDROLANT 1549/162016-06-20 → 2016-07-03
    36 foot S/V nereia, one person on board, requesting assistance in 33-18N 073-27W
    Western North Atlantic
  38. HYDROLANT 1546/162016-06-20 → 2016-06-22
    Man overboard from vessel skyfall 007 in 23-02.32S 044-20.84W on 20 jun
    Brazil-south Coast
  39. HYDROPAC 1848/162016-06-20 → 2016-06-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-06.7N 144-23.3E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea · Mariana Islands
  40. HYDROLANT 1543/162016-06-20 → 2016-07-31
    Man overboard in 34-20S 051-21W on 19 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  41. HYDROPAC 1842/162016-06-19 → 2016-06-20
    Vessel sank vicinity 08-36N 106-41E at 190200Z jun
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  42. HYDROPAC 1839/162016-06-19 → 2016-06-19
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1799/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Southeastern Indian Ocean · Australia-west Coast
  43. HYDROPAC 1837/162016-06-19 → 2016-06-19
    28 foot vessel, five persons on board, in need of assistance vicinity aguijan (14-51.2N 145-33.6E)
    Western North Pacific · Mariana Islands
  44. HYDROPAC 1836/162016-06-19 → 2016-06-22
    17 foot vessel, white hull, four persons on board, unreported teuabu (00-38.9S 174-26.2E) to noumatong…
    Western South Pacific · Kiribati
  45. HYDROLANT 1532/162016-06-19 → 2016-06-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-59.3N 094-24.8W
    Gulf of Mexico
  46. HYDROLANT 1531/162016-06-19 → 2016-06-19
    Vessel by pat, three persons on board, disabled and anchored in 23-06.10S 044-04.27W on 19 jun
    Brazil-south Coast
  47. HYDROLANT 1530/162016-06-18 → 2016-06-26
    100 to 150 persons missing in 21-30N 072-12W
    Western North Atlantic · Turks and Caicos Islands
  48. HYDROLANT 1528/162016-06-18 → 2016-06-18
    100 persons missing vicinity french cay, turks and caicos islands (21-30N 072-15W)
    Western North Atlantic · Turks and Caicos Islands
  49. HYDROLANT 1527/162016-06-18 → 2016-06-19
    Vessel lancha shark, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in 23-16.90S 044-00.98W on 18 jun
    Brazil-south Coast
  50. HYDROLANT 1521/162016-06-18 → 2016-06-19
    Tug ursa major, 13 persons on board, on fire in 38-31N 015-33E
    Southeastern Tyrrhenian Sea · Italy

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