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. HYDROLANT 3408/162016-12-17 → 2017-01-04
    Canoe, two persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 13-35N 061-11W at 162335Z dec
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia
  2. HYDROLANT 3407/162016-12-17 → 2017-01-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 42-19.2N 059-09.2W at 170618Z dec
    Western North Atlantic
  3. HYDROLANT 3406/162016-12-17 → 2017-01-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 24-00N 059-00W
    Western North Atlantic
  4. HYDROLANT 3405/162016-12-17 → 2016-12-17
    M/V astro perseus reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 34-36S 049-48W on 16 dec
    Western South Atlantic
  5. HYDROLANT 3401/162016-12-16 → 2017-01-04
    F/V el baraka 270, 13 persons on board, unreported
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Tunisia
  6. HYDROPAC 3908/162016-12-16 → 2017-01-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in 34-01.9N 141-31.1W
    Eastern North Pacific
  7. HYDROLANT 3396/162016-12-16 → 2016-12-21
    F/V pesca maro uno reports crewman with appendicitis in 25-28S 022-32W at 162000Z dec
    South Atlantic
  8. HYDROLANT 3395/162016-12-16 → 2017-01-04
    23 foot F/V anais, blue hull, three persons on board, overdue from gros ilet (14-04N 060-57W)
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia
  9. HYDROPAC 3902/162016-12-16 → 2017-01-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-15N 094-30W
    Eastern North Pacific
  10. HYDROPAC 3901/162016-12-16 → 2016-12-18
    F/V bd 97955-TS, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 15-25N 111-30E at…
    South China Sea
  11. HYDROLANT 3383/162016-12-16 → 2016-12-18
    M/V cape enterprise reports crewman requiring medical assistance
    Western South Atlantic
  12. HYDROLANT 3381/162016-12-15 → 2016-12-20
    30 foot M/V mazone, white hull, two persons on board, overdue pointe a pitre (16-14N 061-31W) to iles des…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Guadeloupe
  13. HYDROPAC 3897/162016-12-15 → 2016-12-16
    F/V bd 97955-TS, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 14-30N 110-30E at…
    South China Sea
  14. HYDROPAC 3891/162016-12-15 → 2016-12-28
    Four persons missing from F/V qng 11150-TS
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  15. HYDROPAC 3890/162016-12-15 → 2016-12-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-41N 153-43E
    Western North Pacific
  16. HYDROLANT 3367/162016-12-14 → 2016-12-28
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-07N 012-40E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  17. HYDROLANT 3366/162016-12-14 → 2016-12-28
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-30N 012-20E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  18. HYDROLANT 3359/162016-12-13 → 2016-12-13
    Vessel el-shadai, two persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  19. HYDROPAC 3878/162016-12-13 → 2016-12-28
    F/V fahima faheda, blue and white hull, six persons on board
    Andaman Sea · Andaman Islands · Nicobar Islands
  20. HYDROPAC 3877/162016-12-13 → 2016-12-13
    Distress signal received in 21-35N 113-47W
    Eastern North Pacific
  21. HYDROPAC 3874/162016-12-13 → 2016-12-13
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3850/16 and this msg, search suspended
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  22. HYDROPAC 3872/162016-12-12 → 2016-12-12
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3868/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Arafura Sea · Australia-north Coast
  23. HYDROPAC 3871/162016-12-12 → 2016-12-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 21-11N 158-07W at 122103Z dec
    Eastern North Pacific · Hawaii
  24. HYDROPAC 3867/162016-12-12 → 2016-12-15
    Derelict M/V rigel a adrift and sinking in 14-30.33N 049-05.36E
    Gulf of Aden · Yemen
  25. HYDROPAC 3865/162016-12-12 → 2016-12-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-32.2N 133-57.5E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea · Palau
  26. HYDROPAC 3864/162016-12-12 → 2016-12-12
    F/V qn 1495 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift in 17-12N 108-11E at 110900Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  27. HYDROPAC 3863/162016-12-12 → 2016-12-13
    F/V na 90144 ts, 15 persons on board, sinking due to collision in 19-17N 107-30E at 120325Z dec
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  28. HYDROPAC 3861/162016-12-12 → 2016-12-12
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3852/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  29. HYDROPAC 3859/162016-12-12 → 2016-12-12
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3857/16 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  30. HYDROPAC 3857/162016-12-11 → 2016-12-12
    Liferaft, three persons on board, reported in 01-44-09.7S 109-52-13.95E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  31. HYDROPAC 3856/162016-12-11 → 2016-12-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 20-04.0N 115-35.8W
    Eastern North Pacific
  32. HYDROLANT 3347/162016-12-11 → 2016-12-28
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-13N 013-49E at 111026Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  33. HYDROPAC 3852/162016-12-11 → 2016-12-12
    F/V qt 21126-TS, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 16-59N 107-21E at 110200Z…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  34. HYDROPAC 3851/162016-12-11 → 2016-12-28
    Two f/v's, two persons on board each, unreported
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  35. HYDROPAC 3847/162016-12-10 → 2016-12-28
    Distress signal received from vessel in 01-39.6N 107-36.2E at 102310Z dec
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  36. HYDROPAC 3844/162016-12-10 → 2016-12-28
    F/V fb om lakshmi, black hull, overdue mumbai (18-59N 072-50E) to murud (18-19N 072-58E)
    Arabian Sea · India
  37. HYDROLANT 3340/162016-12-10 → 2016-12-28
    Vessel, 145 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-58N 014-43E at 100917Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  38. HYDROPAC 3840/162016-12-10 → 2016-12-11
    18 foot M/V, white and blue hull, three persons on board, overdue tarawa (01-25N 173-02E) to maiana (00-56N…
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  39. HYDROPAC 3839/162016-12-10 → 2016-12-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-35.2N 119-25.9W at 082131Z dec
    Eastern South Pacific
  40. HYDROPAC 3838/162016-12-10 → 2016-12-10
    F/V bd 94075 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-07N 106-38E at 061800Z dec
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  41. HYDROLANT 3338/162016-12-10 → 2016-12-28
    Helicopter, six persons on board, crashed in vicinity 12-43N 081-30W
    Western Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  42. HYDROPAC 3825/162016-12-09 → 2016-12-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-11.0N 154-41.6E at 090934Z dec
    Western North Pacific
  43. HYDROPAC 3823/162016-12-09 → 2016-12-15
    F/V qng 11150-TS unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  44. HYDROPAC 3821/162016-12-08 → 2016-12-10
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243.0 mhz in vicinity 00-35N 119-25W at 082131Z dec
    Eastern South Pacific
  45. HYDROLANT 3317/162016-12-08 → 2016-12-28
    Man overboard from vessel in 22-16.45N 077-12.45W
    Western North Atlantic · Old Bahama Channel · Cuba
  46. HYDROLANT 3316/162016-12-08 → 2016-12-28
    Canoe khalifa ababacar, 15 persons onboard, overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  47. HYDROPAC 3820/162016-12-08 → 2016-12-08
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3816/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  48. HYDROLANT 3314/162016-12-08 → 2016-12-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-11N 084-03W
    Gulf of Mexico
  49. HYDROPAC 3817/162016-12-08 → 2016-12-28
    Distress signal received from M/V nariva in 06-45.8N 112-07.5E at 081424Z dec
    South China Sea
  50. HYDROPAC 3816/162016-12-08 → 2016-12-08
    Vessel overdue from F/V vana and return
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast

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